Pretty sure everyone's first post starts with that title.
Anyways, Ive decided to start a blog to chronicle all the excitement that happens here around the Bass household.
I guess I will start with some background info to bring everyone up to speed.
From the day we moved into this house [going on 2 years ago] I have wanted to fence in majority of our land, to fulfill my dream of having lots of farm animals.
After months of begging, Ronny finally gave in late winter 2009. So, I started out with one of those 10x10 dog lot deals with 4 panels + the 'chickenbarn' [a shed that was on the property when we bought it that I painted red, and Wyatt appropriately named] and had around 7 chickens in there. Well, those chickens lived a short life here. They fell prey to Ronny's Blue Heeler, Bo, after Ronny thought it would be a good idea to let them 'free range' around the property.
Next purchase was 12 baby chicks, this time last year. Once those guys were big enough, I managed to get my hands on another 4 panels. The chicken lot grew and was relocated to a lower end of our property. Now that we had a larger area I knew I could talk Ronny into a goat...ok, 2 goats. So I had 10 chickens[we lost some in the transport] and my 2 goats, Stella and Little. Over last summer I lost 3 more chickens to the heat.
After months of begging, Ronny finally gave in late winter 2009. So, I started out with one of those 10x10 dog lot deals with 4 panels + the 'chickenbarn' [a shed that was on the property when we bought it that I painted red, and Wyatt appropriately named] and had around 7 chickens in there. Well, those chickens lived a short life here. They fell prey to Ronny's Blue Heeler, Bo, after Ronny thought it would be a good idea to let them 'free range' around the property.
Next purchase was 12 baby chicks, this time last year. Once those guys were big enough, I managed to get my hands on another 4 panels. The chicken lot grew and was relocated to a lower end of our property. Now that we had a larger area I knew I could talk Ronny into a goat...ok, 2 goats. So I had 10 chickens[we lost some in the transport] and my 2 goats, Stella and Little. Over last summer I lost 3 more chickens to the heat.
A few months ago my brother in law, Ryan, gave us 4 more panels. Ronny talked Mobley into helping him move everything one last time, to the location they are now.
We have 16 Chickens[Rhode Island Reds, Barred Rocks and Wheaten Amerucanas], 2 Bunnys, and 2 goats. I recently hatched 5 chicks in the incubator!! It was really exciting, but wasn't as great of a turn out as I had hoped for...I started with 36 eggs. Hoping the next go around will be more productive.
Now on to more stuff that's been going on lately...
We also have 3 dogs: Bo [Ronny's Blue Heeler], Bruno[my mini schnauzer], and recently added Bella, another blue heeler and girlfriend for BoBo. It took months of searching to find Miss Bella. Ronny is extremely picky when it comes to the 'look' of a Blue Heeler. When I found Bella, I knew I had found a keeper. She was perfect, lots of blue coloring and a perfect little face. We got Bella when she was 6 weeks old. The Thursday after we got her, she was bitten/attacked by my father-in-laws 14 year old, territorial dog, KC. She seemed ok, she wasn't bleeding anywhere, but her right legs went stiff and she went into shock. So off to the emergency vet we went. She spent the night there, and we learned there was no fractures or breaks in her spine. They were hoping her legs was just part of going into shock. [I guess it would be like Godzilla slapping us around.] We picked her up the next morning and took her to our local vet. She spent two days there on an IV and then they sent her home. She was eating well, but unable to move her legs correctly. They told us she had suffered alot of nerve damage and she needed time. Being so young she had youth on her side and they had a lot of hope for her. Slowly but surely she kept getting better with her walking and I spent a lot of time down on the floor helping her. She is walking fine now and up to normal puppy shenanigans.
Just as we thought we were in the clear with Bella...these little sores popped up all over her head and back. So back to the vet we went. After 2 visits they determined that she has Demodectic Mange, also called Demodex. Luckily, this isn't the scary manage that is extremely contagious and horrible. It's a type of mite that all dogs carry, passed to them from their mother. Puppy's with weak immune systems and some dogs who go through trauma and stress become susceptible to the mites. Thus, causing hair loss and crusty, scaly skin. So, the stress from the KC incident likely caused the mange. We are going weekly for Mitaban Dips at the vet to kill all the mites. Hopefully in a few months we will have a pretty puppy again. ;)
Ronny has some time off from work so he told me he was going to begin fence construction! I'm SO excited! He has one side of posts up, and because of rain and running into trees he had to stop. When we bought the house we knew we had 3.5 acres, but we always said it seemed smaller. Ronny decided to do some clearing last spring and found where a lot of our property was...an extremely over grown thicket. We even found a boat on a trailer! It was crazy. Anyways, we pretty much just bush hogged it all and now they are clearing the rest of the trees to make way for the new fence. :)
That pretty much sums up our background, sorry so long. Now future posts will make sense.
Now on to more stuff that's been going on lately...
We also have 3 dogs: Bo [Ronny's Blue Heeler], Bruno[my mini schnauzer], and recently added Bella, another blue heeler and girlfriend for BoBo. It took months of searching to find Miss Bella. Ronny is extremely picky when it comes to the 'look' of a Blue Heeler. When I found Bella, I knew I had found a keeper. She was perfect, lots of blue coloring and a perfect little face. We got Bella when she was 6 weeks old. The Thursday after we got her, she was bitten/attacked by my father-in-laws 14 year old, territorial dog, KC. She seemed ok, she wasn't bleeding anywhere, but her right legs went stiff and she went into shock. So off to the emergency vet we went. She spent the night there, and we learned there was no fractures or breaks in her spine. They were hoping her legs was just part of going into shock. [I guess it would be like Godzilla slapping us around.] We picked her up the next morning and took her to our local vet. She spent two days there on an IV and then they sent her home. She was eating well, but unable to move her legs correctly. They told us she had suffered alot of nerve damage and she needed time. Being so young she had youth on her side and they had a lot of hope for her. Slowly but surely she kept getting better with her walking and I spent a lot of time down on the floor helping her. She is walking fine now and up to normal puppy shenanigans.
Just as we thought we were in the clear with Bella...these little sores popped up all over her head and back. So back to the vet we went. After 2 visits they determined that she has Demodectic Mange, also called Demodex. Luckily, this isn't the scary manage that is extremely contagious and horrible. It's a type of mite that all dogs carry, passed to them from their mother. Puppy's with weak immune systems and some dogs who go through trauma and stress become susceptible to the mites. Thus, causing hair loss and crusty, scaly skin. So, the stress from the KC incident likely caused the mange. We are going weekly for Mitaban Dips at the vet to kill all the mites. Hopefully in a few months we will have a pretty puppy again. ;)
Ronny has some time off from work so he told me he was going to begin fence construction! I'm SO excited! He has one side of posts up, and because of rain and running into trees he had to stop. When we bought the house we knew we had 3.5 acres, but we always said it seemed smaller. Ronny decided to do some clearing last spring and found where a lot of our property was...an extremely over grown thicket. We even found a boat on a trailer! It was crazy. Anyways, we pretty much just bush hogged it all and now they are clearing the rest of the trees to make way for the new fence. :)
That pretty much sums up our background, sorry so long. Now future posts will make sense.
I will be posting daily...I hope.
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