rachels.haven's Journal

[rachels.haven]

The sprayer is put together with baby's help. I got sunburned at the park. Mr. Pennsylvania Dutch Ancestry (DH)'s comment was. " I didn't know you can get sunburned when it's cloudy..."
Thanks, buddy. I so can. Not our kids though, all thanks to their dad. Some people have all the luck.

 

[Bruce]

Yes you can! And those "tanning rays" can cause cancer in later years regardless of cloudy skies or not. Don't forget the suntan lotion on the whole family.

 

[rachels.haven]

Yes you can! And those "tanning rays" can cause cancer in later years regardless of cloudy skies or not. Don't forget the suntan lotion on the whole family.

That's the truth.

 

[rachels.haven]

Huh. I noticed last night that compared to the AGH boar piglet, Mr. "kunekune" is lacking...somethings. Soooo...he's either a crypt-orchid or a barrow because he is packing little or no peanuts and lacks that characteristic boar double butt unlike Mr. AGH that is tinier than a foot ball. Sooo...looks like the "kune" is coming to dinner. Maybe an extended family bbq if he has no taint.

 

[rachels.haven]

For reference...

Of Boar Balls & Cryptorchids | Sugar Mountain Farm

sugarmtnfarm.com

The orange boarling is flat back there.

 

[Baymule]

We’ll darn. At least he can feed the family.

 

[rachels.haven]

We’ll darn. At least he can feed the family.

I know, he could have at least had the decency to have the other set of equipment. It's too bad. The seller probably knew he was ball-less or retained because piglets look like boars fast. My guinea hog boar is still cute though and he is definitely packing peanuts. I might be doing a little inbreeding, just maybe. Other than where I got them I can't find nicer, more conformationally correct pigs. I could also call the pig/sheep farmer again. I went in to visit them tonight and gave mom a big full body scratch (ie, checked for more lice to spray), then I ticked the heavy little boar until he fell over so I picked him up and gave him a squeeze(checked for lice behind ears and armpits and bum), then gave the gilt a similar squish too. Not sure I mentioned I found mom was heavily infested with lice so I sprayed her, the bedding and got the piglets a week ago. I believe I need to spray them again soon. Very calm, laid back, cute roundy pigs. They don't need lice. Mom hog wanted more scratches.

After mowing for the first time yesterday and today DH says the front "yard" is too big on our new house. He wishes the pasture were bigger (I love him). He also says I can put the guinea hogs in the little orchard to do the grass so I ordered some more electric fence net, permanent this time and I need to build a fort for them in all the time I don't have so they can get to work before we need to mow again.

 

[Baymule]

I got some feeder pigs once that had lice. I gave them apple flavored ivermectin horse wormer in bread "pillows". I took the crust off, put an appropriate amount of ivermectin on the bread, folded it over and smooshed the sides to seal it. Toss over the fence, pigs gobbled it up and problem solved. Repeated it several more times, 10 days apart, and they were gone.

 

[rachels.haven]

That sounds much easier than permethrin spray baths. Do you recall what does per pound you gave?

 

[farmerjan]

You can use the same dosage by weight as for the cattle or horses... people too use the same weight dosage. Ivermectin is very forgiving and it is hard to overdose unless you do something like 100 x the amount.