Well yesterday while doing pasture checks on all the heifers on grass I ran into a prickly situation. On of the heifers had a run in with a porcupine by the slough! She had lots of quills in her front legs and than she must have gone down to sniff it because there were lots around her nose. I went back to the farm and talked to dad and we than took our chute to the pasture with our skids steer. After a few tries we finally got her into the chute. Its funny how they will go and stir trouble with something dangerous but when you want to help them by getting them into the chute they don’t want to play. After settling a little in the chute we started to remove the quills with pliers and it was a long painful process! This is the first time at Innislake we had a situation like this but we got the quills out and gave her a shot of penicillin for safe measures and were keeping a close eye on her.
Ouch! I am glad you were able to help her out.
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