Showing posts with label veterinarian. Show all posts
Showing posts with label veterinarian. Show all posts
Sunday, August 2, 2020

The Horns of the Dilemma (to Disbud or Not to Disbud)

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Seven A.M. on a Saturday. We are all peacefully asleep, dreaming the dreams of the innocent. There is no alarm clock set; we will wake when ...
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Monday, April 8, 2019

......Or Does He? (Warning: Graphic Photo)

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First, please enjoy this photo of adorable, healthy baby goats frolicking in the springtime, all right with the world. This is the reality f...
Friday, June 8, 2018

Bloodsuckers (Parasite Problems)

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Dairy goats are plagued by parasites. It's just a fact. Some areas of the country are worse than others, and in some areas resistance ...
Monday, February 15, 2016

A Rough Day for Iris (and Me)

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I got up early this morning to go to a work appointment, only to find when I got there that the client had cancelled only minutes before. Ba...
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Sunday, September 14, 2014

It Never Rains But it Pours (When is Enough Enough?)

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We've had a streak of bad luck lately. An expensive streak. In the past two weeks: - I broke a tooth. A particularly exciting trade ...
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Monday, June 2, 2014

Mystery Mortality (Milk Glut)

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In the last two weeks we've gone from four baby goats to only two baby goats. One of them was served at our big party, so that was an ex...
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Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Self-Administered Supplements (Separating the Sheep from the Goats)

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Goats need regular mineral supplementation, just like cows and horses do. For cows and horses, you basically just buy a salt-lick. Th...
Saturday, April 5, 2014

The Goat Who Wouldn't Kid (When to Butt Out)

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Iris, above, is the first goat I bought when I moved here. I was hurting for goats; I couldn't wait. Goats, as far as I was concerne...
Sunday, March 9, 2014

New Frontier in Goat Care (Disbudding)

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Polly's buckling, the survivor of the twins, is growing incredibly fast because he is getting all of Polly's milk. I didn't...
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Thursday, October 24, 2013

The Lamest Farm Ever (Ethical Questions)

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This place is pathetic. Seems like everywhere I look, I see an injured animal. The new Jersey calf with her droopy broken ear, limping a...
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Friday, June 24, 2011

Very Sad Day (Goodbye, Django)

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Django in happier days This morning the results of my herd testing for CAE and CL came in. All my goats are negative for CL (so the hole in ...
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Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Hole in the Goat Update (When to Cull?)

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The vet finally called me back. He said that while it was hard to tell from just a photo, the wound did not look like CL. Just as some of my...
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Tuesday, June 14, 2011

What The @$&! is That? (WARNING-graphic picture)

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My doe Django has something horribly, horribly wrong with her. You are all going to judge me for letting something so terrible go on for so ...
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Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Banding Baby Bucklings (What's Outside Your Comfort Zone?)

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There are many animal procedures that happen on a farm that fall along a spectrum of skill. From the things that almost all farmers so for t...
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Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Letter to the Vetrinarian

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I got the results of the necropsy on Sunshine. Here is the letter I wrote to my vet's office: To whom it may concern: On Monday April 11...
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This One Really Hurts (Bad Year for Baby Goats)

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Sunshine is dead. She was the doeling from Flopsy's triplets. The prettiest goat, the one we had decided to keep, the spotty doeling I...
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Saturday, February 19, 2011

Beautiful, Difficult Day (Beating Myself Up)

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This morning dawned bright and clear, with that crystalline sharpness that follows a hard frost. On my way out to the animals, I could see m...
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