tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post4233752591281649297..comments2024-02-29T10:26:56.584-05:00Comments on Ohiofarmgirl's Adventures In The Good Land: How (NOT) to trim hooves and then what to do about itOhiofarmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02606563929369721111noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post-26926665091930161832018-01-25T14:07:06.909-05:002018-01-25T14:07:06.909-05:00OMG I just did this with my nanny goat and she'...OMG I just did this with my nanny goat and she's pregnant-she didn't. Lees very much and I had the bleed stop we keep it in our camper at all times-I am just absolutely sick and guilt ridden -nothing I can do but wait and see-pray I guess that's all I know to doAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06769363037540389080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post-12456745905811073622010-09-30T22:46:54.465-04:002010-09-30T22:46:54.465-04:00Blood Stop powder - got it! Course, it'll be a...Blood Stop powder - got it! Course, it'll be at least 3 years before I get goats. :( 2 years of college (18 months if I REALLY push it - it was get a real job with bennies or go back to school; I'm going back to school. Apparently my 2-yr degree plus 9 yrs experience doesn't mean diddly-squat, they want the B.S. behind my name, but I digress), and I've been advised to never, ever, never, never have critters your first year of homesteading. Period. Even though I do eventually want goats and chickens. <br /><br />But the cool thing is I won't have to run over to the neighbor kids for 4H advice - I'll just ask my son! He's in 4th grade this year, which is when you can start :D And I plan to learn right along with him!<br /><br />God bless!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post-73290087303763888302010-05-12T20:52:31.066-04:002010-05-12T20:52:31.066-04:00Chai Chai you are a hoot! I just spit out my drink...Chai Chai you are a hoot! I just spit out my drink! Yep thats how you fix up a rooster! Whoot!Ohiofarmgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02606563929369721111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post-31890513827186805722010-05-12T19:54:00.952-04:002010-05-12T19:54:00.952-04:00I'm guessing the baked potato goes great with ...I'm guessing the baked potato goes great with the chicken after you have to cook it because it died from blood loss caused by your ripping its spurs out with pliers.<br /><br />Ours won't die though, because we will baste it in flour and hold it upside down before we apply the pliers and the potato.Chai Chaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05845100961653150736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post-39416402708249777832010-05-12T17:42:37.148-04:002010-05-12T17:42:37.148-04:00Chai Chai - no luck finding the youtube video. I t...Chai Chai - no luck finding the youtube video. I think it's kinda anti-climatic. Basically you bake a potato, place it over the spur, and then supposedly it's easy to remove the spur with pliers afterwards. Amazingly, people remove them with pliers without the application of baked potatoes. The whole thing makes my stomach lurch.basicliving@backtobasicliving.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07782631124134813311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post-39089116047401819182010-05-11T21:29:21.472-04:002010-05-11T21:29:21.472-04:00OFG - I am SO with you on that.
Chai - Chai - I a...OFG - I am SO with you on that.<br /><br />Chai - Chai - I am SO with you on that.<br /><br />*snort*basicliving@backtobasicliving.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07782631124134813311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post-84593908459591397522010-05-11T21:25:33.471-04:002010-05-11T21:25:33.471-04:00B2B, If you can find the youtube link I would love...B2B, If you can find the youtube link I would love to see it.Chai Chaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05845100961653150736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post-2796358775849354762010-05-11T21:23:21.374-04:002010-05-11T21:23:21.374-04:00Yep! We are the same way.. I'm actually trying...Yep! We are the same way.. I'm actually trying to work "backward" toward a more natural chicken.. some of the qualities that have been bred out may need to come back.<br /><br />NOT that I support it as a sport, but I read a compelling argument for cock fighting. NOT THAT I SUPPORT IT but it did provide a "reason" for keeping roo's in their natural protective/fight-off-the-bad-guys role. Sure no one with kids wants a mean rooster...but they do serve a purpose in the right flock. Heaven knows that Fred and I had our go-arounds, but I never worried about hawks, intruders, or IF he was going to take the hens in at night - he always did.<br /><br />I like a broody hen, a strutting roo who guards his ladies, and a chicken that can forage...The natural chicken.Ohiofarmgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02606563929369721111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post-6530123630295231682010-05-11T21:23:21.375-04:002010-05-11T21:23:21.375-04:00This is a really funny thread, in a bizarre "...This is a really funny thread, in a bizarre "I don't know those people (wink, wink)" kind of way.Chai Chaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05845100961653150736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post-92024253495017527342010-05-11T20:40:15.630-04:002010-05-11T20:40:15.630-04:00Hey - and we even pretty much said the same thing!...Hey - and we even pretty much said the same thing! I know about the potato thingy - I even watched a youtube video of it. I'm not big on undoing nature - not when it serves a purpose. I'm not opposed to the squaring off of the spurs, or even the trimming if it's necessary. But I don't dock tails, remove spurs, declaw, dock ears, get rid of horns, or anything else if it can be avoided. And I do understand that sometimes it can't be avoided......basicliving@backtobasicliving.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07782631124134813311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post-81369925109918377682010-05-11T20:23:35.936-04:002010-05-11T20:23:35.936-04:00Oh hey B2B! Our posts are crossing in the night! W...Oh hey B2B! Our posts are crossing in the night! We're all in this together!Ohiofarmgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02606563929369721111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post-47574751045537525552010-05-11T20:19:34.264-04:002010-05-11T20:19:34.264-04:00Yep! I sure do and Nope! Not kidding!
