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

[Hens and Roos]

thanks for the recipe- I haven't heard of several of those either- will have to look up and read about them.

we made some modifications to the inside shelter middle divider- like no openings!!! DH decided to also put a gate in there too so we can potentially open up the whole area if needed. Guess we'll see if this works, otherwise DH says hot wire will be added to his side!

 

[Hens and Roos]

looks like we will be adding hot wire on Chester's side- yesterday I moved the 2 little does(Moose & Monkey) to the other area away from the buck as they are in heat- when we did evening chores, Chester was in with the other does , they were not happy!

Any recommendations/suggestions as to what works would be great. Have to figure out what we will be installing- thankfully the electricity is there already!

 

[Latestarter]

100% foolproof... 9mm round just kidding...

 

[Hens and Roos]

100% foolproof... 9mm round just kidding...

I did tell him that last night as he was chasing the does around- our snow is mixed with ice so we don't need anyone getting injured, especially since it seems that the does are breed. He's not mean, just stupid right now .

 

[Latestarter]

Ahhh yes... I almost remember the age of male stupidity...

 

[Southern by choice]

Hmmmm.... I wouldn't keep a jumper. Just passed on a buck with some super sweet genetics that would have been awesome to have but that boy was was 1 yr old and he would have been a nightmare!

Wire should do the trick. If not get him gone!

 

[Hens and Roos]

Hmmmm.... I wouldn't keep a jumper. Just passed on a buck with some super sweet genetics that would have been awesome to have but that boy was was 1 yr old and he would have been a nightmare!

Wire should do the trick. If not get him gone!

we sure hope the wire does the trick, otherwise we will have to get rid of him , we cant have him causing problems.

 

[Hens and Roos]

this afternoon, DH was able to get the hot wire installed so we can hopefully keep Chester in his area and not jumping the fence!!

While we were working, DD picked up Moose(she's one of Maggie's kids) and noticed that Moose was shivering took her temp- 104.7 and while she was sitting on my lap(which she normally doesn't want to do) I noticed that her breathing was slightly raspy.

After making a couple of calls and being able to talk directly with our vet, he has us treating her with Pen G and Spectinomycin. Also giving probiotics and moved Moose and Monkey into our shop-Moose is showing interest in eating hay(helping the one rabbit clean up her hay feeder). They will probably need to stay there given our weather is now going to get cold. Given the weather we have been having this winter so far, wet & humid = perfect conditions for pneumonia. We will continue to treat her and touch base with our vet on Monday.

The question about giving a Pasturella vaccine was asked because they had respiratory issues when 1st born....will have to read up on this and also speak to our vet. @babsbag I was told you give this, do you find this helps?

 

[babsbag]

Hope that Moose gets better; hate it when they are sick.That is an interesting choice of drugs and not one my vet would have prescribed. We always start with oxcytet and it usually works. If not next we go with Nuflor.

I do find that the vaccine helps. I have been giving it for three years now and nary a cough or a sniffle. I had kids last spring and summer with coughs for months, it was horrible so this year all kids will get vaccinated at the earliest time, not sure off hand what age that it. The first vaccine needs to be repeated in 3 weeks but after that it is once a year.

 

[Hens and Roos]

Hope that Moose gets better; hate it when they are sick.That is an interesting choice of drugs and not one my vet would have prescribed. We always start with oxcytet and it usually works. If not next we go with Nuflor.

I do find that the vaccine helps. I have been giving it for three years now and nary a cough or a sniffle. I had kids last spring and summer with coughs for months, it was horrible so this year all kids will get vaccinated at the earliest time, not sure off hand what age that it. The first vaccine needs to be repeated in 3 weeks but after that it is once a year.

is there a specific brand that you prefer to use? Is the oxcytet an injectable?