I have been bedridden for 3 days, but managed to get to the emergency tonight, left samples, took home prescription, and will know more in 24 hours. My son, Travis, is managing the farm and I am grateful for his presence and help.
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Last fall I traded female cats for males, or so I thought, but as it turned out, I got three females and they got themselves bred. The smallest one died giving birth, poor girl, and Smokey went into the bush somewhere. I hope she is well and the kittens are too, but Leon, now Leona chose to have her kittens under the old granary which will be the farm store soon. This is the first day out, shy little gingers they are, 5 of them. No wonder the mamma cat is so thin. The kittens are 4 weeks old now and seem to be doing well. They are so cute, all orange, but I do not know whether they are male of female. I did not want kittens to be born on the farm, which is why I went through the trouble of finding males, yeah right. But they are here and will be put up for adoption when they are old enough. Cute little babies!
Little Johnny is covered in green seeds called burrs. They have backwards stickles that cling to fur or wool or clothing, which is how the seeds are transported and sewn. But they are very difficult to get out of wool and this is terrible. Little Johnny is not a large sheep and he is the worst of the bunch, covered with them.
The rams have been enjoying the southwest pasture so much. It is full of wild strawberries, red, white and yellow clovers that Elsie the cow just loves, and wild roses and all sorts of grass, tall grass and obviously burrs. After going to get the rams and the cow night after night for several months, they have been coming in on their own for the past few nights. Little Johnny was born here, one of the very first lambs born on the farm. He is a four horned Jacob and is for sale, reluctantly. Leo, the Angora buck is also for sale and is covered in burrs too, which is terrible for his mohair. He has a very fine thick coat and will need to be shorn in September or the fibre will be totally matted and useless in the spring. The smallest sheep are not yet affected by the burrs, so the plants must be tall. The goats need to be in that pasture for a few months to clean it all up, but it is not fenced for goats yet. Soon I hope it will be. In the meantime, it is most unfortunate to contain burrs. |
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