But only s...Yep! I sure do and Nope! Not kidding! <br /><br />But only sometimes... goats need a regular hoof trimming.. but with roo's can just have it 'as needed.' For instance when roo's start walking with a wide stance and their spurs are starting to hurt the ladies (golly there is no way to say this without it sounding naughty...)... you can trim the spurs.<br /><br />However, you have to be careful that you don't trim TOO much or they can bleed. Then you have to stand there holding your roo upside down while you shake flour on him. This can be funny but not if you are Fred (may he rest in peace). <br /><br />We stopped trying to do too much trimming and just started "squaring" them off so they aren't sharp. <br /><br />There are some old timers who have some kind of story about using a potato to somehow remove the spurs.. but really our roos have to work just like everybody else and are responsible for fighting off intruders...which I saw Fred do one time. So we don't see much benefit for removing them completely. <br /><br />And I know! Isn't it crazy all the stuff you have to do!?!?<br />:-)Ohiofarmgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02606563929369721111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post-8164609093962685712010-05-11T20:17:40.591-04:002010-05-11T20:17:40.591-04:00LOL @ Chai Chai! My big roo, Duke, is BIG - much b...LOL @ Chai Chai! My big roo, Duke, is BIG - much bigger than the hens and he was really tearing up their backs in his prime. I cut his spurs back to minimize the damage. But I will tell you, the day we saw him pen a chicken hawk down on the ground, I stopped trimming his spurs. My chickens free range and I came to realize the roosters need those spurs to protect the flock. I no longer trim spurs on my roosters.basicliving@backtobasicliving.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07782631124134813311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post-41112659289187551162010-05-11T19:05:21.931-04:002010-05-11T19:05:21.931-04:00Wait, you have to cut the roosters spurs (toenails...Wait, you have to cut the roosters spurs (toenails)? You have got to be kidding.<br /><br />Do you do that OFG?Chai Chaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05845100961653150736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post-48297987789294883722010-05-11T18:54:16.183-04:002010-05-11T18:54:16.183-04:00Nibbles is doing great! Of course its always harde...Nibbles is doing great! Of course its always harder on us then them.. I don't think she was ever in any pain..altho I had Claire's heebie-jeebies all darn day. We've had a few nicks before but nothing like this (we used the flour trick before..). <br /><br />We are so glad she's OK. Actually she's better than OK - she's just a milking machine! And she seems to be back to her happy self more and more. She loves to graze and there is more fun things for her to "Nibble" on now.<br /><br />Since Nibbles had a wound we can't give her a booster of the tet shot for about six weeks...then I'm hoping our 4H gal is going to come running right over. She really saves the day for us.Ohiofarmgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02606563929369721111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post-81635780101669335532010-05-11T17:49:40.277-04:002010-05-11T17:49:40.277-04:00Chai Chai's comment there is about the funnies...Chai Chai's comment there is about the funniest I've seen in a long time! LOL!Alaenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07309553152787812173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post-37689485552065541252010-05-11T07:27:32.531-04:002010-05-11T07:27:32.531-04:00Wow. I've cut the quick on one of my rooster&#...Wow. I've cut the quick on one of my rooster's spurs before, and one of the pups nails, and they bled like crazy - I can't imagine what the bleeding was like for poor Nibbles! White flour works great for rooster spurs and pup nails - but I'm thinking I need to find some Quick Stop before I tackle hoof trimming..... how is Nibble doing now?basicliving@backtobasicliving.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07782631124134813311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post-22592229604573612302010-05-10T22:30:50.846-04:002010-05-10T22:30:50.846-04:00Isn't she just cute? And she really milks like...Isn't she just cute? And she really milks like the dickens. <br /><br />SFG - congrats! Let us know if you have other questions, we can help get you set up...and we'll see if you can find a 4H kid to loan you<br />:-)<br /><br />Chai Chai... well, that will happen sometimes<br />;-)Ohiofarmgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02606563929369721111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post-8987365635312044772010-05-10T21:17:56.818-04:002010-05-10T21:17:56.818-04:00Blood stop - check. I attempted to find out where...Blood stop - check. I attempted to find out where the local 4H club met, but I had to leave the school when security responded to a call reporting a crazy looking woman with hay in her hair lingering in the hallway who was being followed by a goat wearing a diaper.Chai Chaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05845100961653150736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post-48942890395160700362010-05-10T17:09:52.204-04:002010-05-10T17:09:52.204-04:00I have done that exact thing about...oh...a dozen ...I have done that exact thing about...oh...a dozen times, when trimming goat and/or sheep hooves. It always gives me the heebie-jeebies for a few minutes, and then it's over. I do have the powder. You have to use a lot. I do give my goats and sheep annual CDT vaccinations, so they shouldn't get tetanus. Might be worth considering. :-)Claire MWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02603169881463831299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post-14647623226897485852010-05-10T14:03:42.482-04:002010-05-10T14:03:42.482-04:00Eek! More stuff that I need to have one hand! We...Eek! More stuff that I need to have one hand! We just got a goat a couple days ago... and had to go running to a friend for antibiotics when it started coughing. Egads. I think I'll go your route with the hoof trimming thing... Killing my goat cutting it's nails is something I would end up doing. They've never called me Grace...Alaenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07309553152787812173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post-51524811182160448362010-05-10T10:17:38.473-04:002010-05-10T10:17:38.473-04:00Thanks for the heads up on the Blood Stop. I'm...Thanks for the heads up on the Blood Stop. I'm getting two goats in a few weeks. My first goats. I don't have a 16 year old in 4H that lives to me.small farm girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01485314092236803411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post-7022096219341065272010-05-09T23:52:20.281-04:002010-05-09T23:52:20.281-04:00Don't think I've ever seen a photo of litt...Don't think I've ever seen a photo of little Nibbles! Golly, she is so cute and so tiny!! I assumed she was bigger! <br /><br />Glad she is steppin up! Hope she makes it through the night! ;o)Sallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13750433945997147015noreply@blogger.com