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That's darn sad, I am so sorry ... 
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Baymule
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I’m so sorry that you lost her.
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rachels.haven
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Thanks. That was a long day on multiple fronts.
Vet suggested seeing if a pet crematorium would take her or taking her to UConn for necropsy with included disposal. After a very early morning with little sleep after (and dH staying up all night, so he couldn't drive either), we found a place 45 minutes away to do it for $100. UCon is 1.5 hours away, too far and not enough sleep (also $275, but knowledge would be nice).
Body's gone, I'm still sad, but that's life.
Next week the wethers go. Our appt is confirmed. Then we'll be done with our 2020 kids. Luckily all their names are things like, Wetherby, Wedder the Wether, White Guy, and Orange Guy. They've been slotted from birth for their purpose, so less sad. More like a relief.
Vet suggested seeing if a pet crematorium would take her or taking her to UConn for necropsy with included disposal. After a very early morning with little sleep after (and dH staying up all night, so he couldn't drive either), we found a place 45 minutes away to do it for $100. UCon is 1.5 hours away, too far and not enough sleep (also $275, but knowledge would be nice).
Body's gone, I'm still sad, but that's life.
Next week the wethers go. Our appt is confirmed. Then we'll be done with our 2020 kids. Luckily all their names are things like, Wetherby, Wedder the Wether, White Guy, and Orange Guy. They've been slotted from birth for their purpose, so less sad. More like a relief.
Ridgetop
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It is a shame to lose a kid Particularly a doe kid. Did the vet have any idea what happened? Could it have been a bite from a poisonous spider or snake? The symptoms sound really bizarre with seizures and convulsions. Here we have dead animal pickup for free. They will take any thing up to the size of a goat or sheep which are about the size of giant breed dogs. For our horses we have a local man, second generation, who hoists them onto his flatbed and takes them to the rendering and disposal plant. Illegal to bury them here too, although the main reason we don't is that you can hardly get ick into the ground much less a shovel to dig a hole large enough!
I probably wouldn't bother fixing the kittens from your friend's cat litter. I would take a female and let her have kittens in the barn. Fun for the children, and a continuing source of rat catchers for you. Definitely rabies shots but we never gave our barn cats any vaccines. We have a lot of coyotes here and a cat's life is usually short. Except for old Tom who lived to 18 years of age in the barn. We did not pamper him with food, just some dry kibble occasionally and he caught the rats, mice, baby bunnies, and occasional lizards, Probably the ground squirrels too.
To catch the ground squirrels we bought a "Squirrelinator" trap which worked like a dream. Just don't let the LGDs get to it! Unfortunately the trap is too big for rats which simply ooe in, eat the bait, and ooze out again. We have ordered a "Ratinator" from the same manufacturer. You do have to be willing to dispatch the captured pests yourself since it is a live trap. I have no problem killing the creatures once they are trapped.
I probably wouldn't bother fixing the kittens from your friend's cat litter. I would take a female and let her have kittens in the barn. Fun for the children, and a continuing source of rat catchers for you. Definitely rabies shots but we never gave our barn cats any vaccines. We have a lot of coyotes here and a cat's life is usually short. Except for old Tom who lived to 18 years of age in the barn. We did not pamper him with food, just some dry kibble occasionally and he caught the rats, mice, baby bunnies, and occasional lizards, Probably the ground squirrels too.
To catch the ground squirrels we bought a "Squirrelinator" trap which worked like a dream. Just don't let the LGDs get to it! Unfortunately the trap is too big for rats which simply ooe in, eat the bait, and ooze out again. We have ordered a "Ratinator" from the same manufacturer. You do have to be willing to dispatch the captured pests yourself since it is a live trap. I have no problem killing the creatures once they are trapped.
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rachels.haven
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See...I'm not crazy...rending trucks and animal collection still exist! I've been feeling crazy on that lately. Those were important services where I grew up too. What a preposterous idea! I'm afraid I can't imagine composting with all the bears and coyotes around. That would be like a buffet, possibly even if we could dig to 6 feet. Then they'd hang around! Safety 101...and yeah, we can't dig more than a few inches without machinery because of the rocks, not that I won't try when it comes to planting my trees. I just have to adjust my plans if it's too rocky.
That's a good idea on the barn cats. That is probably what my friend is doing with her barn cats. Good barn cats are hard to find. We'll see what's available in the litter and how that goes down.
So, I forgot to mention, I put about 10 eggs out in two silkie nests for two silkie hens on Sunday. One hen kept switching nests, the other is not super committal yet...so I put all 20 in one nest. Ehehehehehe. So I have 20 silkie eggs under one silkie now. Somehow that little chicken got bigger. Wonder what she's going to think when they start popping out...They didn't have a great hatch rate in my bad incubator, so I've got to stack the odds in our favor, right? Candling at 9 day, and I'll take out the clears. That number should go down. I doubt she can heat them all forever.
Time to go out and face the day.
