Latestarter's ramblings/musings/gripes and grumbles.

[goatgurl]

I kinda freaked out when I read about bang and her bl cae test. the does that were tested last year were all negative and as you said dot and bang are litter sisters and dot was negative so i'm going to wait for the retest before I go to pieces. wish I was closer so I could draw the blood for you. i'll keep checking in and seeing how things go. just so you know, the thought of her being positive just makes me sick.

 

[Southern by choice]

I kinda freaked out when I read about bang and her bl cae test. the does that were tested last year were all negative and as you said dot and bang are litter sisters and dot was negative so i'm going to wait for the retest before I go to pieces. wish I was closer so I could draw the blood for you. i'll keep checking in and seeing how things go. just so you know, the thought of her being positive just makes me sick.

that's why i think it is an error too....
Also ( @goatgurl ) just so you know- I was not referring to you about yearly testing... I should have said it as FYI for any reading the thread.
We see so many just devastated because they don't realize as a doe ages those numbers can go up.

 

[babsbag]

This is what the test results look like that I get from Sage Ag Labs. Very easy to understand

Cutoff % Inhibition = 35 %
Positive Inhibition > 40 %
Marginal Inhibition = 30 to 40 %
Negative Inhibition < 30%

Tube Number Animal ID % Inhibition in Test Status
1 RC 2.0 Negative
3 Trouble 8.0 Negative
5 Moonpie 8.0 Negative
6 Mango 2.0 Negative
9 Misty 0.0 Negative

 

[misfitmorgan]

Hope it's just an error and everything turns out just fine. This reminded me of the time they took a blood sample and then called me back a week later and tried to tell me i had mono....i felt fine. I told them they were wrong, had to go in and have blood drawn again....called me 3 days later, no you dont have mono.....no kidding!

Turns out he lab messed up. I wouldn't worry to much, i think it would be odd for just one goat to be positive when she is full blood related to your other goat who is negative.

I traded a goat with another lady who tested yearly like we did. Both herds are CAE negitive. 4 months later she texted me and said "did you know she was CAE positive?" I told her no she is not re-test her, I don't know if she ever did. I do know that goats mother, aunt, full blood twin, and half siblings as well as the rest of the herd were negative at the next test.

 

[Bruce]

The grass is so tall/thick it was still quite wet at ground level.

Same here. I had DD2 mow the area outside the pond/barnyard (which was the original fenced area) a few days ago. She was mowing through "squish" in the low area that is closest to the pond on the other side of the old fence. It hasn't been dry long enough for that water to evaporate. It sure won't "perk" through the clay.

 

[Mike CHS]

I guess that's one advantage to not having any level ground as there is no standing water.

 

[OneFineAcre]

You need a tractor and a bush hog.

 

[Bruce]

Of course I do! And a landscape rake and a cultivator and a backhoe and ... oh, and money

Mike, I have standing water on slopes! You would THINK it would run down to the natural wetland but NO! Gets stuck in the clay and grass.

 

[Bruce]

ALMOST done with the new horse fence on either side of the upper gates between the barns. Just need to get 8 or 10 1.25" screws I can put into the metal posts.

Left gate is open though usually that one is stationary, the right one is used 99% of the time unless I need to get the garden tractor down there.

The mess of fencing that was on either side of the posts before. The right side was 2x3 welded wire and didn't look too bad though it was on a 1/2" square metal post stuck as close to the big barn as I could get it. Not real structural. The left side was a mess of 2x3 welded and some chicken wire which managed to keep the chickens in but Merlin found it and came out. So I cobbled together a "fix" using a big piece of sheep and goat. Of course the chickens can get through that so I had to shove all the other fencing back in.


New 2x4 knotted horse fence 5' tall. I had a 2x2 piece of cedar that helped support a bean trellis at one time. I cut the cedar in half then ran it through the planer until it was 3/4" x 1 1/4" true. Marked where the wires hit and cut 1/8" x 1/4" deep grooves with the miter saw. Picture 1, Wire in grooves. Picture 2 Wood against post. Picture 3 View of the right side from the house side of the gate. Added benefit of this design is that the wood supports the part of the fencing that is taller than the post.


Great idea @CntryBoy777 , glad I thought of it

 

[CntryBoy777]

....and before ya know it @Bruce it'll be piling up on top of the ground all over the place.....