Wehner Homestead

[ldawntaylor]

Yes, lots of leftovers and seasoning being way too strong sometimes.

Also, some foods over done others not done enough.

Some casseroles for instance take about half an hour to bake at home where an amount meant to feed fifty can take over two hours.

I don't have issues so often any more. But, I've also had over ten years practice in making those transitions.

 

[Wehner Homestead]

Okay y’all, I’m struggling this morning. Cut my middle finger on my left hand pretty bad on a rusty gate and had to dig pieces of rust out. Cut sliced down and across the tip but the digging has made it unbearably tender and I have a high pain tolerance.

Otis (our bull) is lame. He’s been laying around for a week it seems and I saw him up grazing from a distance a few days ago. Today, I saw him standing and much closer. He’s lost about 300 pounds and he isn’t bending the pastern on his left rear foot! Ugh! It’s almost breeding season for him and he can’t be lame or underweight!!!!

Jewel (blue Merle Aussie) has been a nervous wreck since the neighbors shot a canon. She has tried to climb on the tractor while it’s moving, insists on being right with DH, DD1, or myself. No exceptions. She will grab the doorknob and try to turn it if we put her out of the house. (She’s not a house dog but all of them come and go some.) She wants to be in all the time and becomes neurotic if we don’t let her in. This morning, she chased my vehicle down the driveway. It’s like her separation anxiety is getting worse. We used to leave her, Cowboy, and Queenie loose while we are gone during the day but I came back up to pen her up to find a hole bigger than her under the gate of her pen. (She shares it with Cowboy so it’s not like she’s alone.) Queenie’s pen is in front of theirs so I shut her gate to keep Jewel in if she got out of her pen. I could hear their panels rattling before I was even out of the barn!
Did I mention that Jewel is terrified of riding in the vehicle but will ride on the tractor or 4 wheeler??

Finally, Faith (German Shepherd mix, housedog, about 11 years old) was riding along to run a few quick errands this morning. She’s had a bump under one eye that we’ve been watching for two years. It’s tripled in size in the last month. She just lays on our bed or on her bed in our room. We’ve noticed that she barely goes outside once a day, eats little, and doesn’t greet us or play any more. It’s completely heartbreaking. This is our baby from before we had babies. Anyway, I noticed a gaping opening in her lip on the same side of the bump. It’s about an inch long, inch deep, etc. It doesn’t look infected or anything but my gut is telling me that it’s not good. She has a vet appt at 1:15. I’ve made arrangements for all of the kids so that they won’t be with me in case it is really bad. I don’t mind them seeing me upset but I don’t think they’d understand seeing me hysterical....

I have updated weights on kids, cattle breeding, and some new additions but that will have to wait. My mind is consumed with the above (and trying to take care of DD2) at this time.

 

[Hens and Roos]

 

[RollingAcres]

Sending many hugs your way!

 

[RollingAcres]

Hope your cut doesn't get any worse and that it heals soon.
Please keep us updated on Faith (if you can) after her appointment.

 

[farmerjan]

Since you deal with major health concerns with your daughter, I am hoping that you also take enough time for your own health and have a current tetanus. The RUSTY gate cut is nothing to fool with. Blood poisoning will kill you if tetanus doesn't.

If the bull is lame, then you need to get him into a chute and check. Not bending the pastern is indicative of serious stuff. Things like hairy warts or corns or foot rot don't usually affect the movement of the pastern. And if he has lost 300 lbs then it is overdue to be looked at.

I hope that the older dog doesn't have cancer, but the tumor and now the "hole" doesn't sound good. I know what it is to lose an older dog to cancer and it is rough. My 12 yr old white shepherd developed leukemia and it advanced quickly. I had made arrangements to put her down when she quietly went to sleep.
That is the position I am in now with my oldest nurse cow. Bovine Leukemia, many hard tumors inside, and trying to give her what life she has left some quality and pain free and hope she can get the calves raised up enough to get them weaned.

 

[RoahT]

Hugs and prayers coming your way! It didn't come to stay it came to pass!

 

[Wehner Homestead]

@farmerjan I’ve got a call in to my doctor to check my tetanus status.

Bull is in an inaccessible pasture as far as getting him into a chute. Plans are in the works to move him to the barn corral tomorrow as we will need my dad’s help too. This will also allow us to put him in a barn paddock with much easier access to hay and water and we can supplement with feed. He will miss the grass but it’s necessary to figure out what’s going on.

Thank you all!! It means SO much!!

 

[RollingAcres]

I hope that the older dog doesn't have cancer, but the tumor and now the "hole" doesn't sound good. I know what it is to lose an older dog to cancer and it is rough. My 12 yr old white shepherd developed leukemia and it advanced quickly. I had made arrangements to put her down when she quietly went to sleep.

I know all too well on this too... My Sammie had a tumor inside her that was never detected. We took her for regular check ups and she was always healthy and never had any signs of sickness. One day she was lethargic, made appointment for the following day and it was already too late.

 

[Mike CHS]

I was getting ready to mention getting a tetanus shot and then got to the point that I saw that you guys already had it covered. We have hauled so much nasty stuff off our place that we keep outs up to date.