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Ok. Well Joan is scared of the spray bottle now apparently. Goats are dramatic and she’s always been overdramatic. So I got about a third of it on her and will get the rest while she’s having breakfast and it’s a little darker in the morning and she’s calmer. Romeo didn’t seem real pleased, but...

That’s what I was guessing. She does get fungal infections at least once a year, but usually doesn’t go on her back. Blu kote works fo fungal infections? That’s pretty cool. I learned something new today.

Oh my. It has gotten worse during today

Thought about purposely planting, stinging nettle, one time to keep the critters out of my garden but then I realized that would keep me out of my garden as well:lol:

The back part of it I can tell is milkweed, but that one in the front yeah even though I’ve never grow milkweed I know what it looks like and you’re correct that didn’t look anything like it but I just wanted to check. But I wonder what it is. I don’t want to run into the problem you did it same...

Today what I did in the garden is look at it. :lol: Worked to 14 hour shift last night so once I woke up from a short nap I’m zoned. Will water at the end of the day. But the tomatoes are starting to come along to their new home from the starter pots to the garden bed, cucumbers finally...

I bought a milkweed plant at the nursery to a to the raised bed with the bee balm. As it started to take to the new soil and start to grow, I noticed part of the plant doesn’t look like the other. I can see where the milkweed is, but what’s the other one growing off of it?(and yes. I realize...

Yep you guessed it! The two that are having the issues are Nubian boer crosses. Not scaly though. I was just amazed at all the sudden, the amount of hair everywhere! And only one of them usually has skin issues and only on her legs this time of year so I was surprised that her brother is getting...

I’ve inspected them pretty thoroughly. And did an extra thorough shelter cleaning. I can’t find a sign of any type of bug. Joanne get skin issues a lot this time of year, but never seen this bad and it usually only seems to be her. But this time it’s her brother as well. I was finally able to...

Have a lot of experience with coyotes, foxes, raccoons, and pretty much everything. Pretty much my chickens can only free rain the last maybe hour or two of daylight when I’m outside with them. Otherwise I just expanded their run with a cover over the top. It’s 6 foot tall and some places in 8...

I had a several fox dens around my property when I moved in. They got a few of my smaller chickens and was carrying one off when it realized it was a jersey giant and just too damn heavy to carry through the words to the den and had a whole ripped in her back to where I could see her organs. But...

I’ve got two goats that are losing significant amounts of hair. I’ve had them for eight years, so I’m used to shedding this time of year but they’re starting to get bald patches. I cleaned out their shelter this weekend and looked for bugs. Can’t find any of them, or in the shelter. Any thoughts...

Oh yes. I have a pollinator garden type area in the back. I little bit of grass near there I don’t mow especially since for the third year a tiny baby bunny has taken residence under the porch. They love the clovers too. And they are always tiny and don’t want to scare them or hurt them I just...

Wasn’t sure if this is where I should post this question but seemed the closest to appropriate. In my area we’re going through the period right before spring where there’s frost most mornings but 60s and 70s in the afternoon. There are lots of weeds growing up amongst my lawn ( bout 41/2 to 5...