Misfitmorgan's Journal - That Summer Dust

[promiseacres]

sorry you lost Oreo. Am hoping we are through the last of winter weather... we had flurries and a cold snap too...

 

[misfitmorgan]

sorry you lost Oreo. Am hoping we are through the last of winter weather... we had flurries and a cold snap too...

We knew Oreo's odds of recovery weren't good but we tried. She was on the cocci course of treatment, got wormed, got vitamin B shot, iron, probiotic paste, vitamin E and selenium paste, and we even gave her some penicillin just in case. Threw everything at her and it just didnt help. She did perk up some the day after we put her in her own pen but then the next day was worse so we kinda knew but just kept on.

 

[Hens and Roos]

sorry to hear

 

[RollingAcres]

Sorry to hear of your loss...

 

[misfitmorgan]

It is frustrating i really don't know what killed 2 of 2 and now no, for sure on Oreo. I speculate it was cocci but really I don't know. I've never seen or heard of adult livestock dying from cocci and never would have even thought about it if SBC had not mentioned it on Mike's thread. I normally only ever treated kids/lambs for the typical cocci blooms and moms got treated by proxy because they had the same water access as their kids.

 

[CntryBoy777]

That is a shame about Oreo........it'll get better as the weather warms and ya are able to get started on your improvements....I know ya will like the Khaki Campbells they are so entertaining and prolific at laying eggs....

 

[Baymule]

Your post about Ivy reminded me of @Southern by choice thread about Millie. Millie actually sharpened her horns on cinder blocks and bullied all the other goats.

https://www.backyardherds.com/threads/de-horned-2yr-old-doe-week-3-update.28257/#post-357682

Really sorry about Oreo.

 

[Southern by choice]

So sorry you lost her.

@Baymule Millie is a whole different goat. She is great. Best thing we did was getting those horns off.

 

[misfitmorgan]

Your post about Ivy reminded me of @Southern by choice thread about Millie. Millie actually sharpened her horns on cinder blocks and bullied all the other goats.

https://www.backyardherds.com/threads/de-horned-2yr-old-doe-week-3-update.28257/#post-357682

Really sorry about Oreo.

I saw her whole post about millie. Ivy is not sharpening her horns they are just thin and have some sort of broken off layers on the ends from her fighting with the others over the years. Until this pregnancy she was not the herd alpha and was always picked on and beat up on. Honestly I think Phoebe is just to pregnant to care atm, she is normally the alpha.

Losing oreo sucks but we are moving forward of course. Thank you all.

 

[misfitmorgan]

On a side note I drove thru a literal blizzard to get to work today
Lovely Spring here in Northern Michigan

I've been throwing around the idea of leaving the current pen up and using it for weaned kids and anyone who is smaller/younger. So Latte, Espresso, The Buck, Charlotte, Duke, Bottle lamb, and runt ram would be who was in it atm/this spring/summer for example. At least until we get more pastures/pens put up and we could put the boys in that pasture in the fall perhaps until we are ready to breed. It's a thought, i dont know how DH will feel about it, he probly won't like it. He wants our backyard back. I mean we have 2 literal acres of yard but he wants that specific section back for some reason