GODDARD FARM

GROWING KIDS NEED LOTS OF EXERCISE.  THIS KID PEN IS 50 FEET WIDE AND 150 FEET LONG CONSTRUCTED OF CATTLE PANELS LINED WITH 2 BY 4-INCH WELDED WIRE PIG-RINGED TO THE CATTLE PANELS  TO KEEP THE KIDS FROM GETTNG THEIR HEAD CAUGHT IN THE FENCE.

KIDS RAISED IN THIS PEN LIVE IN THE WEST HALF OF THIS 12 BY 24-FOOT BUILDING SHOWN IN THE PICTURE BELOW.

THE EAST HALF OF THIS BUILDING OPENS INTO AN ADJACENT PEN 150 FT. BY 50 FT. AND HOUSES  BUCKS.

GODDARD FARM RASPBERRY'S 2009 TWIN DOE KIDS HAVE ARRIVED.   HER UMBILICAL CORD HAS BEEN TIED. 

ANOTHER PICTURE OF RASPBERRY LICKING HER KIDS.   THE KIDS ARE REMOVED AT BIRTH, CLEANED UP IN THE NURSEY SINK AND DRIED OFF, UMBELICAL CORDS TIED AND CLIPPED, DIPPED WITH IODINE AND THEN THE KIDS RETURNED TEMPORARILY TO THE DAM FOR THE LICKING PROCESS. 
AFTER THE KIDS ARE LICKED OFF BY RASPBERRY THEY ARE RETURNED TO THE NURSERY AND GIVEN COLOSTRUM.   THEY ARE UP AND MOVING AROUND BY THIS TIME.  THEY ARE KEPT IN THE NURSEY OVER NIGHT AND FED MORE COLOSTRUM.  THE SECOND DAY THEY ARE TRANSFERRED TO ONE  OF THE HEATED EMPTY BIRTHING ROOMS WHERE THEY STAY FOR TWO OR THREE WEEKS.  AFTER THEY ARE STARTED GOOD THEY ARE TRANSFERRED TO THE KID BARN WHERE THEY LIVE IN GROUPS OF 5 OR 6 IN 9 X 12 FOOT ROOMS WITH A FREE-CHOICE 65 FOOT EXERCISE RUN.  

RASPBERRY'S 2008 DOE KIDS BORN 02-13-2008 ENJOYING THEIR FIRST DAY IN THE NURSERY.  RASPBERRY HAD TWIN DOES  IN BOTH 2008 AND 2009

THE 12 BY 12 FT. BIRTHIING ROOMS ARE HEAVILY INSULATED AND HEATED TO 55*F AND THE MAN SAND FLOORS ARE COVERED WITH AMPLE AMOUNTS OF CLEAN SHAVINGS.  KIDS ARE INTRODUCED TO HIGH QUALITY ALFALFA AT ABOUT ONE WEEK OF AGE AND ARE EATING IT AS A SUPPLMENT TO THEIR MILK BOTTLE BY THREE WEEKS OF AGE. 

THIS IS THE OLDER BARN WHICH IS 36 FEET BY 36 FEET WITH THREE 12 X 12 MODIFIED HORSE STALLS ON EACH SIDE OF AN ALLEY WAY.   FEED AND OTHER ITEMS ARE STORED ON PALLETS IN THE CONCRETE ALLEY WAY.   THREE OF THE HORSE STALLS ARE HEAVILY INSULATED AND HEATED TO 55*F FOR BIRTHING ROOMS WHERE DOES ARE KEPT A WEEK BEFORE KIDDING.   A COUPLE OF DAYS AFTER KIDDING THEY ARE RETURNED TO THE HERD IN THE MAIN LOAFING BARN.

THE HEATED 12 X 12 NURSEY IS ALSO IN THIS BUILDING.  

