B&B Happy Goats....journal

[Latestarter]

Hell, I could live with the destruction if he only CAUGHT the damned things... Have yet to see any proof of mole/vole termination but have trenches and holes all over that I have to watch my step. I've ended up on my ass with twisted ankles several times because of his excavations & from collapsing ground that has been undermined...

 

[greybeard]

@greybeard , i hope you read that the hog problem was resolved, and i didn't have to do anything

I read it.

...now how does one catch the under ground monster ?

I don't have any. fire ants and hogs keep them killed off.

 

[Bruce]

everyone has been saying no....not since he rooted everything up...

And they told the truth too!

Hell, I could live with the destruction if he only CAUGHT the damned things...

Maybe you need a cat.

 

[RollingAcres]

My chickens haven't been out...I leave the coop door open for them so if they want to go outside they can, but they chose to stay inside instead.

We use flannel sheets almost all year round.

 

[Rammy]

My chickens haven't been out...I leave the coop door open for them so if they want to go outside they can, but they chose to stay inside instead.

We use flannel sheets almost all year round.

You put flannel sheets in the chicken coop! Wow! talk about spoiled. hehehe

 

[RollingAcres]

You put flannel sheets in the chicken coop! Wow! talk about spoiled. hehehe

Hey they need to stay warm and comfy too!

 

[Rammy]

 

[Mike CHS]

Parasites are one reason I don't gripe a lot about the cold weather.

 

[Mike CHS]

We are seeing some improvement in the last several months with some new things we are trying but we won't know anything definitive until the weather gets warm again and that isn't soon.

 

[Mike CHS]

I wish I had started a more scientific and verifiable procedure(s) but I didn't. We were close to losing several lambs so I started trying everything I could but in doing so I can't validate any one thing being the most tangible. We cut paddocks and and took the grass out of the pastures and then sprayed with nitrogen fertilizer that kills a large percentage of the parasites. I sprayed a bleach solution for the same reason. We also got a couple of calves to run behind our sheep since they aren't susceptible to the same parasites but eat the grass that the sheep don't. We did random fecals on all of our sheep before we put them on a dry lot situation for a couple of months and again just before putting them back on pasture and the worm load was greatly reduced. The problem is that I have no idea which of the things we did made the greatest difference. I'll try again in the spring with a more orderly procedure but when you are looking at losing multiple livestock you don't put a lot of importance on being orderly but rather just get the problem fixed.