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Plantain Tea. A poultice can be made from the crushed leaves to promote healing in minor wounds, sores, and insect bites. Plantain is beneficial for helping inflammation of the mucous membranes. I use the tea especially for an autoimmune disorder. It really helps heal leaky gut. Is great for relieving constipation and intestinal worms. Who would have thought that such a common weed could have so many healing properties. Great question!
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It most certainly gets difficult. Many days I make a list that is too much for one day. Prayer and patience is the best remedy.
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I would be glad to help you. I have had a Jersey dairy cow for 12 years. She has given us more milk, cheese, butter, sour cream, meat and etc then I can count. She is lovable, a tad stubborn, but worth every bit of time I have put into milking her. What questions do you have? I will do my best to help!!
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Turkey Tail tincture or Oregano tea. Drink the tea internal and do a tea rinse on the skin. Oregano Oil can also be used on the skin but should be diluted with a carrier oil such as coconut or olive. Using both herbs would benefit the most. Be very careful, if you have excessive candida bacteria in your body. These herbs also cause candida die-off, which can be very toxic to your body and make you very sick. Hope you feel better soon.
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This is quite an undertaking. God bless you for keeping them out of public schools.
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When my children were smaller, I would have them write a paragraph about anything they wanted to. They could go outside and write about a plant, grass, tree, tree bark, ants, whatever they found that interested them. The paragraph would need to be 3-4 sentences long, as they got older the more sentences. I would not critique their writing to harshly. I would point out a few words, tell them there were more misspelling, but for them to work on the ones we pointed out for now. Also, as for the reading, Sonlight has very interesting books that deal with history and geography. They can be purchased second hand from Thrift Books. It takes longer then purchasing them directly from Sonlight, but it saves money! Hope this helps.
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I am a list person. When I accomplish something, I mark it off with red. I homeschool four children, homestead, and do bookkeeping and payroll from my home. Getting up early and staying up late is my key to getting a lot completed in a day. My children are a huge help with indoor and outdoor chores. When they were smaller, I could not get everything completed. I was trying to build my business and time was in short supply. Their education became my top priority and we learned how to let other things go. As long as we prayed, had school completed, the animals were feed and watered with fresh bedding and the children were feed and warm it was a GOOD day!! Prayer is my saving grace and reading my Bible keeps me sane with all the worlds craziness. If we don’t get something completed today, it will be there tomorrow or next week, or next month.
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No grain for her at all, if you feed her grain. Lard put on the udder will help dry her up. If she is showing no discomfort, I would just leave her alone. From my experience, if she is showing no discomfort, she will be fine.
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Halters for each of these girls may not be a bad idea. It will help to get them into the milking stall or bring them in for milking until a routine is established. They are beautiful!!
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Typically, Jerseys calve really easy. Of course, there is always the probability of problems. My cow has had 9 calves and always did fine. My cow’s problems have always come after calving. Milk fever can show up within 24-72 hours after calving. This is due to such a large bag, depleting the calcium in their system. Symptoms will be stumbling, not chewing cud, no interest in protecting the little one. I use a Calcium/Magnesium Gel. It comes in a caulk like tube. Pick this up online or at a local farm store. Just use a stick to push the contents into the cow’s throat. There is also an under the skin IV. This is a liquid Calcium that will quickly help. If the cow is lying down and cannot get up, the IV must be put into a certain vein. Since you are not familiar with cows, a vet will be your best opinion. This is an ASAP situation. Jerseys are prone to this illness. I usually wait about two weeks until I began milking. I pin the calf away in the evening, about 6pm, and milk at 6am. Sometimes they will not let their milk down, so you may need to let the calf nurse from one side and milk from the other. Mastitis is always a concern. This mostly happens when the calf is weaned but can happen anytime. I have found that when mastitis shows up, milk her more often. I usually milk three times a day. Within three or four days it clears up without any medicine.