THE 14 FT. EXTENSION YOU SEE ON THE WEST HOUSES WEANLINGS IN A PEN LEADING OFF TO THE NORTH.  - 1986

THIS IS THE OLD DAIRY PROCESSING ROOM IN THE ABOVE-PICTURED WHITE BARN.  THIS ROOM STILL HAS A 2-PART SINK, 30-GALLON WATER HEATER AND WALL FURNACE AND SERVES AS A NURSERY WHERE NEW BORN KIDS ARE HELD FOR THE FIRST 24 HOURS PRIOR TO GOING TO A HEATED KID ROOM IN THE SAME BARN.  Constructed - 1990

CLOSE UP OF SINK AND COUNTER TOP IN NURSERY WITH ITEMS IN PREPARATION FOR KIDDING, NUTRA DRENCH, PAPER TOWELS, SUCTION BULB, KITE STRING TO TIE UMBILICAL CORDS, SURGICAL SISORS, IODINE, ALCOHOL, OLD TURKISH TOWELS, HAIR DRYER, BANAMINE, OXYTOCIN, NIPPLES FOR BABY BOTTLES, BOX OF 3CC SYRINGES, BOX OF 20 GA. NEEDLES, FEELT TIMP & 3X5 CARDS TO RECORD ORDER OF BIRTH AND ANY UNUSUAL OCCURRANCES, AND PUMP DISPENSOR OF DIAL ANTIBACTERIAL SOAP.

THIS IS THE OLD MILK PARLOR THAT WAS PART OF A 14 BY 36-FOOT SECTION ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE OLDER WHITE BARN  AND HAS NOW BEEN COMPLETELY  DISMANTELED EXCEPT FOR THE CONCRETE FLOOR WHICH IS NOW A PATIO WHERE WE WILL HAVE OUR PIC NIC TABLE.   THE REMAINING 2/3 OF THE WHITE BARN CONTINUES TO SERVE AS OUR NURSERY AND BIRTHING BARN.    THE 12-FOOT WIDE ALLEY WAY WITH CONCRETE FLOOR  IS A GENERAL PURPOSE AREA WHERE WE STORE FEED, TRIM HOOVES AND CLIP FOR SHOWS.

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SUSTAIN III® Sulfa Calf Bolus

Bimeda

ANTIBACTERIAL SULFAMETHAZINE SUSTAINED RELEASE BOLUS (72 Hours)

EACH BOLUS CONTAINS: Sulfamethazine (Formulated in a sustained release base), 123.8 grains (8.02 grams).

^® Registered Trademark of Bimeda, Inc.

Manufactured by: Bimeda, Inc., Le Sueur, MN 56058

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THE FOUR PICTURES ABOVE ARE OF OUR DISBUDDING BOX WHICH IS MORE THAN 20 YEARS OLD.  THERE ARE MANY SIZES & SHAPES OF DISBUDDING BOXES BUT THIS WILL GIVE YOU SOME NOTION OF WHERE TO START IF YOU ARE BUILDING YOUR OWN BOX.   OURS IS 17 INCHES TALL, 24 INCHES LONG END-TO-END ON THE OUTSIDE, 6 & 1/2 INCHES WIDE OUTSIDE-TO-OUTSIDE.   THE LID OPENS FROM RIGHT TO LEFT AND IS FASTENED ON THE SIDE WITH TWO SMALL HINGES.  THE HEAD OPENING IS 5 INCHES WIDE AND 4 INCHES DEEP.   THERE IS A 2X4 HORIZONTAL BLOCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INSIDE OF THE BOX THAT HELPS TO SUPPORT AND CONTROL THE KIDS DURING THE DISBUDDING PROCESS.   WE USE A 1-GALLON CAN FILLED HALF WAY UP WITH GRAVEL TO REST THE IRON IN WHILE NOT IN USE BETWEEN KIDS.   WE DO NOT VACCINATE FOR TETANUS.   WE DO NOT APPLY ANY COOLANT OR ANTIBIOTIC AEROSOL AFTER DISBUDDING.  

 TO HELP THE DOES RECOVER AFTER KIDDING WITHOUT SMELLY DRAINAGE WE INFUSE THEM WITH 30CC OF 100MG TETRACYCLINE AFTER THEY KID AND CLEAN.    IN CASES WHERE WE HAVE TO REACH INSIDE THE DOE TO ASSIST WITH BIRTHING OR THE DOE HAS EXCESSIVE DRAINAGE, WE INFUSE DAILY FOR SEVERAL DAYS UNTIL THEY CLEAR UP.SWINGING KID FEEDER
COCCIDIA PREVENTIVE SWINGING GRAIN FEEDER - ANOTHER VIEW IN ADDITION TO HIGH QUALITY ALFALFA, KIDS ARE INTRODUCED TO GRAIN AT 3 WEEKS OF AGE WITH A SWINGING FEEDER.  IT IS 4 INCHES WIDE AND FOUR INCHES DEEP & HOLDS 2 LBS. OF GRAIN.    THIS FEEDER IS SUSPENDED ON A DOWEL WITH HAY TWINE ENABLING IT TO SWING LIKE A PENDULUM PREVENTING CURIOUS KIDS FROM CONTAMINATING THE FEED WITH THEIR FEET.   THE FEEDER ALSO TURNS ON THE  DOWEL AND MOVES AWAY FROM THE KIDS TRYING TO PUT THEIR FEET IN THE FEED.    THE HAY STRINGS CAN ALSO BE EASILY SHORTENED TO RAISE THE FEEDER AS THE KIDS GROW.THERMOSTAT CONTROLLED PIG FARROWING PADS 24 BY 48 INCHES  

