rachels.haven's Journal

[rachels.haven]

Something I forgot to mention. I sent in a 1"x1" square of frozen liver sample to waddl for mineral testing because they'd been going through the minerals I mix for them really fast and I wanted to make sure the minerals were both working and not going to cause toxicity issues. I got this back last night. We are okay. The mineral mix is apparently right at that holy grail of sweet spots for goats. They get everything they need from it on a daily basis instead of a big slug of copper or selenium all at once every few months. We're so lucky. What a relief. I'm not going to make anyone sick from too much selenium and I don't need to Bose or bolus. The does I had slaughtered were comfortably in the middle of the good range. Cost me $40+ shipping, so not cheap, but now I've got peace of mind and I'll just keep doing what I'm doing, maybe with the addition of free choice baking soda during milking so consumption does not increase too much farther.

And today we get our bioscreen results back today. Hopefully even with the new additions and transports we'll be all clear. (still have to screen the new buck, but the Kastdemur's boy still hasn't had a chance to make it down here)

 

[Baymule]

Frozen liver report is awesome!
Bundle up those babies or you’ll have more frozen livers!

 

[rachels.haven]

We're all going to be popsicles if we don't watch it. When it gets that cold I stop feeling it until things start freezing. Strangest thing. It's like it's beyond cold (coldest I've ever had to do is still -19...not volunteering to go back to that right now, lol that's dangerous!)