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12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS
4 H FRETTER-ER
A BUCK GROWS UP
ADAPTING
AGAIN, THE SKY IS FALLING
ALL YOU NEED IS ... CARDBOARD
AMANNAMEDJED
AND THEN IT GOT COLD
AND THEN IT WARMED UP TO ZERO
ANGRY GOAT FARMER
ANTIQUE GOAT FARMING
ANYTHING BUT THAT
ARE BUCKS EVER BABIES
AROMA THERAPY
ARTFUL DODGERS
ARTIC FRONT
AUTUMN BOQUET
B U B - B U B - B U B
BABY BACK EXCUSE
BABY MONITORS
BACK TO NATURE
BAIT
BARKING AT GOATS
BARN SOUR TRUCK
BATTERIES NOT INCLUDED
BE HAPPY
BEAUTY MISTAKES
BEHAVIORS
BEHIND THE GATE
BIG 10-4 GOAT FARMER
BIKINI WEDNESDAYS
BILLBOARD GOAT FARMING
BILLIES & STICKWEEDS
BLIZZARD OF 92
BLONDE GOAT FARMER
BLONDE HUMOR
BOTTLE BABIES
BOTTLE BABY TALK
BOTTLE BABY WITHDRAWAL
BOXING SUNBEAMS
BRONCHITIS.
BRUISE OR DIRT
BUCK LOVE
BUCKETHEAD
BUCKS IN STOCK
CALLING YOOOOU
CAN'T TOUCH THIS
CANE I DO IT?
CARPAL TUNNEL HAY
CATCHING PEARL
CHICK CHICK CHICORY
CHOCOLATE PLUM
CHRISTMAS KIDDING
CHUCK
COLD IS OUR FRIEND NOT
COUGH DROP WORMER
COUNTING
CRUMPLED
CUD CHEWING CONTENTMENT
DAYCATIONS
DEAR FAVORITE RELATIVE
DELOUSED
DOES ANYBODY REALLY KNOW ...
DOES ON KIDDING
DOWNSIZING
DRAMA QUEEN
DRENCHED!
DRESS FOR SUCCESS
DUCT TAPE.
DUMPSTER RAIDERS
EARPUGS
EGG SHELL MASSACRE
EMMITT
EMPTY NEST SYNDROME
EQUIPMENT OPERATORS - DANCERS
ESCAPE ARTIST
ESCORT SERVICE
FALLING SKY
FARM WALK
FARMER C S I
FEEL LIKE A NUT
FIRST IMPRESSIONS
FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE
FIRST YOU TAKE YOUR SOCK
FLOATING MUSHROOMS
FORKS IN THE ROAD
FULL OF BULL
G G
GATE ATTACK !!!!
GIRL WATCHER
GLIDING
GLOBAL SUPPORT CENTER
GNAWED AND BASICALLY CHEWED
GOAT ADDICTION
GOAT CELEBRATIONS
GOAT FARMER SONG
GOAT FARMER WEIGHT TRAINING
GOAT FARMER'S CREED
GOAT FARMING CAMP
GOAT HOLIDAY GIFTS
GOAT HUNTING
GOAT KLEENEX
GOAT LANGUAGE
GOAT OLYMPICS
GOAT PROFILER
GOAT SCIENTIST
GOAT WHEELS
GOAT WRITER
GOATS RULE
GOOD GRIEF
GOT RUNS?
GOTTA WORK KIDS
GRAND CANYON OF CHILDRESS
GREAT KIDDERS
HAULING GOATS
HAVE MILK WILL TRAVEL
HAVEN'T GOT A CLUE
HAY MONITOR
HE-BE-GEE-BE'S
HELP! HELP! HELP!
HELP! I'M IN THE BATHTUB
HELPING HOOVES
HERD OF TURTLES
HERE COMES KIDDING TIME - A CHRISTMAS TUNE
HOBBLE, HOBBLE
HOLIDAY TRADITIONS (A GROANER)
HOME DECORATOR
HORNLESS
HOT CHOCOLATE
HOW TO BUY GOATS
HOW YOU FEELING?
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I APPROVE THIS MESSAGE
I FEEL PRETTY
I PREFER LONG EYE LASHES
I REALLY DO HAVE A HOME
I'LL HOLD HIM BACK
I'M A LITTLE TEAPOT
I'M STILL HERE?
INDIAN SUMMER
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INTERNET AUCTIONS
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IRON WILL
IT TOOK TWO
JINGLE BELL GOATS
JOKE - GET A JOB!
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JUST 1 MORE GOAT
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LADYLIKE BUCK SELLER
LAST BUCK STANDING
LEFT OVERS
LETTERS
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M. D. GOAT
MAD AGGIE
MANIPULATE WHAT?
MASTER BLASTER
MAYBE THIS TIME
MEMBER ME
MIND CONTROL
MR. SNUFFY
