Ready or Not....... Shouldvknwnbetter- Fall

[Hens and Roos]

Lavender is one I was told works but I would get a blend called calm or something

I have the lavender and like it, made some hand cream and put lavender in- it works great with helping to heal my chapped hands!

 

[samssimonsays]

Good to know! I have hand sanitizer I made with that, peppermint and eucalyptus in it. But I get headaches from lavender so I have to be careful. But I hear the Calm or is it EZ or something along those lines works wonders for anxiety in animals.

 

[Hens and Roos]

our goat areas now have electricity- since the weather has been so mild here, DH decided that we should have some lights and an outlet to plug heated water buckets into to.

It will also help at kidding time-incase a doe decides to kid at night!

 

[BlessedWithGoats]

Yay!! You must be super excited!

 

[samssimonsays]

Yay!! That is awesome! Congrats

 

[Hens and Roos]

thanks, this will be a big help with keeping the water from freezing when it get cold here!

 

[Hens and Roos]

our 2 little doelings are not happy today, I ended up keeping them in the area where we keep the does over night(closer to our house) because they are in heat and driving our buck out of his mind.

Came out of our shop this morning to go start goat chores, to find that he was in the big pasture(no does in there yet- thankfully!) - he made it over the center panel inside the shelter and then over the top opening in the door(DH built split doors so we can close the bottom one but leave the top part open as needed). We keep both his doors shut at night.

He wasn't hurt at all but it looks like we will be doing some more adjustments as the 2 doelings aren't big enough or old enough to be bred!

 

[Goat Whisperer]

Bad boy

Thank goodness our boys aren't like that. They pace and cry but that is about as far as it goes. Not fun to have a buck that is a jumper when the does cycle year-round

 

[goatgurl]

electric to the barn, sighhhh. how sweet would that be. and our bucks must be related, mine will go over 5 ft. 2x4 horse panels with electric on top. he's such a butt! good thing i like him and he makes pretty babies.

 

[babsbag]

My Alpine buck is pretty good about staying where I want him, but my LaMancha buck shows promise as a fence jumper. *sigh*

Electricity to the barn is awesome, I can't imagine not having that so I know that you will enjoy it. Makes life so much easier.

I was looking into essiential oils for dog soap that other day other than the usual flea soap and I came across this for calming. I haven't heard of a few of these. They say it might even make the dog relax so much that it takes a nap.

INGREDIENTS
1/2 ounce carrier oil (like hazelnut or sweet almond)
3 drops essential oil of Valerian
2 drops essential oil of Vetiver
4 drops essential oil of Petitgrain
3 drops essential oil of Sweet Marjoram
2 drops essential oil of Sweet Orange

Mix ingredients thoroughly and apply 1 to 6 drops (depending on the size of your dog) to the dog’s nasal opening.