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maryjane
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 Posted - Jun 11 2017 : 7:37:42 PM
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I snapped some selfie photos of me catching Anna mid-stream (after rubbing her about six strokes beneath her vulva to get her to arch her back and pee) to give me a urine sample so I could check her ketones.
Negative reading this afternoon. Yay.
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MaryJane Butters, author of Milk Cow Kitchen ~ striving for the stoicism of a cow standing in the rain ~ |
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CloversMum
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Posted - Jun 12 2017 : 08:27:43 AM
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| Thank you for this ... always learn better with actual pictures! :) Visual learner right here, I guess. |
Loving life and family on our Idaho farm, Meadowlark Heritage Farm; A few Jersey cows; a few alpacas; a few more goats, and even more ducks and chickens |
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txbikergirl
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Posted - Jun 12 2017 : 3:27:23 PM
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| me too, visual learner. but the photos are hilarious. very professional maryjane so no criticism meant, its just that we spend so much time around here discussing and looking at the hind ends that i always think its funny. but this is great instruction! |
_(199x300)_(66x100).jpg?v 93697001) Firefly Hollow Farm , our little farmstead. Farmgirl living in the green piney woods of East Texas on 23 acres with a few jerseys, too many chickens, a pair of pugs and my Texan hubby (aka "lover boy") |
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CloversMum
3486 Posts
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Posted - Jun 12 2017 : 10:39:42 PM
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| Is there another end to a cow??? This was pretty much my view of Clover all last week as I tried to catch her signs of labor and delivery! Of course, we cow people stare quite a bit at this particular end of a cow ... and don't get me started on dinner conversations around here! I think we completely embarrassed my father at one meal just this past weekend! lol |
Loving life and family on our Idaho farm, Meadowlark Heritage Farm; A few Jersey cows; a few alpacas; a few more goats, and even more ducks and chickens |
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maryjane
7074 Posts
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Posted - Jun 13 2017 : 05:47:31 AM
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| Here's the deal with the back end of a cow. It does grow good gardens (plus it seems to entertain my chickens). We've started taking our mucky bedding straw directly to plants without composting it first, just wheelbarrows of the stuff placed everywhere as fertile mulch. I not only love the way it does my weeding for me but I think it's downright pretty--little yellow borders everywhere. I'll snap some photos. It's a new landscaping idea for me and I love it. |
MaryJane Butters, author of Milk Cow Kitchen ~ striving for the stoicism of a cow standing in the rain ~ |
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NellieBelle
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Posted - Jun 13 2017 : 12:27:30 PM
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| Just out of curiosity with Darla I purchased the Ketostix and went out and following your example of rubbing below the vulva, I was able to secure samples of urine from each Darla and Nellie. Both were negative. |
To laugh is human but to moo is bovine. Author Unknown |
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CloversMum
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Posted - Jun 13 2017 : 7:02:11 PM
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| A new skill, Janet! |
Loving life and family on our Idaho farm, Meadowlark Heritage Farm; A few Jersey cows; a few alpacas; a few more goats, and even more ducks and chickens |
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NellieBelle
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Posted - Jun 14 2017 : 07:56:19 AM
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| Well the rubbing below the vulva to get the cows to urinate is a new skill. Otherwise the testing isn't that different from people. And of course the cow patient is much larger. ;) |
To laugh is human but to moo is bovine. Author Unknown |
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maryjane
7074 Posts
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Posted - Jun 15 2017 : 06:12:24 AM
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| It works every time for me. Pretty cool trick, right? Anna and I know the routine well. Just have to remember to return the favor upfront with some head rubbing as well. |
MaryJane Butters, author of Milk Cow Kitchen ~ striving for the stoicism of a cow standing in the rain ~ |
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NellieBelle
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Posted - Jun 15 2017 : 11:20:15 AM
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| Yes, cool trick/skill for sure. Saves having to wait. It worked like a charm on both the gals I tested. Thanks again MaryJane! |
To laugh is human but to moo is bovine. Author Unknown |
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CloversMum
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Posted - Sep 22 2017 : 2:37:48 PM
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| Where did you order the strips? I want to test Clover. |
Loving life and family on our Idaho farm, Meadowlark Heritage Farm; A few Jersey cows; a few alpacas; a few more goats, and even more ducks and chickens |
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NellieBelle
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Posted - Sep 22 2017 : 2:53:14 PM
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| Charlene I bought my Ketostix test strips through Leedstone. |
To laugh is human but to moo is bovine. Author Unknown |
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CloversMum
3486 Posts
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Posted - Sep 22 2017 : 3:10:45 PM
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| Thank you! |
Loving life and family on our Idaho farm, Meadowlark Heritage Farm; A few Jersey cows; a few alpacas; a few more goats, and even more ducks and chickens |
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maryjane
7074 Posts
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Posted - Sep 22 2017 : 3:21:35 PM
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| You can get them at Walgreens here locally, Charlene. |
MaryJane Butters, author of Milk Cow Kitchen ~ striving for the stoicism of a cow standing in the rain ~ |
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CloversMum
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Posted - Sep 23 2017 : 06:16:47 AM
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| Thank you, MaryJane! Headed there today!! |
Loving life and family on our Idaho farm, Meadowlark Heritage Farm; A few Jersey cows; a few alpacas; a few more goats, and even more ducks and chickens |
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CloversMum
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Posted - Sep 24 2017 : 6:29:30 PM
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Clover was negative which made me pleased but now to try to figure out the next step. We dewormed her yesterday. Plus we have been upping her alfalfa intake plus grain. She also had some pumpkin purée to help too.
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Loving life and family on our Idaho farm, Meadowlark Heritage Farm; A few Jersey cows; a few alpacas; a few more goats, and even more ducks and chickens |
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