I wormed the goats again. Well, most of them. I did not hit the entire herd because the entire herd did not need redosing. I'm a mean person, though, and teased the goats with the promise of grain to get them into the smallest pen I have. One by one I checked eyelids, dosed appropriately, and kicked them back out to the main pasture. Normally I spray them with orange marking paint (livestock friendly) but Beau ate my paint can.... SOOO I had to do it another way. In between each goat I had to write it down and keep going. This caused a problem.... goats LOVE paper. They think it's a great snack and that they should all eat it! It took me longer to keep track of my health book than it did to worm the goats. I normally don't take it in with me and leave it safely outside of the fence but I needed to keep track of who was given what dosage... and my husband isn't home this weekend to help!
One of the goats, Zinnia, has had issues with this wormer in the past. Two weeks ago we almost lost her due to fluke worms after worming with this wormer... I'll be keeping a close eye on her. She's my matriarch. My oldest and most beloved. She's a total PITA but she was my first registered La Mancha. I have two of her daughters and they're just lovely.
I picked two tomatoes earlier to try and keep them from catching the blight on the plant next door, they were delicious! I've been fertilizing them with goat poop from the pasture and chicken poop from the coops. Soak it for 6-8 months and make a nice, STRONG, tea... the plants just LOVE it.
