Missing Willow Farm

You need to keep them healthy.   Since they graze where they poop, parasitic worms are always a concern.  We’ve found some of our animals are more susceptible to worms than others.   Since we don’t want to over-medicate them, we periodically check them for anemia, which is a symptom of parasites.  An easy way to do this is to check the conjunctiva around their eyes, which is bright pink to red in a healthy animal.  Our goats have gotten used to this, the sheep not so much.    We’ve tried a bunch of different dewormers, the most common types come in liquid form.  How do you get an animal to take a teaspoon of medicine you ask?  You squirt it down their throats with a special metal syringe that they can chomp on without breaking.   That’s an action shot of Savannah unhappily taking her medicine.  Our goats pretty much line up for their medicine.  The sheep require wrangling.