We have a sick goat - a buckling. Unfortunately, we have too many boys, so I'm not going to do anything heroic for him. It's a sad part of this life - the boys aren't needed, and they aren't worth as much as the girls - even though they are half your herd! :sigh:
It's one of Risky's...the pretty one. Jordie (we call him "Tripp") has runny poo, isn't eating, and has lost a lot of weight in a very short amount of time. I'm thinking it's dehydration - the waterer was FILTHY (my son has been chastised - it's his job to keep the waterers filled and clean, and he's been slacking) and I think Tripp decided it was too nasty to drink. We've moved him into the kid area in the barn, with fresh water; I've given him a dose of Banamine (for any pain), a dose of Oxytetracycline (in case it's a bug), a couple of doses of Thiamine (for his appetite...and just in case it's polio) AND I treated him with Baycox again (it's 1 dose for cocci......but just in case.) We're now in wait-and-see mode. (DH said he just took another 1/3 of a bottle - yes, he's weaned, but we're still giving the boys 1 bottle/day - because we have the milk. This is a good sign...I hope!)
Cheese: Today is Manchego. I just ordered the culture for Swiss, so I'll be making some of that soon.
Soap: The dragon's blood is AWESOME. The Cedar and Saffron is nice....but Grandma's Flower Garden kinda flopped. It's still good soap, but my swirl...didn't. I have a lovely batch of rose-colored soap. :lol: I know what happened - as I was getting ready to swirl the rose into the natural, my left hand lost it's grip and I ended up kinda dumping the whole container of rose into the rest. So....no swirl - but it's a lovely shade of rose, and it smells great. :lol:
It's one of Risky's...the pretty one. Jordie (we call him "Tripp") has runny poo, isn't eating, and has lost a lot of weight in a very short amount of time. I'm thinking it's dehydration - the waterer was FILTHY (my son has been chastised - it's his job to keep the waterers filled and clean, and he's been slacking) and I think Tripp decided it was too nasty to drink. We've moved him into the kid area in the barn, with fresh water; I've given him a dose of Banamine (for any pain), a dose of Oxytetracycline (in case it's a bug), a couple of doses of Thiamine (for his appetite...and just in case it's polio) AND I treated him with Baycox again (it's 1 dose for cocci......but just in case.) We're now in wait-and-see mode. (DH said he just took another 1/3 of a bottle - yes, he's weaned, but we're still giving the boys 1 bottle/day - because we have the milk. This is a good sign...I hope!)
Cheese: Today is Manchego. I just ordered the culture for Swiss, so I'll be making some of that soon.
Soap: The dragon's blood is AWESOME. The Cedar and Saffron is nice....but Grandma's Flower Garden kinda flopped. It's still good soap, but my swirl...didn't. I have a lovely batch of rose-colored soap. :lol: I know what happened - as I was getting ready to swirl the rose into the natural, my left hand lost it's grip and I ended up kinda dumping the whole container of rose into the rest. So....no swirl - but it's a lovely shade of rose, and it smells great. :lol:
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