I, Farm Boy! Farming Is Common Sense

On Saturday night, one of our Boer does gave birth to a triplet, 1 male and 2 females.

The doelings, the term for young female goats, came out sprite and lively but the buckling or young male goat, had weak hind legs.

While his sisters were moving around the pen a few hours after birth, the buckling slumped on the pen floor.

Upon seeing this, my cousin, Neri Sodusta, who supervises the farm operations, asked our farm help to look for an old baby shirt.

Then, he made four holes in the shirt for the legs of the baby goat and hoisted it just enough for his legs to touch the ground.

Neri finished Commerce in college but he and his wife, Tata, a midwife, remained in the farm. They sent their only daughter, Saysay, to study accountancy in Ateneo de Davao, from the earnings of their hogs and chicken.

Today, Saysay is an accountant working for a multi-national company in Dubai and last year she gifted her parents with a brand new Navarra pick-up.

But back to the baby goat.

Neri said it could end up with a split hind legs if no remedy is done.

So, the baby goat, who has been named “Boy Bitin,” will remain propped up until he is about a week old.

After that, Neri said Boy Bitin will be given a dose of DCM or Calcium to strengthen his hind legs.

These are practical farm remedies which are not taught in school.

This is why I have always believed that the farm is the best classroom and a validation venue of the theories one learns in school.

#FarmingIsCommomSense!

#BestClassroomIsTheFarm!

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