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DSS (8- 3rd grade) and DSD (6=1st grade) are new readers and I'd love some tips on how to help them. DSD has struggled with reading the whole time in school. He has worked with a reading specialist/teacher all through school so far, and he has really come a long way. Last year it started...

That's great! So glad it worked out!!

:hugs I sometimes am the most impatient person I know, and waiting for lambs is hard!!! That's what I thought about my ewe's udder too, but boy it got WAY bigger than I expected that year. I kept thinking, "it can't get any bigger!" and then it would! :lau And I'm sorry your vet fee is so...

If I had that good of layers I wouldn't eat them! I'd sell them or find a way to use or sell more eggs! :P

This past Feb I had a ewe who was preggo, and I had a due date because ram owner saw her bred. Well, a day or two before that date she prolapsed. The vet came out, and I asked him about inducing her because I knew her due date. He said no, and I was a little irked because I was really worried...

She sounds like she's doing fine. :) It's your call, but I wouldn't call a vet. She'll lamb when she's ready. If she were in distress you'd know it!

How are ewe doing? :lau I'm so punny. But seriously, any lambs yet?

Can you add me to the list when you get a chance? :D

This thread is so much fun. :lol: I would have loved the Popples sheets, but I wouldnt' have paid that money for them. What an awesome deal! I wish I had the time to commit to sales like that, but heck, I can never find enough time in the day! :barnie

I agree, I'd think they'd just wrap it up in a cloth and go.

Wait, we only contribute one bar? I thought we had to contribute one bar per person! If it's just one bar I'd love to participate. I am concentrating on making soap so I can sell it in December, so I wasn't going to do it if it was a lot of bars. I think I can handle one. :P

Sounds like she could be close, and the mucous you saw earlier could have been a mucous plug. If she doesn't lamb and continues to refuse food, she may have pregnancy toxemia. Sounds like she settled a cycle after you thought though, so the timing might be perfect for her. :) Oh, and one...

Was she only in with the ram to be bred and then removed? Or was she in with the ram for a few weeks/months? If it's the latter, she's probably due later than expected. I wouldn't do anything. Sounds like she's doing fine and will lamb when she's ready. :)

I wouldn't bother with a mastitis test. If you're referring to the CMT it doesn't work super well for goats, and it should just be used as a guide. IMO it's a waste of money. I bought a quart of teat dip from Hoegger's last season and I'm STILL using it. It gets diluted for make 1 gallon of...

Well, my dad and I made 2 wooden molds this weekend! It was cheap...he had the wood already and I just had to buy hardware (threaded rods and wingnuts) and it was about $5 per mold. I could have done it slightly cheaper if we'd used thinner rods. I'll post pics soon!

I got nothin'. :(

I'm not exactly sure. She'd have some pretty big upset stomachs with Celiac's, right? They eat a good amount of processed food and I honestly think that won't change. :/

And that's all you really need to worry about!! :lol:

You're doing a great job! Your stitches look nice and even. To me both sides look the same. Are you sure you're switching from purl to knit? Either way, I think it looks like it'll be a very warm and squishy scarf!

Last year the kids and I gathered 2 feedsacks full of black walnuts from our trees. I left the bags out in the yard and never got around to doing anything with them. This spring I went to move the bags and surprise!, they were empty! :lol: I think the squirrels had a good winter. I think...