Half Caper Farm
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Sigh.
I went out to feed the goats last night, and found Jock, my yearling Saanen buck, standing on three legs. When I felt the bad leg to see what he'd done, it moved in directions no leg should move. He's managed to break his back leg, just above the fetlock. :x Right before breeding season.
I put a splint on it and it's still on this morning. He's up and moving around, eating enthusiastically, so I have high hopes for a full recovery.
No idea how he could have done this - he's in with this year's crop of young bucklings, and he weighs twice as much as them!
If worst comes to worst, and he's not fit for breeding this year, I still have his son out of my best doe, so he could be used to breed all the girls, except his mother and sister.
Anybody got any comfrey?
I went out to feed the goats last night, and found Jock, my yearling Saanen buck, standing on three legs. When I felt the bad leg to see what he'd done, it moved in directions no leg should move. He's managed to break his back leg, just above the fetlock. :x Right before breeding season.
I put a splint on it and it's still on this morning. He's up and moving around, eating enthusiastically, so I have high hopes for a full recovery.
No idea how he could have done this - he's in with this year's crop of young bucklings, and he weighs twice as much as them!
If worst comes to worst, and he's not fit for breeding this year, I still have his son out of my best doe, so he could be used to breed all the girls, except his mother and sister.
Anybody got any comfrey?