That's a good idea on the barn cats. That is probably what my friend is doing with her barn cats. Good barn cats are hard to find. We'll see what's available in the litter and how that goes down.
So, I forgot to mention, I put about 10 eggs out in two silkie nests for two silkie hens on Sunday. One hen kept switching nests, the other is not super committal yet...so I put all 20 in one nest. Ehehehehehe. So I have 20 silkie eggs under one silkie now. Somehow that little chicken got bigger. Wonder what she's going to think when they start popping out...They didn't have a great hatch rate in my bad incubator, so I've got to stack the odds in our favor, right? Candling at 9 day, and I'll take out the clears. That number should go down. I doubt she can heat them all forever.
Time to go out and face the day.
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rachels.haven
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And no, the vet had no clue what it was. Honestly that scares me most of all. Saffron, the Doe's mother has been a little depressed and thin since she had coccidia and not eating grain, but plenty of hay, all dried up udder, and rejecting grain and alfalfa, but nothing really to show the vet though (good famacha and the scours gone). Am I going to lose her too?
...although she had a fully blown cocci-party with all the guests/symptoms, I keep telling myself. And she has started filling out again after switching to second cut hay. And adult recovery should take time. The doeling was fat, healthy, vigorous without and coccidia symptoms(got her prevention anyway because of the adults getting sick). She went light on her food the day before, skipped it that evening (still ate a cookie) and then bam, death throws, vet visit, and gone the next morning.
...although she had a fully blown cocci-party with all the guests/symptoms, I keep telling myself. And she has started filling out again after switching to second cut hay. And adult recovery should take time. The doeling was fat, healthy, vigorous without and coccidia symptoms(got her prevention anyway because of the adults getting sick). She went light on her food the day before, skipped it that evening (still ate a cookie) and then bam, death throws, vet visit, and gone the next morning.
Ridgetop
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Those are really strange symptoms. Too bad you couldn't do a necropsy. Hopefully Saffron will perk up and survive.
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rachels.haven
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I was grumpy yesterday, but Buggy's always happy to see me. His eyes tend to get HUGE when he sees me. There's probably a thought bubble involving food and does up there, but he's 200lbs of cute anyway. He's not always cooperative for breeder style, stacked pictures (read: I don't know what I'm doing) but whatever.
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rachels.haven
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Rebanded Lace's only remaining scur, did all tattooing I got behind on minus half of saffron's tail so I can see how it turned out (she's so thin and I don't know why, but I wormed her with novel prohibit yesterday, because if it's not worms, IDK what else to do+she was a little pale), broke up Patrick and his girlfriends. I'll add the other dwarf does tonight then we'll wait ten days before adding Durango as the cleanup/next breeder for the other does. Patrick has great eyelid color, but the other bucks need some wormer and all need hoof trimming.
The dwarf does could use a little pedicure love too, or at least they should. Ava's doelings seem to always have perfect feet-bad attitude, low maintenance tootsies. Now they have green faces too. I might wait for that to dry before giving them a chance to decorate me.
We are now getting lots of rain. Trees are starting to turn colors, but I'm hoping it's not too little too late.
Well, you know how Lace the lamancha is a crazy snot? A friend of mine bought a doeling from that breeder recently and it turns out that doeling is also a "mad" crazy snot and she's got softball sized bruises up and down her arms now from the doeling boxing her as she tries to handle her (and breeder won't take her back apparently). I think that breeder somehow produces wild snot goats.
On that note, Lace has been not sucking for me lately actually. She still has a rubber udder and smallish orifices, but she's sticking to routine better. Having one fewer scur/horn/weapon seems to have improved her attitude. Funny how that works.
Anyway, it' time to go take DH out for Dairy Queen to celebrate his product launching and going into use. He's a little fried, but the idea of a blizzard seems to perk him up.
The dwarf does could use a little pedicure love too, or at least they should. Ava's doelings seem to always have perfect feet-bad attitude, low maintenance tootsies. Now they have green faces too. I might wait for that to dry before giving them a chance to decorate me.
We are now getting lots of rain. Trees are starting to turn colors, but I'm hoping it's not too little too late.
Well, you know how Lace the lamancha is a crazy snot? A friend of mine bought a doeling from that breeder recently and it turns out that doeling is also a "mad" crazy snot and she's got softball sized bruises up and down her arms now from the doeling boxing her as she tries to handle her (and breeder won't take her back apparently). I think that breeder somehow produces wild snot goats.
On that note, Lace has been not sucking for me lately actually. She still has a rubber udder and smallish orifices, but she's sticking to routine better. Having one fewer scur/horn/weapon seems to have improved her attitude. Funny how that works.
Anyway, it' time to go take DH out for Dairy Queen to celebrate his product launching and going into use. He's a little fried, but the idea of a blizzard seems to perk him up.
Baymule
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Our Dairy Queen recently built a brand new and updated DQ right next to the old one. Covid close down/drive thru only was the perfect time to do it. New one is open, they tore down the old one. It’s hard to beat DQ, unless it’s Whataburger.
