Shootingstar Farm

Day 6 of 10 days of
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TTF Mini Silkies
Scroll Trellis

I call this a goat bouquet. Lol 😝
We give the goats branches to eat and they really love Maple; the pictures of them enjoying their snack just looks like a bouquet of flowers. 🤣🤷🏻‍♀️ Idk my brain does weird things. 😂

Day 5 of 10 days of
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Story Book Rabbitry
Abide & Vine

Day 4 of 10 days of
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Tifft Tack
Pistol & Pluck, LLC

🐐 A heads-up for goat keepers: New World screwworm

In early June 2026, USDA confirmed New World screwworm in livestock in Texas - the first US detection in decades. It's relevant well beyond Texas: this is a parasite worth understanding now, before it's a local concern.

Why it matters for goats: the larvae feed on living tissue, and they're drawn to open wounds and fresh tissue - newborn navels, post-kidding does, and any wound from routine procedures like disbudding, banding, or tagging. A wound as small as a tick bite can be enough.

The single most important thing: screwworm is a reportable disease. If you spot a suspicious wound, eggs at a wound's edges, or maggots, contact your veterinarian and state animal health officials immediately - don't treat it quietly.

And here's why that reporting matters: the US eradicated screwworm decades ago, and it's kept out by releasing sterile flies to wipe out any new population before it can spread. That response only works if cases are caught and reported quickly - a single missed case can let the fly re-establish and trigger an outbreak that affects the whole area. Reporting protects your herd and everyone else's.

We put together a plain-language guide covering the signs, high-risk situations, prevention, and how and when to report:

https://herdmanager.app/learn/health/new-world-screwworm-goats/

Check your animals, and stay safe out there.

Just cell phone shots; but going out to feed tonight had many photo opportunities, so I’m glad I had my phone! Look at that Eagle couple out on a date watching over the farm! 😬 They sure are beautiful though! Female on the right I believe. They announced themselves quite loudly when they arrived and they stayed in that tree for probably close to an hour. Then I caught the very end of light on the mountain as we were coming back out of the horse pasture and headed to the goats. The western sky was putting on a show as well.
It was a good day today! 🥰

Day 3 of 10 days of
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Laid with Love Homestead
Rainy Roots Farm