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Barnyard Buddies:  All Things Dairy (Goats, Cows and Sheep)  |
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amomfly
True Blue Farmgirl
658 Posts
Angie
LaGrange
IN
USA
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 Posted - Jun 07 2010 : 4:33:48 PM
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Kristen,
I know how you feel abou the dr. But please do no twait too long! A severe infection could be horrible.
Candy is right, tea tree oil is the best. I use it alot.
God Bless
Angie-amomfly
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11252 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Jun 07 2010 : 5:00:43 PM
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Thanks ya'll. I have been soaking it as much as I can in Epsom salt water. But some friend's scared me today about tetanus. The last shot I had was about 20 years ago. Then my step dad had lost his thumb because of the same thing. SHoot! I told them if it still looks like this tomorrow I will go. It sure hurt like heck to milk 4 goats this morning. And I should have worn gloves or covered it while milking. I got some medical tape today and will wrap it up tonight with Nepsprin. I don't have tea tree oil. I'll get some tomorrow while I am out. But I am so tired. And that's one of the symptoms. But that's all. Probably because of the infection. But I will keep an eye on it. And thanks ya'll, for your concern. I get so mad at myself for being so careless. I knicked my middle finger a few days before while trimming goat hooves. And broke my little toe a few weeks ago. I am always doing something to myself. I need to wear gloves al the time anymore.
Kris
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maggie14
True Blue Farmgirl
6736 Posts
Hannah
Washington
USA
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Posted - Jun 07 2010 : 5:20:09 PM
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I hope you feel better soon Kristin!!
Hugs,
Channah
Farmgirl sister #1219
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sherrye
True Blue Farmgirl
3749 Posts
sherry
bend in the high desert
oregon
USA
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Posted - Jun 07 2010 : 6:52:15 PM
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well kris golee girl. i think i will send you some gloves.lol i am a glove user. i am irish german thin fair skin. i can get a splinter looking at wood. you take care of that finger girl. hope its easier to milk tonight. happy days sherrye
the learn as we go silk purse farm
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11252 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Jun 08 2010 : 06:02:15 AM
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I forgot to say that Friday 2 black cats ran in front of me while I was out at 2 different times. I am not superstitious but then all this happened to me. Anyway, it looks a little better this morning. Of course I have whacked it a few times. I have soaked it and now it's all wrapped up again.
Milking went a lot better too. I could use my left hand more. So I hope that it is better in a few days. Thanks so much for being such nice farmgirl friends.
Kris
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sherrye
True Blue Farmgirl
3749 Posts
sherry
bend in the high desert
oregon
USA
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Posted - Jun 15 2010 : 06:57:25 AM
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good morning farm girls, i brought isabella back from pasture. it was time and with buttercup gone i needed a cow. she is soooo much bigger than my jersey girl. i think she will settle down for me thought. she is not due till end of aug. still no calves here. i am wondering if maddie is preg. or not. i sure hope so.
Lisa and i went and picked up a cow for beef. she goes in tomorrow. yum.its been quiet on barn yard. you all must be out doing instead of typing. so many summer chores. heres hoping all is good.happy days sherrrye
the learn as we go silk purse farm
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11252 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Jun 15 2010 : 07:27:41 AM
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Hey Sherry. It's been so hot here all the critters just sort of hang out in the shade. I can't walk outside without getting drenched. I wish we had a pool. Heather brought over Kansas' big rectagular pool. I need to get it blown up and filled up and jump on in!
I went to the docto Sunday. There's a walk in clinic there. I got to thinking about how I got the cut and why it got so infected in the first place and I got a little scared. I was cutting some meat off bones I had gotten from a slaughter house that day. It didn't smell too good. So I probably got some bad bacteria from that. Then a few days later I went out and pulled weeds from the garden bare handed. That's when it started getting swollen and infected. So the doctor ordered a big strong antibiotic shot and a prescrition. It already looks better. Kind of like a real bad burn blister now. I will try to be way more careful in the future. Especially around knives.
It's been real quiet here since the stinkin' bucks are all gone. Mazie went in heat a few days ago. So yesterday a friend came and got her to take to his bull up the road. He said the bull chased her all over the field. But didn't actually see any action other than that. So she will stay through another cycle. Kansas will be going to day camp across the road from where Mazie is so I can check on her. Poor Roxie is missing her friend bad. She will go for a visit next March.
I hope ya'll are having happy milking times on your farms.
Kris
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miss kris
True Blue Farmgirl
118 Posts
kris
mi
USA
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Posted - Jun 15 2010 : 09:21:37 AM
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Hi Kristin - Glad your cuts and hopefully breaks are feeling better. I don't like doctors either but sometimes...you have to go. I have learned to be more careful with knives because of past cuts. the last one seriously injured a nerve. It was the last time I did anything without thought. I don't like antibiotics either. Glad you are healing!
