Monthly Archives: April 2013

So this is the last disbudding we should ever have to do.  We brought three kids into the veterinarian this afternoon to have their horn buds burned off with the help of sedation and local anesthesia.  These goats were not … Continue reading →

The day started out with banding three of our ram lambs, Merle, Waylon and Willy.  They seemed to recover fairly quickly, but it is still very hard to do.  Then, after animal chores, I trimmed the hooves of 14 goats … Continue reading →

So parts of last week were kind of crappy.  Chasing rams in a sleet storm, getting sick with a nasty cold, burning my hand pretty bad on a wood stove, our washing machine crapping out and having to deal with … Continue reading →