Morning lovely ODAT folk!
Bit of a grey one here in the UK but meant to be dry so that's ok.
I got a list of jobs on an A4 sheet of paper and the power will be off from 08.30 - 15.30 here so will be doing a lot of stuff outside. Not a problem. Lots of potting up to do, TONS of weeding, grass cutting etc etc. Gotta pick up some more pig feed and shop for stuff on the way. Fuel is getting so expensive here now that I never go and do just one thing when I drive, I always try and get lots of things done at once to minimise the amount of journeys and therefore fuel use.
For those of you wanting news of the pigs - the one that got bitten by the dog seems to be ok - wounds being sprayed with iodine - and the escapees slept well that night after their adventure and seem fine. Bessie with the arthritis is a bit more lively - the new painkiller/anti-inflammatory drug (for horses!!) seems to be doing a good job. Trouble is I have a real dilemma now. She can't be used for breeding with the arthritis and we don't have them as pets. It's a very strong possibility that the meat inspector at the abbatoir would condemn the carcase because of the arthritis damage (we can discuss this with the butcher/abbatoir owner luckily - it is a small, family run operation and very helpful) so a home kill and butcher looks like the likely option. :upset: Trouble is the antibiotics have a withdrawal period of 10 days and I don't think it would be humane to leave her without them for 10 days just so we could have safe meat. Think I will talk to the vet and see if there is another antibio with a shorter withdrawal period that we could change her onto. There is the possibility that the antibio has done its job and that we could just keep her on the painkiller/anti - inflamm.
The good news is that the horse's kick wound has healed up nicely and I will be riding him again this week. He will be horribly slobby and lazy because he has had too much time off but we will just have to work at getting him fit again. The sheep also seem to be ok (TOUCH WOOD!!!!) We have 28 now with more if we want them. And I am waiting for various chicks to hatch, some under broody hens and others in the incubator. And my little free range mama hen is doing a good job of looking after her two little fluffy bundles. Soooo cute!
So that's news from Bessie's small patch of countryside!! The only way I can keep all this going to stay AF as often as possible - that's why I am here and doing it ODAT!!
Lots of love to all.
bessie xx
Bit of a grey one here in the UK but meant to be dry so that's ok.
I got a list of jobs on an A4 sheet of paper and the power will be off from 08.30 - 15.30 here so will be doing a lot of stuff outside. Not a problem. Lots of potting up to do, TONS of weeding, grass cutting etc etc. Gotta pick up some more pig feed and shop for stuff on the way. Fuel is getting so expensive here now that I never go and do just one thing when I drive, I always try and get lots of things done at once to minimise the amount of journeys and therefore fuel use.
For those of you wanting news of the pigs - the one that got bitten by the dog seems to be ok - wounds being sprayed with iodine - and the escapees slept well that night after their adventure and seem fine. Bessie with the arthritis is a bit more lively - the new painkiller/anti-inflammatory drug (for horses!!) seems to be doing a good job. Trouble is I have a real dilemma now. She can't be used for breeding with the arthritis and we don't have them as pets. It's a very strong possibility that the meat inspector at the abbatoir would condemn the carcase because of the arthritis damage (we can discuss this with the butcher/abbatoir owner luckily - it is a small, family run operation and very helpful) so a home kill and butcher looks like the likely option. :upset: Trouble is the antibiotics have a withdrawal period of 10 days and I don't think it would be humane to leave her without them for 10 days just so we could have safe meat. Think I will talk to the vet and see if there is another antibio with a shorter withdrawal period that we could change her onto. There is the possibility that the antibio has done its job and that we could just keep her on the painkiller/anti - inflamm.
The good news is that the horse's kick wound has healed up nicely and I will be riding him again this week. He will be horribly slobby and lazy because he has had too much time off but we will just have to work at getting him fit again. The sheep also seem to be ok (TOUCH WOOD!!!!) We have 28 now with more if we want them. And I am waiting for various chicks to hatch, some under broody hens and others in the incubator. And my little free range mama hen is doing a good job of looking after her two little fluffy bundles. Soooo cute!
So that's news from Bessie's small patch of countryside!! The only way I can keep all this going to stay AF as often as possible - that's why I am here and doing it ODAT!!
Lots of love to all.
bessie xx
verheated:
I will no longer give the BEAST any power over me - he can go straight to hell.
ray:
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