Tuesday, July 8 - The Dog, The Fox, The Scours

PTL! The dog (yesterday's entry) has found a home.  Actually, we had two choices!  A rescue about 50 miles from here said they would take her and then some people from the area pulled in, put her in the truck and left.  Yes!!! This is wonderful for our daughter who has been praying without ceasing that this dog would have a home. 

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The fox( yesterday's entry, also) hasn't come back, but we set a trap last night in hopes of catching it.  And....I shot the 20 ga.!  I don't think I can hit the broad side of a barn, but I didn't want my son, who is 11, to have to shoot whatever might have been in the trap and not dead.  Your children can be real motivators. 

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The calves that had the scours (few entries back) seem to be doing well.  One has some type of infection and we need to give her  a second dose of antibiotics today.  The electrolytes must have kicked in for the scours.  I was going through the vast amount of information in articles that I have collected over the years, we're talking a lot of years, and found an article that said that charcoal is good for treating scours.  I know that you can get it at health food stores.  Mix it with some water and make a paste.  Put in a syringe (no needle) and inject into the calf's mouth.  Just more options.  Also found an article about deworming cattle using DE.  I already use this to worm all of our critters, but it also said that Basic H is good for worming.  I guess Schaklee doesn't recommend it for this, but 1 cup for every 100 gallons of water is supposed to help. FYI

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Got a lot of the garden weeded yesterday.  Have a large area where the beans didn't come up and I think I'll replant with some cold weather crops.  Too late for green beans up here. 

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Haying is starting.  We have the haybine working and will use the square baler until honey can finish rebuilding the big round baler.

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Off to water the garden.  Have a good and Godly day.