DATA!

Guys and Gals,

I just wanted to give you a little bit of information we learned on Friday when working the bucks. The first thing we learned is the ticks have invaded not only the dogs but some of the goats. We first began to pick the ticks and noticed a little swelling of the ears of the high infected bucks so we took those bucks to see Dr. Mitchell and when he picked the ticks we put them in a vile to send off to a livestock entomologist for more research on the tick problem. Dr. Mitchell said the best thing we can do is watch them and pick the ticks then put a little iodine where the ticks were located. On the other hand, there are some great things happening with the bucks including some really nice weight gains and fecal counts plus the weather gave us a little bit of a break for a few days and everyone and every animal is enjoying the cooler weather we are experiencing. I hope you guys enjoy looking at the data posted on the right hand side labeled 8/20/2010 data I know Mary and I have really enjoyed analyzing the data to see how the goats are doing.