my goats are okay - we still deal with a loud Nibs when she is wanting something or just cause she hears you. The water treatment has improved the situation, for which I am thankful. Listening to her and the DH is really to much for one person. She is coming out of heat again so milking will be easy for a few weeks. she kicked during her heat cycle. see you guys Miss Kris
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sherrye
True Blue Farmgirl
3749 Posts
sherry
bend in the high desert
oregon
USA
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Posted - Jun 15 2010 : 2:05:51 PM
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hey girls, aint it great. i love dirt and animals. hard yes rewarding yes disappointing yes and so it goes. the cow we bought for meat goes tomorrow. isabella is settling in. she is very bossy and pushy. i can tell i will need my hollow stick. she does not kick though. ginger and betty boop look pregnant. when do you girls think they start to show.they are 2 months pregie. lol both are acting very sweet these days. i am so amazed at how the boer betty can almost turn her head all the way around. goofy goat.the little steer is healing nicley. so glad i did not have to shoot him. he had his head stuck upside down in the hinge side of a gate and post. lisa got him loose. his bruise was the size of a basket ball. vet said he would like. good thing he weighs 650 pounds. would not been good to lose him. we call him crooked neck. i got a good deal on my kill fee for the cow. FREE and i do not have to haul or do it. they are running a special. cut and wrap is 62 cents a pound. i think she will hang at 400 lbs.
the learn as we go silk purse farm
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sherrye
True Blue Farmgirl
3749 Posts
sherry
bend in the high desert
oregon
USA
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Posted - Jun 15 2010 : 2:10:00 PM
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well i had more written and it only posted part. i was wanting to know if kris had to have your finger lanced or did the antibiotics work?
Miss kris i am going to remember the water idea. well i need to check all those barn buddies so i can run to town and get veggies. it is so cold and windy now. geez yesterday 80 last night 27 now freezing butt cold. no other way to say it. still using my fire. any hoot happy days sherrye
the learn as we go silk purse farm
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11252 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Jun 15 2010 : 2:40:40 PM
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My finger is so much better. I can almost bend it now. Thanks so much for asking.
Kris, goats are such funky animals. My Nubian Sandy is so loud and always gets louder when she sees me. I have grown used to it. Sometimes she just goes on and on though. But she is my favorite goat. I could never get rid of her. I have had her since she was just a few days old and she's 4 now. I will always have her.
I will check on Mazie tomorrow when I take Kansas to camp. I hope she's pregnant. We'll know in 21 days. And if not now then maybe then. Then the waiting starts. I know I will be a nervous wreck by March.
So Sherry, I though you had a pregnant cow due any time. What happened to her? And now you have a new cow that you will be taking to butcher? And I wrote on your post about my pigs. They will eat anything that they get ahold of.
We just had a strange storm come through. It was mostly to the east of us heading north toward Chatt. Lots of lightening and loud thunder. It's gone now. I hate those Alabama storms. They are bad. My sunflowers were on the ground with the wind.
Kris
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sherrye
True Blue Farmgirl
3749 Posts
sherry
bend in the high desert
oregon
USA
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Posted - Jun 15 2010 : 7:20:15 PM
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yes kris i have 3 cows due now. no one seems to be ready. i am still waiting for aunt jennys mona to calve. i havent heard anything from her. hoping things are ok. the cow i am butchering i bought yesterday. she comes from a clean herd of grass fed dexters. she is not a good calver. so we bought her to butcher. i need meat right now. isaballa is the 3 teat cow i rescued last year that lived. she is a pretty good girl. way bigger than buttercup was. she will calve in end of aug. so now i am looking for a cow in milk. i should have known the chicks would get in the pig pen. i thought i had them separated. darn. such is life.i am glad your finger is better kris. well happy days on the farm here sherrye
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maggie14
True Blue Farmgirl
6736 Posts
Hannah
Washington
USA
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Posted - Jun 18 2010 : 3:56:15 PM
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YAY!! So glad you finger is better Kristin! Thanks so much for keeping us updated.
This Sunday is the first day of trimming Eli and Elinor's hooves. Cross your fingures that it goes well.
Hugs,
Channah
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11252 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Jun 18 2010 : 6:43:56 PM
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Channah, just be sure to wear gloves! I was trimming the last bucks hooves before he left and got my left middle finger. I will be wearing gloves from now on for sure. Good luck. There really isn't alot of hoof yet on young goats. It's very soft too.
Does anyone feed the cut off hooves to their dogs? Mine were with me the first time I ever trimmed and they were eating them as fast as they hit the floor. They loved them. Also when we disbud they eat them too. But the girl that does them for me has dogs that love them also.Just wondering.
Sherry, I almost forgot about Isabella. Not much longer for her to go now. I bet she's fat and sassy.
Kris
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sherrye
True Blue Farmgirl
3749 Posts
sherry
bend in the high desert
oregon
USA
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Posted - Jun 18 2010 : 6:56:56 PM
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she is getting there. she has already sweetened up to me. she likes her eyes and nose scratched. for me she is huge. buttercup was very small. i do have buttercups heifer calf. she is part corriente. i would never have done that. she was bred when we got her. so buttercup lives on in cocoa. cocoa is just about a year now. isabella is due end of aug. if she is bred. never checked. we think she is. so counting her we are waiting on 4 calves. i am soooo tired of waiting. my dogs love the hooves too.
Channah good luck trimming. kris is right they are so soft. take off little bits at a time.
Well dinner the crooked neck steer is better. he and isabella are friends now. he slept with his head on her back today. he is such a baby boy. he is almost 2 but just a baby.lol anyway life is good here. lots of planting going on. had my first strawberry today. actually i had 3 happy days sherrye
the learn as we go silk purse farm
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