I am surprised they didn't give you drugs for him.
When my son sliced his foot open... there was nothing I could do to keep him off that foot! He would not be kept still!
The canning class sounds great.
2 things to note
1. An eagle killed one of my geese. Female, about 6 weeks old. She was already at full size, or at least very close... but there was almost zero breast muscle. In fact there was so little muscle over the ribs I would of had to scrape it off. She had LOTS of down. So...
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Withheld water?
I was raised with letting the about to be butchered have zero feed, as much water as they want.
My grandma had a small dry lot kind of pen just for that purpose.
It is a mess!!!
I use folders and spread sheets/charts. And I put everything in my phone calendar with reminder alarms.
For appointments, the alarm goes off 1 hour before I have to leave for the appointment. If I know I will be stressed that day, I make the alarm go off 1 hour before...