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Checked on the baby through the night. Around 3am she seemed to have her temp dropping a bit so I put the lamp I use for a brooder out there. She warmed very quickly (she was only a few degrees cool and as I said it's surface temp) and stood and tried to nurse. I can't say she was doing a GREAT...

I came home one day to a strange man with a sack picking up pecans in my front yard. At first he ignored me, but I insisted he speak to me and he said, "you don't mind if I take these, do you?". Something about him creeped me out, and I was really taken aback by the whole incident but I told him...

Thanks BubB, I do. She took the vit b liquid fine with it. I'll try that, thank you so much!!! :)

She's still lying in the same spot. I did check her temp (borrowed a laser temp gun, very accurate). On her head it is over 79, which is the same thing my dog's head reads (it's surface temp only) so I think she's staying warm. I do have about 12 oz of colostrum in the fridge. Mama milks like...

Thanks. :) I'm SO glad for yall's answers. :) Gave the baby .3 cc liquid multi-b. It is a really good one. Adult dose is 1cc, so that was more than a tenth but .1cc can get stuck in the syringe and I thought she might spit a bit out. She took it VERY easily. If I'd read your posts before...

Thanks Free!!! Going to read your thread now. My nipple is the red one with yellow base that fits on coke bottles ... Soft and milk almost drips. So far she's gotten a tiny bit if colostrum but not much. I have human liquid Bs, nothing for goats. Vets and feed store are closed, but I think...

I had thought to try BBrooks idea too, but drought here for 2 years has left zero surplus hay. Getting worried about the doeling. She doesn't suck on my finger, she chews it. I think she is maybe doing the same with the teat. She won't stay latched and the tip is white when she pulls off...

Well, spring has sprung, hasn't it? Oddly not by much here as we just had a freakishly cold couple of days. Electric blankets in MAY?!?!? Usually I'm dying for a/c by now. Lots of stuff going on but the most exciting I'm looking at. One of my little does kidded today!!! And it's a little...

I agree. Around here I've seen them as cheap as $15. Typically going for around $35 for little ones. I also saw an ad on CL for Auracana eggs for Easter, saying they were "special" and so $10 a dozen for eating eggs, while the regular eggs were a buck-fifty. I guess people will charge what...

I'm in the "Mama knows best" camp. My broodies are heavy foragers and teach the chicks the same. At about 2-3 days old they are right in there picking and scratching. I have only one raised to adulthood so far but believe me, he's a tough and independent and healthy guy. Very well grown. Too...

I recently saw something about a guy who got the implants so he could look better in jeans. I had to laugh too -- I've also seen the late night "Booty Pop" commercials and I'm wondering when it became fashionable to have one? Too bad it wasn't "in" when I was in high school, LOL. Bs that as it...

Me too, Our7. I've had goats for a year. The big girls were just getting to need it when the coyotes got them. Now I'm noticing one of the doelings' back hoof looks a bit long and pointed, and I guess they should all be done. They are all yearlings and never been trimmed yet, but I think some...

I got the same shocked response when I filled a prescription for my 6-year old once and told them that was the first time for antibiotics. "You have NEVER given the child ANY antibiotics before?" Well, NO. They haven't needed them before! I'm obviously a negligent parent at that point...

I have a forest of potatoes coming up in the compost pile from a few old storebought spuds that got old and I had tossed. Probably too closely "planted" to really produce, but they sure are growing!

I think poultry and plants are way better than toys too! Hehe when I was a kid, I had a model farm and any "toys" I wanted were always just more model pieces, and here she's getting the real thing! Sounds good to me. :) I am really sorry to hear about your trailer. I hope it turns up, since you...

That's what always held me back -- expensive to buy and somewhat fragile while young. I want a heritage breed so that I don't HAVE to buy them. I'm not interested in buying poults for $5-8 each, maybe losing a few, paying to feed them, and finally having q bird that cost way more than what's...

Once or twice I've gotten an egg that developed a little. I think the chickens must hide them sometimes, LOL. I cook them up and feed them to the chickens or the dog. Don't like to waste anything. Can't quite bring myself to be interested in balut. ;) Besides, they weren't that far along.

I keep bars on the horns of my goats who can get through the fence. (Need to add them to the doeling -- her horns are growing and beginning to stick.) I don't worry about my dog, but feral dogs or even wandering pets can kill livestock. I would hate to come home and find that. I'm so sorry you...

LOVE the kitty pictures. Oh, and yes, it's certainly time to be busy outside. I got a lot done yesterday too, but lots MORE to do. I wish I was off in the spring instead of the summer and so many winter holidays. Little bear looks like he's developing stripes. :)