I am testing a change to my livestream MO. Until Locals has the option for livestreaming with a guest, I will still start my livestreams on YouTube and Rokfin but I will be finishing some of my streams - the spicy ones - on Rokfin only. I plan to try this tomorrow. I know this may frustrate some of you but hopefully soon we will have the option to co-stream on Locals. As usual, the entire stream will be uploaded here afterward. If you have a question for Dr. Hodkinson and don't want to watch on Rokfin, leave me your thoughts here. FYI a Rokfin subscription does give you access to all of the other creators, like Whitney Webb, Ryan Cristiàn, Michael Tracey, Jimmy Dore and many others. I know many of you are already on both Locals and Rokfin so it won’t matter, but I appreciate your patience as I test this out. https://rokfin.com/stream/6914
I had to get a blood sample from our (hopefully pregnant) dairy cow, Maisy, to the post office, but wanted to hit the gym on the way. So, the blood came in a cooler (which I won in a feed store raffle) and hung out in my passenger seat. I think you hit the pro farmer world when you can say you’ve driven around with animal blood in your car while running errands. All in a day’s work!
WARNING: You will see a sheep rectum in this video.
I am dealing with my first rectal prolapse in our ewe, Maple. She is such a sweet girl but I’ll tell you, it’s been quite the learning experience and challenge for my gag reflex. The consensus among farmer friends has been to pack the prolapsed section with sugar and push it back in. This may seem easy enough but I’ve found it to be quite difficult for a newbie like myself. I’ve see this is more common in feedlot lambs but Maple is on grass with a tiny bit of hay and has no other issues, so the cause is a mystery. Vets can suture the rectal opening so that there is just room for Maple to poop, but this can be a costly procedure. There are also “rectal rings” available which essentially do the same thing as the sutures. Has anyone else dealt with this?
The kids are practicing for their first rodeo. The event requires them to catch a goat and snatch a ribbon off its tail, then put the ribbon in a bucket and raise their hands to stop the clock. Fastest kid wins. Don’t ask me how they came up with this stuff. Today goat ribbons, tomorrow bucking broncs.
https://open.substack.com/pub/merylnass/p/documents-and-articles-of-interest?
And in even better news:
HHS has also said it will end the practice of providing bonuses to doctors who vaccinate high percentages of their patients, and other financial incentives provided to doctors for vaccinations.
