Coffee anyone ?

[promiseacres]

It's insulated and we have to heat lamps, I'll add another one for the coming litter. The smaller breeds have smaller litters and we've struggled to keep them going even with the added heat. It stays above freezing but some reason we still will loose kits if it's under 40. Which is October to April. I have some VL bred too they have larger litters and I'll combine litters if I need to. And bring them inside but that hasn't been too successful either. We'll figure it out, but very anxious to have a better set up after we move.

 

[Baymule]

2021 is your year to move PA!!

 

[Baymule]

Today was beautiful, we cleaned the loose waste hay from the sheep barn, filled the mule with it and spread it on the pipeline. We dumped Goldie the steer's water tub and refilled it. We filled the trash can next to his pen with feed, and took 3 bags of feed from the sheep barn to the horse barn and filled a trash can. Then we went to Tractor Supply for dog food. What was so great about yesterday and today, is that BJ hasn't felt good since his hip replacement surgery and he had a bad reaction to the medicine they put him on. It was Meloxicam and he gained TEN POUNDS, was bloated, felt sick all the time, had insomnia, was tired, had sharp chest pains that were scary. He stopped taking it and his family doctor prescribed something for the heartburn, that took care of the bloat, chest pains and feeling sick all the time. He lost the weight, but has just felt blah. So for the last 2 days, I almost have the ol' BJ back.

My little ram lamb was down this morning. I figured bloat and drenched him with mineral oil, waited about an hour and drenched him again. Each time I walked him around the pen for 30 minutes. Sheba and Sentry came in to help. He pooped out some dog logs, but his belly was still distended, so I mixed up some baking soda water and drenched him with that. I repeated that a couple of hours later, each time crowding him and making him move. When I went out to feed this evening, he was laying down, ruminating, I guess he ate some hay, cause I sure didn't feed him. I got him up and was pleased to see his bulging belly had gone way down. He got another baking soda drench and there is baking soda in his pan. I think he's gonna make it.

 

[farmerjan]

Good catch for the ram lamb. Hope he gets past it okay.

 

[Baymule]

Good catch for the ram lamb. Hope he gets past it okay.

I feel confident that he will. He sure got a belly full of home remedies! LOL Plus I ran him around, off and on, for hours. He looked much better this evening. Once when I went to check on him, Sheba and Sentry were laying next to his pen, they knew he was sick.

 

[promiseacres]

Coffee is on. Need to get moving, early orthodontic appt for ds.
Got those cages cleaned, today we'll get the firewood brought in. Yesterday I was distracted and ended up cleaning and vaccumed our bedroom. FYI though I am not sure how the farmhouse will get "finished" I do know there will not be any textured walls or popcorn ceilings... hate it...I have to vaccum the dust and cobwebs off the ceiling...such a pain.

 

[Baymule]

My ram lamb is ok this morning. Sheba and Sentry were on the other side of the fence from him, keeping close to him.

@promiseacres look into a stomp finish on the walls. I did the bedrooms in our old house in a stomp, after a leak in the ceiling brought down the ceiling dry wall and flooded them. It finished out like a stucco look. I liked it, it was fairly easy, looked nice when i finished AND was easy to keep clean.

 

[Mini Horses]

Glad both BJ and the ram are better!

I'm chilly this morning...heaters left too low last night. Brrrr. Hate feeling cold. Hot coffee helps but, not like a blanket! . It's winter, I know.

 

[messybun]

Hello there. Is anyone on here not up to their necks in mud? At least it should help the garden is what I keep telling myself. Have to get some hay and corn today, and then I should be picking up another duck. I think I need to bring a friend along so I don’t come home with 5. I already improved my duck pen. Also, need to find cheap bedding, my yard is mud! The chicken coop smells so bad right now because of the heat and mud and everything, it needs cleaned, but I have to find something cheap to refill it. Hope y’all have a nice day!

 

[Baymule]

No mud here, we have sand for soil. Rain either soaks right in or runs off. But chicken pens do get icky. Try leaves, pine straw or put in a bale of pine shavings. @messybun where are you located? Could you put your general location on your avatar?