Ecofarmer

re-settled in Hungary from Rochdale, Lancs, England, and into a little village, doing a bit of greenish farming hoping for a quiet life... but stuff just happens...

Thursday, October 08, 2009

of goat teeth

We had the vet out to give worming jab to the goats, we left Miska out as it was our belief so far that he was useless. The vet had a look at its teeth, and had no teeth on top, at all. So, we concluded, Miska is too old that's why he seems to be senile, not eating a lot and not particularly interested in our beautiful nannies.
So I rang up the shepherd who sold us Miska to complain about the missing teeth. To which he said our vet is not worth his degree, as goats don't have top front teeth. I thought what a cheek, and looked up wikipedia. There was a lot about goats, but not a word about their teeth. Then I put in google "goat teeth" - and there came the definitive article - guess what: goats do not have front top teeth!!
The old shepherd was right, and our vet is apparently, not worth his degree. So I rang back the shepherd, told him he was right, but also, that the billy is still not operating right. To my surprise he said we could take it back. So we decided to let him have a bit longer - maybe the nannies are not on heat. It is weird how easy it was for the first two breeding years - the borrowed billy'd done the job in 2-4 weeks, we had beautiful kids and milk... well, we just have to hope Miska will get more lively, or that the local youngster will measure up.
Got some wood from the owner of said local goat.
And some goodies from Anna; a nice lot of dry salami, the textile softener she usually gets me - necessary to add here, as the water is very hard, the machine needs the treatment as well.
We still have the half-price Dutch guests, we hope they go next Thursday, it seems they will rent long term the house of her next door - Ica. As I was the one suggesting this deal, if it happens - I expect no thanks, only aggro... It was upto 32C today, weird or what?

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