rachels.haven's Journal

[B&B Happy goats]

Have you given the goats a copper bolus, espically the bucks ? (Also helps with parasites)
The garlic barrier is super concentrated and can be bought online, given every week to start, then e/o week , then in winter monthly, from what I understand cuts down on worm load by creating a hostile enviorment for parasites to complete their cycle...
Do some reading on mike CHS journal, read some online info...there have been studies done on it and it sure has some impressive supporters. If I can find the article I saved I will give you the name of it to read...got to grab some sleep right now but will look it up for you

 

[rachels.haven]

Alright, I'll go read up. I didn't realize that was a thing.

I'm supposed to go get some of this sleep thing too, but my kids won't sleep and there aren't enough hours in the day to boot and all, so sleep an extra few minutes for me, maybe mail it to me.

 

[Baymule]

http://www.garlicbarrier.com/ click on the sheep link

You can buy it on Amazon cheaper

 

[Baymule]

https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/1797/f4a7a5f3a284d8ece15e69ce1dc4a4a8aaf2.pdf

http://skylinesfarm.com/parasitecontrol.htm

http://www.mofga.org/Publications/The-Maine-Organic-Farmer-Gardener/Winter-2004-2005/Garlic-Juice

https://projects.sare.org/project-reports/os07-039/

 

[rachels.haven]

Wow! Very interesting. I need to stew about that for a few days, but it looks like it has potential. Read the website last night.

I'm probably going to be cutting Bailey's back end out of pictures for the next few months. I discovered last night after last post that the dog's tail is dread locked to the hair on the back of her legs. She'll be getting a rear and tail shave from me (if my clippers can get through it) and will not look great for a while. I'm just glad she could still poop. Last night I freed one leg before my clippers needed a break. The front half of her body is doing good.

 

[B&B Happy goats]

@Baymule, thank you for posting those links , they were the ones I was going to put up for Rachel....now off to do the rabbits ...it has been postponed for so long due to the rain , that now I am dreading it

 

[Baymule]

Bailey is getting crutched! LOL Poor girl, she came to you just in time.

 

[rachels.haven]

@B&B Happy goats ,

 

[B&B Happy goats]

@B&B Happy goats ,

Thank you, just got the rabbits done...really needed that hug ....here's one for you

 

[rachels.haven]

I GOT THE DOG TO EAT!!! We'd been so worried because she'd been skimping so much.
So I went out and got a small brand of super premium holistic or whatever bag of dog food from a place that got a lot of turnover, and the bag was plastic, and after I bought it I smelled it and the food didn't smell like poop. I also bought a couple of cans of alpo wet dog food. She got excited as I ripped the bag open and I gave her a bunch in her dish then mixed in an alpo and SHE ATE IT...although DH sat and reclined himself on one of my feed pallets next to her and she had to choose between laying on his chest and finishing her food, so she took a break and did both and got alpo drool all over his face (DH likes dogs, even our first demon dog). Then we took her on a walk down the driveway and got her to poop, which we hadn't seen at all either, and that was a RELIEF. She also had more energy after. She'd been getting more lethargic lately. So I will probably be switching her to something else sooner rather than later. The new brand I bought may not be where I want to stay (never heard of it, and it was recalled end of last year for lethal level of vit D, just discovered) but she ate today. So I think she's officially stable now. Phew!

Back to grooming. Grooming being my biggest concern is great.