Re: [Homesteadingfamily] Frostbite goat ears

Hi Kim, we've had to deal off and on w/frostbitten ears both when we were in CO and now
in NE. ACV dabbed on the ears works. We had a vet in CO mix up a combo of DMSO
and glycerin in a bottle that had a dobber to apply it.    Worth a try. HTH, ba

        Neal and Betty Boal
        Kiowacreek Toggs
www.freewebs.com/kiowacreek/
         in SW Nebraska

ADGA AGS & IDGR members

--- On Sat, 2/19/11, Kim Roos <kimroos@tds.net> wrote:

From: Kim Roos <kimroos@tds.net>
Subject: [Homesteadingfamily] Frostbite goat ears
To: raw_goatmilk@yahoogroups.com, homesteadingfamily@yahoogroups.com, homesteadingwomen@yahoogroups.com, beginningwomenfarmers@yahoogroups.com
Date: Saturday, February 19, 2011, 2:43 PM

Hello!

I swear we tried to catch every birth and warm those ears up quick

but two of our last babies born on Friday 2/11 were very cold. I

think it was minus 5 that morning and I ran a little late so by 6am

there were two cold babies on the barn. The mom was attentive but

when I went over the fur was frosty-so I swooped em up and in the

house they came. Its been so cold here in Maine that almost every

baby has shown signs of frostbite ears how ever these 2 did not

recover as well and the thick bloated skin at the bottom of the ear

is turning dark and puckered looking. So any advice-what do I do? The

boy will be meat but the doe is real sweet looking and her mom is

milking a gallon right now/ day-which I know will go up-so maybe keep

her-maybe sell her but how to deal with the ears. They are 3/4

saanen. Thanks, kim Roos, MAINE

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