Suzy
08-25-2006, 09:14 AM
The man is supposed to come this afternoon and help me trim my six goats' hooves....
I need to be doing this myself so this morning got two of the girls and trimmed their feet just a little....
I believe if I work with them a little each day I can get to where I can do them all with no problem.
I just trimmed a little this morning on each foot since this was my first time to do it by myself.
Had taken corn meal down there in a little plastic bowl so if I knicked one of them I could set the hoof down in the bowl and stop the bleeding....Jodie was so interested in EATING the cornmeal she didn't care too much what I did to her feet....
But if I put something into the little tray at the milking stand for the one to eat that I am working on, then all the other goats crowd around....
I may try taking them out of the pasture one at a time to cut their feet....then I could give them a treat to eat while I trim and all the other goats wouldn't be crowding around...
I need to be doing this myself so this morning got two of the girls and trimmed their feet just a little....
I believe if I work with them a little each day I can get to where I can do them all with no problem.
I just trimmed a little this morning on each foot since this was my first time to do it by myself.
Had taken corn meal down there in a little plastic bowl so if I knicked one of them I could set the hoof down in the bowl and stop the bleeding....Jodie was so interested in EATING the cornmeal she didn't care too much what I did to her feet....
But if I put something into the little tray at the milking stand for the one to eat that I am working on, then all the other goats crowd around....
I may try taking them out of the pasture one at a time to cut their feet....then I could give them a treat to eat while I trim and all the other goats wouldn't be crowding around...