Back for BYH. :)

[mrs.mystang89]

Love the picture! And how one of the kids looks to be eating it's sibling's leg lol

 

[campingshaws]

Babies! I’ve got them all on bottles now to supplement. #1 (gray ears) took to it immediately. #2 (brown head) took much more convincing. #3 (white doe) was slower than #1 but faster than #2.

Unfortunately I have to give Gertrude painful antibiotic shots, and I was worried that one side of her bag feels hard (but not hot or red) so I have had to improvise a milk stand to empty her out. She now gives me a wild-eyed stare and retreats to the far back of the pen when she sees me. She doesn’t mind us handling the kids, which is great. I’m just going to have to rebuild her trust.

 

[AmberLops]

I'm sorry you lost a baby
But i'm glad the others are okay and I hope Gertrude's mastitis heals up quick

 

[Baymule]

Those are some cute babies.

 

[campingshaws]

Gertrude has some thick discharge today. It’s pink/purple and looks like pie filling. There are globs of it all over the barn, and crusted on her tail.

She had oxtytetracycline at 4mls daily for five days, which ended Thursday. She has not had discharge until now, and I can’t find any info on if this color/consistency is normal or not. Eating and drinking seem to be fine. I’ll take her temp in a minute when I got back down with bottles.

We have a small hurricane making landfall today and we’re within the path. Lots of our shops are closed.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

That sounds like a perfectly normal post-kidding discharge. It's usually a kind of dull, brick-red color. I wouldn't worry about it.

Stay safe in that hurricane!

 

[campingshaws]

That sounds like a perfectly normal post-kidding discharge. It's usually a kind of dull, brick-red color. I wouldn't worry about it.

Stay safe in that hurricane!

Thanks! We’ve got our bread and milk, so we’ll be fine. DH actually set up his smoker at the dining hall, and we’re having a little party. The highest winds are overnight.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

I'm south of Houston - so I know all about hurricanes. Our biggest hurricane prep is gas for the generator, lol. The winds on Barry seem manageable - but they're predicting a whole bunch of rain for you guys. Hope you're high and dry!

 

[Baymule]

I lived in hurricane country all my life. We moved to the Tyler Tx area 4 years ago. Hope you are in a high spot. Invite friends and neighbors, cook, eat, visit and have a good time. One time we sheltered 10 people in our home because of a hurricane. Tree branches came down, I put saws in the hands of bored men and they sawed it all up and piled it at the curb for pick up. LOL

for a bad hurricane, you need a double batch of brownies and a box of wine. Hurricane Ike dropped a huge oak tree on our old house. it was raining inside, I ate my brownies, drank my wine and did not care. LOL

Stay safe, make the most of it.

 

[AmberLops]

Stay safe!!!