Baymule’s Farm

[seedcorn]

Whenever I get the flu or bad cold I can’t shake, I turn to Brandy. Only time I drink. Most cold/flu meds are 50% alcohol.

 

[baymule]

before putting in fence and other hardscape items would it make more sense to get some dirt brought in or the area built up for better drainage? i sure would not want to be always working in mud.

Already plan on building up a pad before building a barn.

 

[baymule]

Whenever I get the flu or bad cold I can’t shake, I turn to Brandy. Only time I drink. Most cold/flu meds are 50% alcohol.

A hot toddy helps me sleep but I’m not kicking this crud.

 

[baymule]

Sheba thinks she’s some kind of Anatolian CAT! She climbed up on a big log to get a better look around on a foggy morning.

 

[baymule]

Went to doctor.. Don’t come in. Park around back and call us when you get here. Then, wait in your car, the nurse will come out to see you. Covid test, flu test, which I didn’t have, I already knew that.
Doctors don’t want sick people in their offices. No sympathy! No! Don’t come inside! We don’t want you in here! You are SICK! No telling WHAT you have, it could be Covid 243, turkey flu, leprosy, acne, kookamunga crud, boils, a sore toe and CONTAGIOUS!

The PA came out, standing back from the open window of my car. No stethoscope, no exam, I’m calling in a prescription for you, now go AWAY!

I picked up my prescriptions and came home. It’s storming, thunder, lightning. Sheep and Anatolians are in their shelters.

 

[Cosmo spring garden]

Went to doctor.. Don’t come in. Park around back and call us when you get here. Then, wait in your car, the nurse will come out to see you. Covid test, flu test, which I didn’t have, I already knew that.
Doctors don’t want sick people in their offices. No sympathy! No! Don’t come inside! We don’t want you in here! You are SICK! No telling WHAT you have, it could be Covid 243, turkey flu, leprosy, acne, kookamunga crud, boils, a sore toe and CONTAGIOUS!

The PA came out, standing back from the open window of my car. No stethoscope, no exam, I’m calling in a prescription for you, now go AWAY!

I picked up my prescriptions and came home. It’s storming, thunder, lightning. Sheep and Anatolians are in their shelters.

That is not practicing medicine. They should just have a drive thru window where you can oder what you want, get to the window and stick a butt cheek in so they can give you a shot of your preferred cocktail for illness. Seriously, that is horrible that they did that to you. You should call and complain.

 

[Carol Dee]

At the height of the Covid pandemic We would wait in car to see Dr. When it was your turn, you got a call to come in masked. Staff was masked and gowned. No one sitting in waiting room. Receptionists behind Plexiglas and masked. They just did not want to spread Covid, flu etc. I was o.k. with that. Things are relaxed now. If you have a cough or suspect symptoms, you may come in wearing a mask. Waiting area seats are still spaced farther apart and no reading materials to share.

 

[baymule]

That is not practicing medicine. They should just have a drive thru window where you can oder what you want, get to the window and stick a butt cheek in so they can give you a shot of your preferred cocktail for illness. Seriously, that is horrible that they did that to you. You should call and complain.

I agree, but I didn’t care. I didn’t have an appointment but I got a parking lot drive by, all done in about 30 minutes. Drove to pharmacy and was told it would be 30-45 minutes. I politely told the cashier that I lived 25 miles from town, and just wanted to go home, was there somewhere to sit down. She motioned to some chairs. The pharmacist must have heard me, it was ready almost as soon as I sat down.

I’m on week 2 of this crud and it’s worse. So I’m glad to get something that’s not over the counter failure.

I would have gladly stuck my butt cheek out the window and mooned the whole darned parking lot! That’s funny-butt cheek out the window! Hahaha thanks for making me laugh! Wheeze, cough cough cough

 

[baymule]

Day is dawning, I’m going to hook up the flatbed trailer this morning and go get a half dozen 16’ hog panels. I’m going to get my sheep working equipment set up so I can run the sheep through, trim feet, give yearly shots, take fecal samples to check for worms under the microscope. Putting samples under the microscope is time consuming and I will only do 4-8 at a time.

A ram lamb went to his new home yesterday. I had checked him twice for worms and was satisfied that he was clean. His new owner was impressed and pleased with that. I will not let breeding stock leave here without a parasite exam. On 2 separate occasions I’ve bought and paid a price for registered ewes, only to have them die in a few weeks because of a huge worm load. Even the vet couldn’t save them. I’ve been burned by so called breeders and I absolutely will not do that to anybody else. When an animal is so over loaded with worms, even the worming itself can sicken or kill them. Worms release toxins when they die, which places one in a lose-lose situation. They will die if you worm them, they’ll die if you don’t. But I gotta try.

I’m breeding for worm resistant sheep and doing well with it. Worms spike when a sheep is stressed from moving it. Ewes are stressed when giving birth and when their lambs are weaned. I have 2 ewes whose worm count shoots to the moon, what I call “Why aren’t you dead?” But they both produce high quality lambs, bred to Ringo, 10 year old registered ram that has never been wormed. So I keep them, because of what they produce.

And that is your parasite worm lesson for today!

 

[Carol Dee]

Day is dawning, I’m going to hook up the flatbed trailer this morning and go get a half dozen 16’ hog panels. I’m going to get my sheep working equipment set up so I can run the sheep through, trim feet, give yearly shots, take fecal samples to check for worms under the microscope. Putting samples under the microscope is time consuming and I will only do 4-8 at a time.

A ram lamb went to his new home yesterday. I had checked him twice for worms and was satisfied that he was clean. His new owner was impressed and pleased with that. I will not let breeding stock leave here without a parasite exam. On 2 separate occasions I’ve bought and paid a price for registered ewes, only to have them die in a few weeks because of a huge worm load. Even the vet couldn’t save them. I’ve been burned by so called breeders and I absolutely will not do that to anybody else. When an animal is so over loaded with worms, even the worming itself can sicken or kill them. Worms release toxins when they die, which places one in a lose-lose situation. They will die if you worm them, they’ll die if you don’t. But I gotta try.

I’m breeding for worm resistant sheep and doing well with it. Worms spike when a sheep is stressed from moving it. Ewes are stressed when giving birth and when their lambs are weaned. I have 2 ewes whose worm count shoots to the moon, what I call “Why aren’t you dead?” But they both produce high quality lambs, bred to Ringo, 10 year old registered ram that has never been wormed. So I keep them, because of what they produce.

And that is your parasite worm lesson for today!

DH had a short hair pointer years ago that picked up hook worm (Maybe another too)) when she was wormed the toxins released from the dying worms caused her death. We had never heard of that before. So understand how that can happen with livestock too.