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:he:he ok now her other back hoof has the beginning of a sore/ hoof rot ahhh. We keep getting rain and the dang clay in their yard doesn't absorb well. She also actin like her hoof is goin to fall off every time I put the bandage on o_O but like I said it healining some of the damage skin fell off so it's looking better she does no like her hoofs wrapped. Hopefully it heals and it doesn't come back I be cleaning out their yard when we get some weather that cooperates.
 
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Can you buy some pea stone or gravel to put down in an area to provide better drainage and a dry place for them to stand? Maybe build them a small deck? So they can get their feet up off the wet ground?
 

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The goat house they had is an old box trailer I look at adding something else. The other two adults are in the same yard but she the only one to have issues I think it's partly the shape of her feet sh go really narrow hoof that curve (no length they trimmed regular) I try to get a good picture tomorrow but her toe back in the mud as where the others dont. I am also thinking rubber bootties for her lol (mostly teasing lol but it was a thought)
 

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Perhaps she is one that should no longer be bred. If she has bad feet, replace her with a doe with good feet. All part of herd improvement.
 

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Latestarter Here are the pictures of her back hoof sorry one is blurry she kept kicking :rolleyes: and if I (have in the past) keep trimming she bleeds so I can't cut any further.
 

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So i was able to get out of bed(4:30-5am) this morning early was all excited went and got started on some chores and then baby boy woke up and wanted to nurse and got back to sleep(during the night he is use to nursing laying down) which lucy and Josiah both were asleep in my bed so I couldn't leave them(kids have been known to roll and lucy hits in her sleep sometimes) so my plans where foiled again lol. And when they finally decide it time to wake up Lucy makes it into the kitchen before i do and looks out and saw two coyotes. So I ran and got my pistol(have a shot gun just didn't feel up it this morning) in wasn't able to get a clear shot at him so I shoot into the ground just to scare him so he ran off. They can't get into a yard however my husband grand parents(75-80) live next door and they are always out so yeah. I do not care to much for coyotes I was about Lucy age, and I happened to have been saved by my dog from two coyote attacks so yeah they aren't my favorite. Anyways hopefully he wont come back. Been debating about alot of things still haven't made an decision but we will get there. I have been struggling to get back on some sort of schedule now that my husband Is back at work. That has yet to happen and he now has a three day weekend lol go figure lol.it will be fun. I have to decided what I want use to homeschool next year so I can buy what I need. Sometimes that is overly confusing when there are so many options.simliar to the animal decision my husband leave it to me as long as the kids are learning. I have decided that if we skip a few days on some of the work the kids are still learning. The kids help with the animals, lucy feeds the dog and cats, Joshua feeds the chickens and collects the eggs. They both help in the garden and help me with baking. Recently lucy asked me why do the goat eggs hatch in Side them lol so we had a reproductive lesson and then she asks about all different kind of animals lol. And what som have lots of babies like rabbits and why others like tigers only have one maybe two. And why we dont over hunt and why we dont keep hundreds of bunnies or other animals and why it's important to have prey and predators. It's always more fun when we do that kind of learning over the phonics and reading. Which she is doing well at she can read some now so I am very proud of how hard she has worked. She also great at math. I am just happy she learning lol. (Will continue later)
 
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Oh I forgot Lucy and Joshua help feed the baby goats. They also ave inside chores and help unload groceries lol my mom tells me I make them do more then she did to us when we were kids. But that was her choice lol mine have lots of free time that we didn't lol we where all in daycare and school and they are always here lol. Oh well. I figure this year I am goin to get sonlight fo our science they have alot of experiments , book and worksheets and that happens to be our favorite subject. Very soon we getting an incubator again so trying to figure out which one I want. I figure I need three one for chicken eggs one for duck and one for geese lol. I had chicken and duck share an incubator and turn out well just not geese eggs. From what I read those are a 30% hatch rate to began with. The hens hatched six out only one sat on it long enough. Apparently when they hear gosling hatch the other will abandon her nest to help raise the ones that have hath dont know how we are going to to fix that this year. Get to that when it comes lol. After Lilly gives birth the bunnies are due on Feb 4-5th so yay. And we will be starting more plants soon so can't wait there so the kids might do another plant lesson lol. We like those lol. I been so busy I haven't had a chance to to finish their quilts hopin to get back to those soon. Next time I am starting them a year early lol if I make it for Christmas so much can happen lol. I post picture of the babies we get on here when thebpop out lol. I am need to get some stuff for cheese making , jars, and some other dairy delights equipment. So much to do I feel like there never enough time lol my daughter keep askin mom when is your room so messy (laundry in piles all clean just haven't followed) I tell her I she finds me time I clean it lol this after I help clean her and my boys rooms lol!
 

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Ok backyard herd we have a possible problem... My fish are doing a mating dance :heo_O:rolleyes: we have a 55 gallon fish tank this might not end well last time I had two mate there where hundreds of the things!!!
 
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