Better Hens and Gardens

We’d been told at a goat class that if you raise goats, you’ll learn how to tube feed a weak kid – and unfortunately we’re now experienced.  At some point Saturday evening or Sunday morning, Jewel Box decided to reject one of her kids, the one we named Dillinger.  Saturday was a cold night (hard frost) and by Sunday morning when we realized she wasn’t letting him nurse, he was weak and cold.  So, we brought him in, warmed him up, and tried to get him to nurse; but he wouldn’t do that and he wouldn’t take a bottle.  It was shocking to see how quickly he went from a bouncing to limp [...]

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