I mentioned the other day we had a poorly baby girl, one of our new boers from yorkshire, and said i'd post any progress so here goes.
After seemingly getting alittle stronger and more inclined to eat after her worming medicine she seems to have taken a turn for the worst during yesturday evening. She is now so weak she cant even stand even with help from us she just wants to collapse! :( So another call to the vets was made and after much disscusion we decided to give her a 'booster' powder mix full of vitamins, minerals and electroyltes to see if this would help give her enough energy to eat so she can gain strength. It took awhile but we eventually managed to get it into her and give her bottom a bath and since then she does carry her head higher and even tried to shuffle herself forwards to get to her hay, which she happily wound in in mouthfuls rather than picking at. All fingers are crossed this will do the job :) otherwise her future seems abit uncertain though we are all determined that failing her is not an option!!!!
Our poorly boy now has a mineral tonic to drink for 5 days in the hope this will restore his inner balance and reduce the swelling. Fingers crossed again. He's still refusing to eat his grain through so we've been shopping this morning and are hoping to trick him into eating some Honeychop chaff :)
On another note, we also now have a poorly duckling to treat as well. Feeling rather cursed at the moment :(
About Me
- Bure Valley Farm & Love-Grub Farm Shop
- Hello from the Brownes. We're a family run farm in rural Aylsham. Our farm is home to Robins Rare Breed Oxford Sandy and Black pigs which we breed for their lovely meat (said to be the best tasting meat out of all rare breed pigs) The Farm is also home to Robin & Beckie's Boer Goats bred for their high quality healthy meat low in cholesterol and high in protien) We're also trying to increase the quanity of our very good quailty stock to help improve bloodlines through the country. Jackies Anglo Nubian goats, kept for both their meat, which is incredibly healthy for you and their milk which we're planning to make cheese, icecream, soap, moisturiser and a probiotic drink with. We also keep a few chickens, some traditonal breeds as well as hybrids and some Muscovy ducks for their free range eggs as well as David having arable land to produce home grown cereals for our animals. We also have 3 holiday cottages alongside the farm. These are run by Jackie and Hayley. All visitors have acess to our private section of the river Bure. We'd like to share the farm experience with visitors to Bure Valley Farm and those following our blog. We hope you enjoy it as much as we do.
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