Archive for 'mega-catch'
Posted: May 18th, 2007 by
Frank
The vet called yesterday with the results of the necropsy (that’s a veterinary autopsy) on Mary. The immediate cause of death was septic shock due to a systemic infection of streptococcus zooepidemicus (phonetic spelling on the species). This bacterium is found in the mucous membranes of all ruminants. and it’s known to cause “Alpaca Fever”
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Posted under Death, Farm Life, Llama, mega-catch.
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Posted: May 10th, 2007 by
Frank
I’ve wondered for much of my life why I have to be so careful to correctly tie a square knot rather than a granny when it seems that others get them right effortlessly. I have the same trouble with some other kinds of knots ,too. Sometime over the weekend, I had a rush of brains
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Posted under Blackflies, Farm Life, Honey Bees, Mosquito Magnet, Mosquitos, Reviews, mega-catch.
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Posted: May 8th, 2007 by
Lisa
It’s really hard, right now. We lost a llama yesterday, so suddenly that I can hardly believe it happened. It’s hard to even write about it, but I guess I want to document it in case someone else has something similar happen. On Saturday, Vinnie had a lamb, the first one in the pen with
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Posted under Bjarki, Blackflies, Chickens, Death, Ewes, Farm Life, First Date Out, Horse Housing, Lambs, Llama, Mosquitos, Sawmill, Sunny, Tractor, Truck, Window Boxes, mega-catch.
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Posted: May 1st, 2007 by
Lisa
That’s my girl, giving me my first two ewe lambs of the season. Perfect! My favorite and most tame sheep gives me girls, yay! She’ll show them the ropes, and keeping them tame won’t be hard at all. Way to go, Minxy! She had them both cleaned off and claimed, great for a first
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Posted under Chickens, Farm Life, Hatching, Honey Bees, Lambs, Trailer, Weeding, mega-catch, tulips.
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Posted: April 30th, 2007 by
Lisa
Kaytla, the ewe who had triplets, one still born, looks like she is developing mastitis. I noticed that one teat was twice the size of the other, and that both lambs were nursing on the other side. I asked on the ISBONA list to make sure I should intervene, and milked her out by hand
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Posted under Chicken Coop, Chickens, Ewes, Farm Life, Horse Housing, Horses, Lambs, Pasture, Rain, Reviews, Truck, mastitis, mega-catch.
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