April 6, 2009

A cold day today. I made sure that all the tender plants were covered. Today is cleaning and washing day so I spent most of the day in the house doing that.

During feeding I worked with a lamb that became sick and could not walk. She has not walked or stood in close to a month. I rigged her up a sling today and helped her stand. She is doing better and is walking some with support. Hopefully she will recover and get stronger but it is going to take a bit of work.

Feeding was done without problems. One of the Nigerian goat kids has learned how to get out of his lot and come to the feed room for extra attention and feed. I have several of the "special" goats and lambs and sometimes they make feeding a little more complicated.

The temperatures are dropping so I made sure everything was covered. The new calf seems strong so I think she will do okay with the temperature drop.