rachels.haven's Journal

ADGA national show week.



Also, I dropped my phone, so no fun pics until the new one comes...someday.

If you don't mind listening to the Midwestern timbre for part of it, here's something on the Asian longhorn tick.

rachels.haven said:

If you don't mind listening to the Midwestern timbre for part of it, here's something on the Asian longhorn tick.

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Ah! I'll have to take a listen when I have enough time. 'Tis my old school even.

This tick is a miserable S.O.B. to deal with.
Unfortunately he faded in and out too much, and the talk was not as "interesting" as it should have been. I've been to 2 seminars on it here local as it has been a BIG problem here.... our vet had a herd with severe Theilaria in their registered black angus cattle... lost animals and had to sell off others that would not breed due to run down conditions from it. There is no "cure" for it... antibiotics do not touch this protozoa infection.

Still working on getting my phone screen fixed. I could have bought a new one, but $500 is a lot of hay. I really need DH to watch the boys during business hours so I can bring it in.

Here's one for the journal. Hay drama this week. I wish I knew how to get rid of 155 bales. My hay producer brought me alfalfa bales that were just stems that the horse people didn't want. $12/bale. I don't think he's my hay source anymore. My guess is that his cows can eat it, so he figured my goats could. I'd pay him "undelivery" to take it back (I'd love to have him switch it out for another cutting when they come but he's got what he wants and this is probably awkward for him so my guess is we're done). I have it listed for $6/bale and only lose half of what I gave him, but honestly...it's delicious smelling, clean stems. Nobody's going to want it and IDK if it's going to go and I am most likely ghosted (texted this morning, no response and I KNOW people of my generation look at their phones more than that...like anything).

My phone should be back from repair tomorrow.
I also should have all the blood draws for the bioscreen on both bucks and does done and shipped for this year before the heat came back. Phew.

Bummer on the hay. and 155 bales is a lot. Well I guess it's all perspective as I get 70 at a time. But still - if they don't eat it it's not a good deal. Hope you can off load it or even better the hay guy gets back to you. After all - he should know that he'll lose you as a customer if he doesn't.

Tell him it is crap & why! It's why I go look at hay before I buy. Really....I can't afford to pay for things they won't eat. Plus, I look for a mix to make it more palatable. I'm sure you do, too. Have you been getting from him??

I went to a good dealer (I've used for years) and looked at his then in stock. Wasn't impressed. As I was leaving he decided I need an "education" and a long lecture followed. Bottom line -- they won't eat this and I'm not buying until you happen to have what I need. I've gotten great hay in the past and this selection doesn't qualify. I can buy this lesser hay for less $$ elsewhere.

No hard feelings. No hay that day. A couple weeks later, good stuff arrived. I keep a few sources to visit. It's not their fault, they're dealers who buy. What I detest is the rebales from round to squares. Never good to handle.

How did you know that I was thinking of you about 20 min ago? Really!!

Glad you're ok and sad for the alfalfa...

I usually do go and look but he's brought me soft stuff for the last two times. Joke's on me. We're going to go look at a new producer's hay on Tuesday for ten a bale and the pictures look soft. I should also call the guy down the street that bales the alfalfa field in front of us. I've been putting it off because they burned their hay barn down 10 years ago from wet hay...that and they seem to bale wet half the time, but they may do horse quality and whatever eats damper hay bales quality hay (the more I learn about stock, the more I learn not much should be eating hay baled damp so...I continue procrastinating and may not do that thing).
I'm ten bales down with fifteen more going tomorrow and someone wants to come on a rain free day from southern maryland an hour and a half off on the other side of DC and clean me out because they can grind it for cattle (?). The chaotic lethal DC beltway with a trailer full of alfalfa seems like a bad idea (not my concern? I guess...?). IDK when that will be because we don't get much rain here, but they get plenty.