[Penninehillbilly]

sounds good 

[clydesdaleclopper]

That's really good news

[Lesley Silvester]

Thank you. Her coat looks normal now. My only problem is coping with all the milk she's providing me with but I can survive that one. 

[clydesdaleclopper]

Thank you. Her coat looks normal now. My only problem is coping with all the milk she's providing me with but I can survive that one. 

Oh your poor soul 

[Lesley Silvester]

Lots of cheese being made.


My biggest problem is resisting drinking loads of milk and eating all the cheese. Why can't I be one of those people who can eat whatever they like and not put on weight?

[Beeducked]

Why can't I be one of those people who can eat whatever they like and not put on weight?

I know that feeling!!!


Madde even worse by me discovering how lovely homemade ice cream which also copes with the excess of duck eggs! Keep trying to tell myself its not low fat even if it does come from the garden!


Glad Pom is doing so much better.

[clydesdaleclopper]

Madde even worse by me discovering how lovely homemade ice cream which also copes with the excess of duck eggs! Keep trying to tell myself its not low fat even if it does come from the garden!

But fat is NOT your enemy - sugar is. Just make your ice cream with very little sugar and it's fine 

[Lesley Silvester]

Food is my enemy. 


Glad to hear the ducks are laying well again. I love those eggs.

[Lesley Silvester]

A bit of an update. Pom's coat has come through and she's looking good BUT, despite being a pure Saanen, she now has a small black patch on one shoulder. I thought it was on her skin as she does have a few spots that are usually covered by hair but this is definitely black hair growing and it wasn't there before she lost her coat.


Has anyone else experienced this?

[JTFarms]

Rub abigof pure apple cider the kind with the mothers still in it it will moist in the skin and it is a antibacterial aid in its own right

[Anke]

Well several of my GG girls have some white hair where the horn buds were taken off...., so it is maybe a similar kind of thing? As long as she is well it is probably nothing you should worry about...

[Lesley Silvester]

I'm not worried as she is fit and well. Just intrigued. Having said that, my mother lost patches of her dark grey hair during a time of great stress and it came back white, so I suppose this is the same sort of thing.

[Lesley Silvester]

Not sure what you mean by 'mothers', JTF.

[claire]

cider vinegar with the mother in it... refers to the sediment in the bottom.

[clydesdaleclopper]

The mother culture is where the vinegar is unpasteurised. Most vinegar is pasteurised so you have to look for it specifically