MUSHROOM HUNTING
MUTTER MUTTER
NAMING GOATS
NANNY BERRIES ~ DEAR FAVORITE RELATIVE
NEW "KID" ... SHOWING
NEW HAY IN THE HOUSE
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NORMAL
OCTOBER KIDDING
ODE TO ODOR
OH, MY
OUCH
PANIC ATTACK!
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PIRANHA PEN
PLAYING DEAD
PLEASED AS PUNCH
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PLOP
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PRESENTS
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PRO WRESTLER OR PUPPY
PROFESSIONAL POO CHECKER
PSYCH ME OUT
PUTTING ON A SHOW
QUIPS & QUOTES
QUIPS-N-QUOTES II
REAP THE WILD WIND
RECORD KEEPING
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REFEREE
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ROAD TRIP 2003
ROCK ON
ROLL'UM ROLL'UM
ROLLIN', ROLLIN', ROLLIN'
RUB DIRT ON IT
S-T-R-E-S-S
SANDWICHED
SAWDUST.
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SECRET AGENT
SHAGA GOOBLE SHAGA BLIP
SHANNIGANS & KID SLOBBERS
SHORT TIGHT STEPS & OTHER ODD EVENTS
SHOTS
SHOULD EVERYONE VOTE
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SMART GOATS
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SNATCHED BALD
SNEAKY
SONG OF THE FROG
SPIES, SECRET AGENTS, SPOOKS, AND OTHER GOATS
SSSNAKE
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STARGATE BOERS
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STICK IT WHERE
STOMPING ORANGE STRINGS
STUCK AGAIN
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STUPID IS...
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SUPER HERO
SUPER SUCKERS
SUPPER AT SEVEN A.M.
SURVEY SAYS
SURVIVING KIDDING
SWASH - BUCKLING BUCKS
TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS
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TATTOOING
THANK GOODNESS FOR MUD
THE $37.50 BUCK
THE 2003 DARWIN AWARDS
THE COWBOY WAY
THE DACHSHUND AND THE LEOPARD
THE DANGERS OF GUM BOOTS
THE FARM WOOKIE
THE FLYING GOATZANIES
THE FRAGRANCE OF HAY
THE GAME'S AFOOT
THE GOAT WHISPERER
THE MOB SQUAD
THE MORAL BUCK
THE PET CHICKEN
THE PIED PIPER
THE PLAN
THE SCARECROW GOAT SELLER
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THE TALKING GOAT
THE TARP ANNIHILATOR
THE THINKER
THE TICK
THE TRUTH ABOUT DOGS
THE V WORD
THE WINDY TAX
THE WORM HAS TURNED
THEN THE KNEE DOCTOR SAID
THIS END UP
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TOY TRUCK
TRAINING HUMANS
TRUE LOVE
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UGH DAYS
UNCLE ARTHUR
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WALK ON THE WILD SIDE
WALK THIS WAY
WANNA BUY A GOAT (WINK, WINK, WINK)
WARNING LABLES
WAS THAT 65 OR 66?
WAS THAT CHRISTMAS?
WAS THAT THE WIND
WATER BUCKET TOAD
WAY TO THE HEART
WEANING WEANERS
WEE GOAT FARMERS
WELFARE GOATS
WHAT A DAY
WHAT DAY IS IT
WHAT'D YOU SAY?
WHATSTH THISTH
WHEN LIFE HANDS YOU VEGETABLES.
WHERE'S THE BRAKES
WHOOWEE
WIDE LOADS
WILD GOAT MILKING
WINTER LIST
WOE, DISPAIR...
WRONG.TURN!
YOU CALL HIM WHAT?
YOU COME HERE, NO, YOU COME HERE, NO…
ZAPPED!
WHAT A DAY

