Things took a lot of time this morning so it was 12:30 before we could think about eating. Nothing new and not a problem. Then Jack came to the back door and said those words I hate to hear, "We have a problem." Oh no.
One of our Jerseys had cut her foot and scraped the one behind it. The front one was bleeding pretty good and she had sliced a chunk of flesh loose. We had more rain last night (yep, again) so there was a lot of mud in the pasture where she was at. Jack wanted to bring her up on grass to clean the wound and then put her in a higher pasture. O.K. First, get a rope and make a halter, put it over her head, and start leading (pushing, pulling, and coaxing with a bucket of feed) her through the front yard to the other pasture. Slow going until...... she decided to take off with Jack hanging on to the rope. Now, we've got a rodeo!!! YA-HOO!!!!! (Was it the swats I was giving her behind?) Tie her to the fence and wash the wound, pour hydrogen peroxide on it, and, because there was some blood stop powder handy, we used it for the bleeding this time instead of cayenne pepper. I like to use cayenne because it numbs the pain and I know it's good for them and it works well. We haven't had much experience with the powder but it worked, anyway.
I made a comfrey root decoction and then added comfrey leaf to it and let it steep while we ate brunch at 2:45. Whew!
Jack will be milking her by hand in the goat barn until her foot is better. We are going to (hopefully) use a fomentation with the comfrey tea and wrap it with a bandage to hold it in place to help with healing. I'll let you know how that goes.
I think dinner will be late tonight.
Nancy
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