Teddy

The last week we've noticed that Teddy had scours. We didn't realize how bad. I'm not sure but I think we gave him too much milk. Anyway we gave him anti-biotics, dewormed him and gave him electrolytes.

But even with all we did, he passed away last night. When Dave went to feed them this morning, Teddy was curled up in the corner, gone.

Moocher is lost. He's lost his buddy. He keeps bawling for him. It just breaks my heart. I don't think I'll ever get used to losing an animal. It's different when they are sent away to be ...well..you know... but when they're in your care and depend on you for their welfare it's different. Unless you're raising animals it's hard to describe.

Tonight we went to see Dave given an award for volunteering. We were so proud of him. It was for his work in the Fire Department.

My hubby! The tall handsome dude in the uniform.

Every year our community gives a banquet to all the volunteers of the area. It's nice to have them recognized.

Well that's it for tonight. Just a short post. Short and Sweet.

Have a Blessed Day.

Lisa

And then there was two....

This time last year we had 5 cats. Now we have 2. We only have one in the house now. Binoo. Daisy is gone. She chewed her last electrical cord. That's all I have to saw about that.

Outside we had Shadow, Tootsie and Duke. Now we only have Duke. What happened to the other ones will remain a mystery. Again, we figure coyotes. Now that we have Tundra we don't see them on the property as much anymore, but the cats don't stay on the property. They like going in the woods. That's where the problem lies. The coyotes are just pacing and waiting to come on our land. Dave heard them yesterday morning and they were close. I heard one after supper. It's still light out. They don't wait for darkness anymore.

Febe giving me some lip and the evil eye!

Today Dave was a busy little beaver. He remodeled the goat pen. It used to be one big one and one tiny one. Now it's three regular size ones. Febe wasn't letting Cindi Lou eat enough so something needed to be done. I was also concerned when the kids were born. Was Febe going to be aggressive towards Cindi's kids. Hmmmm...yup. So this will be better. I moved them tonight. Tommy is freaked out, and Febe is not a happy camper. Cindi Lou is happier than pig in slop! Or happier than a goat in a briar patch! She can eat what she wants, when she wants, as fast or as slow as she wants! Happy goat!

One happy Cindi Lou, ready to eat to her little heart's desire.

We got two calves for our winter beef. We've been bottle feeding them like we did last year. We were only going to have one, but Dave had called two dairies. One called and we picked up calf number one. He was huge! Then three days later the other dairy calls. So Sunday we went and picked up calf number deux. This one was small. Honestly I have no idea what we are going to do with two of them. One is enough. We'll probably end up selling one of them.

Oh their names are Mooocher

And Teddy.

How on earth can anyone eat a steak called Teddy?

Well I don't think the eggs in the incubator are doing anything. I've been candling them but all I see is a big mass on just one side. Strange. It's in almost all of them. This doesn't sound too promising. One week to go.

Well that's it for this week.

Have a Blessed Day

Lisa