WHEN KIDS ARE MOVED FROM THE NURSERY - BIRTHING BARN AT ABOUT 3 WEEKS OF AGE, TO THE KID BARN, WE PUT THEM ON PIG FARROWING PADS.  

THE PIG PADS ARE MADE OF NEARLY INDESTRUCTABLE PLASTIC AND HAVE AN INTERNALTHERMOSTAT.   ONE PAD WILL KEEP 5 TO 10 KIDS WARM.   PIG PADS PASS THE HEAT UP THROUGH THE KIDS FROM THE GROUND UP AND ARE MUCH SAFER THAN HEAT LAMPS.   THEY ARE WASHABLE AND LAST FOR MANY YEARS.   WE PUT THE POWER CORDS THROUGH A PIECE OF 3-INCH PVC PIPE TO PREVENT THE KIDS FROM CHEWING ON THEM.

 

TATTOO & DISBUDDING 

RHINEHART X-50A DISBUDDING IRON
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RHINEHART X-50A DISBUDDING IRON

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 WE ATTEND ALL BIRTHS.   BABIES ARE REMOVED AND HAND FED THREE TIMES A DAY UNTIL THEIR NUTRITIONAL INTAKE REACHES 3, 20-OUNCE POP BOTTLES OF MILK DAILY.   BY 4 WEEKS OF AGE, WHEN THEY ARE WELL STARTED ON ALFLAFA AND GRAIN,  THEY ARE REDUCED TO TWO, 20-OUNCE BOTTLES A DAY.   AS THEIR NUTRITIONAL NEEDS INCREASE THE ALFALFA AND GRAIN ARE INCREASED ACCORDINGLY.  FOR THE  REMAINDER OF THE 12 TO 14 WEEKS OF BOTTLE FEEDING THEY GET 2, 20-OUNCE BOTTLES OF MILK DAILY AND AMPLE AMOUNTS OF ALFALFA AND GRAIN.  NOTE:  A ONE AND ONE HALF INCH BY 18 GA. NEEDLE IS USED IN THE FLANGE OF THE CAPRINE NIPPLE TO PREVENT THE PLASTIC BOTTLES FROM COLLAPSING. 

============================= STARTING AT ONE WEEK OF AGE ALL KIDS ARE GIVEN ORGANIC IODINE IN THEIR MILK BOTTLE AS A PREVENTIVE FOR MILK GOITER.WE USE ORGANIC IODINE 40 BUT CAUTION SHOULD BE USED BECAUSE THERE ARE DIFFERENT STRENGTHS.  DESPITE THE FACT IT CAN BE PURCHASED WITHOUT A PRESCRIPTION YOU SHOULD CONSULT YOUR VETERINARIAN ABOUT DOSAGE PRIOR TO BEGINNING ANY THERAPY OR PREVENTIVES.
WE TRY TO KEEP ONLY 5 OR 6 KIDS IN EACH BIRTHING ROOM BUT IN PEAK KIDDING PERIODS OFTEN GET OVERWHELMED WITH KIDS AND HAVE AS MANY AS 10 IN ONE ROOM.   THEY ARE MOVED TO THE KID BARN AS SOON AS THEY ARE OLD ENOUGH AND THE WEATHER PERMITS.  ============BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN CAE FREE BASED ON WHOLE-HERD ANNUAL BLOOD TESTING SINCE 1992 WE FEED OUR BABIES POOLED UNPASTEURIZED MILK.   WE BELIEVE THAT THE UNPASTEURIZED MILK GIVES OUR KIDS FASTER & MORE HEALTHY GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT WITH FEWER COCCIDIA PROBLEMS.KID BARN AND RUNS VIEWED FROM THE SOUTH  - BUILT 1996
THIS IS OUR KID BARN VIEWED FROM THE EAST,  WHICH IS 36 FEET BY 16 FEET WITH A 6-FOOT AWNING EXTENDING THE FULL LENGHT OF THE BUILDING ON THE SOUTH SIDE.   IT HAS 4 ROOMS EACH 9 FT. WIDE WITH A 65-FOOT FREE-CHOICE EXERCISE RUN FOR EACH ROOM.   THE RUNS ARE MADE OF CATTLE PANELS LINED WITH 2X4 WELDED WIRE PIG-RINGED TO THE CATTLE PANELS.  1996 ======================================================
COCCIDIA PREVENTION IS CRUCIAL TO KID GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT

