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No farm. . .

Posted by Tinia Creamer on October 20, 2014

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I am bias. I know I am. . .

For I see no farm complete if it is void
of Dairy goats

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A Tragedy in Appalachia: Oxycontin and Opportunities (or the story of my Brother)

A Tragedy in Appalachia: Oxycontin and Opportunitiesor more simply:"The story of my Brother"

This could be your brother, your sister, your mother. . .

I have relayed various tragic details of this life of mine over the years.

This is a change from everything I've said to you before.

All I have written before tells a story that has resolved.

A triumph.

This story is ongoing. Sometimes it seems brighter. Sometimes it is so very bleak, I can hardly bear the weight of it.

Thankfully. Tragically.

Nothing in this world has broken me, left me destroyed and devastated like addiction.

Wait, please know, I am the furthest thing from an addict. . .yet I've felt it so close, I might as well be one.

I have lost a father, 2 brothers, a sister and a grandfather in my short 34 years. . .to fires and exhaustion.

Addiction, though.

I cannot even face it.

I have stood in front of a building holding my 3 year old sister in my arms, my 5 year old son by the hand. . .and watched flames consume the wa…

Coccidia: What all New Goat Owners need to Know

Goats are not native to America.

Healthy goats are made, not born.

Not our climates or geography, as a rule.

As a result, we fight parasites, like Coccidia, frequently.

They thrive in warm, wet weather, especially.

In adult goats, worms are the battle. In goat kids, it is coccidia, which are not killed by any worming medications whatsoever.

From about 4 weeks of age, especially if the weather is already warm, you need to start treating your goat kids to prevent / control coccidia. Kids born in May, June and after will struggle more than kids born in January, for instance.

If you wait until the coccidia flourish, the intestinal tract of the kid can be damaged permanently, the growth can be stunted and/or your goat kid will die.

If a kid has coccidia controlled properly from a young age, by the time fall comes or by the time the kid is about 6 months old, she will have developed a natural resistance, and you should not have further issues with coccidia as the kid grows into an adult unl…

Following over 25 overdoses on Heroin in Huntington, WV

Following over 25 overdoses on Heroin in Huntington, WV yesterday alone, my newsfeed is full of folks with "answers" and opinions (we have around 50k or less residents). Most have no idea what they are talking about in any capacity. Please, Go home. Stop typing words out into the universe that have no merit. All kinds of words from people who have no real knowledge of of the roots of the mess nor a scope of the complexity, despair and ruin of the "addiction" in Appalachia.

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