06/13/08, 11:20 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: The Beautiful Ozarks
Posts: 1,394
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Friday the 13th for goats
Wouldn't you know. Being a firm NON-believer of the whole friday the 13th thing, I woke up this morning like every other morning......except:
My milking doe (with 4 week old kid on her) got bloat this morning. So spent the entire morning attempting to drench her with veggie oil & baking soda, then walking her around in the muggy heat, massaging her gut, and more walking, all the while her kid running around us like crazy.
The little bugger of a Nigerian wether decided that he really wanted to stay in the henhouse with the hens. Except the door opening is like only 8" x 11"......he got stuck and was there for goodness knows how long. Chickens were ticked also as he was blocking the only entrance to their laying boxes (let us in....we have to lay an egg like NOW!!!!)
Then, my lamancha doe somehow managed to get her entire head stuck into the manger. And we though we designed it to be totally goat proof...HA! She was also stuck in there anywhere from 2 minutes to about an hour.
Mind you, this was all BEFORE noon today.
I'm ready for Saturday the 14th!
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