 DECCOX-M™ IS GIVEN IN THEIR MILK BOTTLES DAILY FROM BIRTH TO WEANING AS A COCCIDIA PREVENTIVE.   1CC OF CORID™ IS ADDED TO THEIR BOTTLES FOR FIVE DAYS AT 2-WEEK INTERVALS.

WHEN THE KIDS ARE WEANED AND DECOQUINATE, THE  COCCIDIA PREVENTIVE INGREDIENT IN DECCOX-M, IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE TO THEM, COCCICURB 10X™ MADE BY NUTRA BLEND™ CORPOPRATION IN NEOSHO, MO., IS ADDED TO THEIR GRAIN RATION.   COCCICURB 10X™ IS A COMBINATION OF PULVERIZED RICE HULLS SPRAYED WITH VEGETABLE OIL AND INCLUDES DECOQUINATE.   KIDS ARE GIVEN COCCICURB 10X WITH THEIR GRAIN UNTIL THEY ARE YEARLINGS OR UNTIL THE FIRST HARD FREEZE.====================== WORMING KIDS IS EQUALLY CRUCIAL TO GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT

STARTING AT 3 WEEKS OF AGE, KIDS ARE GIVEN IVOMEC-PLUS™  AT 1/2cc S.Q. EVERY 2 WEEKS GRADUATING UPWARD ON DOSAGE AND GIVEN 1cc  AT 12 AND 14 WEEKS.  AFTER THAT, KIDS ARE WORMED BASED ON FECAL EXAMS.

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COCCI CURB 10X MEDICATERD GRANULES HAVE THE DECOQUINATE, THE SAME ACTIVE INGREDIENT AS DECCOX-M AND WE TOP DRESS THE KID'S GRAIN RATION WITH IT STARTING AT 3 WEEKS OF AGE TO SUPPLEMENT THE DECCOX-M PREVENTIVE THEY GET IN THEIR MILK BOTTLES.   WE CONTINUE TO FEED THESE GRANULES TO KIDS AFTER THEY ARE WEANED

 ABOVE IN THIS PICTRURE ARE THE THINGS WE USE IN TATTOOING KIDS.   WE TRY TO DISBUD THEM AT ONE WEEK OF AGE AND TATTOO THEM THE SECOND WEEK TO MINIMIZE THE STRESS.   WE US ONE SET OF TATTOO PLIERS WITH OUR HERD LETTERS - NSG - AND THE OTHER SET OF PLIERS FOR THE INDIVIDUAL I.D. NUMBER.   THIS SPEEDS THE PROCESS AND REDUCES CHANCES OF MISTAKES.   IN THE PICTURES YOU ALSO SEE A BOTTLE OF KETCHUM BRAND GREEN TATTOO INK,  A BAGGIE WITH TWO SETS OF NUMBERS FROM ZERO TO 10, ANOTHER BAGGIE WITH ONE COMPLETE SET OF LETTERS, AND A PAIR OF BLUE RUBBER EXAM GLOVES.   THE GLOVES KEEP YOUR HANDS FROM TURNING GREEN DURINIG THE TASTTOOING PROCESS.    IT IS EASY TO MAKE A MISTAKE SO THE 3X5 CARD IN THE PICTURE IS USED TO TEST THE PLIERS TO MAKE SURE THE CORRECT LETTER AND NUMBERS ARE THERE & IN THE CORRECT ORDER BEFORE PUNCTURING THE EAR.

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