Living on the farm isn’t all fun and games. We do more than play in the garden and decorate for holidays. We spent the last few days cleaning up the barnyard.
We cleaned and swept out the chicken coop and filled the nesting boxes with clean dry hay. We spread all the manure on the garden. We also mucked out the goat pen and cleaned out the old hay. We threw that on the garden too.
Have you ever given a goat a pedicure? I never had either until two days ago. But, the goats need their hooves trimmed before winter or they could experience uncomfortable health problems like hoof rot.
I ordered the best hoof sheers I could find and Luke and I went on a mission to catch the goats and hold them steady for a few moments. It wasn’t easy, but we got the job done!
After reading about it in a few goat books, I watched a couple videos online to get the technique down.
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