FEM's 2020 Kidding Thread

[Mini Horses]

I love the color --- of couse, a boy!

What's up with that? Like peacocks...

Here it's been a more boy year, also. But there's freezer fodder and hay money. Gotta look at it that way.

I love the pig slurping. Bet that didn't last long. LOL

 

[SS Project Manager]

We're still at least a month away from the first kidding so this may be a very boring thread for awhile.

Even though we're a ways away from any delivery I started doe pampering today. I checked membranes and wormed a few "regulars" last week...sigh. So today I took out some Replamin and gave them all a nice taste. (Replamin Gel Plus is a nutritional source of amino acid chelated/complexed minerals and vitamins for all classes of cattle, horse, goat, and swine.) They love the stuff and it really does a body good. I'll start CDT shots in the next couple days. Also going to try something different with the girls this year. I'm going to give the moms some Vit E and Selenium Gel before kidding. For the last couple of years I've noticed that some of the kids just seem to do better if they get a little dab at birth. This year I'm going to give it to the moms and see if that makes any difference at all. While I'm thinking about it I need to get some Toltrazuril ordered too. It is THE best thing for preventing coccidia problems that I've ever used. A dose at 3, 6, and 9 weeks is usually all it takes. I've been known to give another dose at 12 weeks if we're having a really bad, sloppy, wet, nasty year. Normal stuff around here, lol.

I'll get some pics in a couple days - when the sun comes back out again and keep track of udder progress if I can keep up with it.

Starting to get excited!

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