Have you ever had a day that the oddest things happen? I know, with goat farming, that can be every day, but to have several really odd things happen all clumped together in one day? The day started out pretty good too, beautiful weather, early morning, not too cold, not too hot. Just a great work day.

We had decided on Saturday to worm, delouse, and give those who needed their CD/T shots their shots on one group of goats, and that totaled about 70 adult does and 40 of them needing their shots. I got all my needles, syringes, vaccines, wormers, and decided to use Cylence as a delouser. Plus, I always bring the Blu-Kote to dab on any raw places I saw on the goats. It’s great for keeping flies off, lasts longer than most things put on raw spots, but the goats do hate it because it does burn some.

We put the goats in one of our smaller feed areas, even the wildest will run in there hoping that grain is waiting. We had our cattle panel set up in the corner to herd the wilder ones to so we could quickly close the panel to nab each one. The girls were all inside the feed area, milling around, grazing on weeds, checking out feeders, and we went to work.

You have to realize most of our girls are relatively tame. Oh, they become smart alec’s if they think you are wanting to doctor them, but they don’t get too perturbed about being caught. A lot you can just walk up and catch, and then brag on them for being good girls and give them a good hugging.

The gentle ones we do first and then move them on out of the pen because if you go to trying to catch the wilder ones first, their crazy actions will upset your tame ones and they’ll start acting like the wild ones. And, we definitely don’t want our tame ones to go wild.

We had just caught one of our tame ones and had wormed her. I had drawn up her CD/T shot, and bent over to give it under the skin on her side, just behind the elbow, and she did something. I don’t know what for sure. Maybe she kicked or just jumped a little, but whatever it was it drove that needle clear through my thumb, going through beside the nail, angling so it came out the center of the thumb. It missed the bone.

I was using a 22 gauge, one inch needle and I quickly drew the needle out and watched as the thumb end of my rubber glove fill up with blood. I was using gloves this time because of using the pour on delouser.

“Would you look at that?!” I showed Lee. “We’ve finally got some really sharp needles. I’m sticking with this brand!” I said in admiration.

He wanted me to go wash the hand and put iodine or alcohol on the thumb, but we had been moving along very efficiently and I said no, I didn‘t want to break the momentum. I put pressure on the thumb to stop the bleeding. It turned a brownish purple on the bottom of the thumb and then I put on a new glove and we kept on working.

Three fourths of the way through the herd, Lee had just caught another girl, I walked over to the spot where I was storing the wormers and started drawing up the wormer, and I heard really angry buzzing sounds. The feed area did have clover in it with happy bee’s at work that day. I looked all around my feet and I didn’t see any bee’s and then I realized where the angry buzzing was coming from. My pants! I had on loose pants and somehow, while standing there in a patch of clover, drawing up the wormer, a bee went up my pants leg and was close to my waist band, and he was mad!

I hurried over to Lee. “Lee, do you hear a bee in my pants?” I just couldn’t believe it. He was holding on the doe that was to be wormed and gave me a dumbfounded look, like you’ve asked me some crazy questions, but this one is a first. And, then he heard the angry bee.

“It’s in your pants!” he exclaimed. “I know, I know,” I said, and without thinking, swatted my waistband.

Naturally, I got stung. Without a moments hesitation, I freed my modesty and the bee at the same time. Fortunately, no one was driving by on the road at the time.

After we had finished up with all the girls, and I did keep an eye out for anymore wandering bees, we went to the barn to do some chores there. One of the cute little eight month does hadn’t gone out on the hillside to graze with her herd. She was standing there with her tail down and looking worried.

Every summer we have to keep check on the does’ udders. When they get into the tall weeds, little gnats will start aggravating the sensitive area of their udder and the does will react by gnawing on their udders and sometimes they will get red raw places in between the teats where they have chewed. I’ll delouse the ones affected hoping to keep the gnats at bay. And, once again Blu-Kote does the job in cleaning up the place and keeping flies off. But, it does sting since it has alcohol in it.

I had Lee get hold of the little girl, we put her up against the barn wall to control her better, and I thought I would be clever and lift up one of the hind legs and hold it while I bent over with the Blu-Kote dauber to dab the stuff on the raw area of her udder. Don’t ask me why I did it this way. Usually I get a paper towel and put enough of the Blu-Kote on a corner (I am wearing gloves when I do this, you know how permanent the bluish stuff is) and then just wipe it on the udder while Lee is holding the goat.

I must have been rattled in thinking this would be a better way. After all, it had been a day of impaling my thumb and getting a bee in my pants. But, even with me holding that leg up off the ground, that little girl kicked so hard and fast, she kicked me in the middle of the forehead. How did I know it was exactly in the middle of the forehead? Later I saw in the mirror this bluish purple print of a little hoof left from the Blu-Kote.

“Good grief!” I shouted. “She kicked me in the head!” I got a better hold on that leg and daubed that raw place again and she kicked so hard and fast several times that she crammed my knuckles into the oak wall of the barn, taking all the skin off and making them swell later, but HA! I got that Blu-Kote on that little udder. And also up one of her sides, down one leg, and part of her belly, but I did get some on her udder. Success!

It was an odd Saturday. But, in spite of some minor set backs of a bee in the pants, needle through the thumb, kicked in the head, swollen and skinned knuckles, it had been a very successful goat farming day.

THE END


 

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