Building Unity Farm Sanctuary - Second Week of June 2017

Star the Donkey arrived at the Sanctuary last week and she ’s living with the goats, serving as a livestock guardian.  She ’s 18 years old (donkeys live to 35) is about 100 pounds overweight.  We ’ll be restricting her diet, giving her daily exercise, and provide intensive veterinary care until her weight normalizes.  I expect that will take a year or two.  Her first vet visit and farrier (hoof) work will be this week.Honey the chicken develop wheezing this week and we ’ve isolated her from the flock.  Although she has intermittent breathing issues, she ’s eating, laying eggs, and acting normally.   We ’re not sure if its viral, bacterial, parasitic, or structural, but we’ll continue to isolate and observe her.Dr. Henry Feldman from BIDMC brought us an unusual gift this week - a laser cut holder for Unity Farm Cider and Honey Lager.  He made it on hisGlowforge, a 3D laser printer.   The precision is amazing.  Here ’s avideo showing how it works.Work on the sanctuary continues.  This week we replaced the toilets with modern low volume models from Toto so now we have highly reliable bathrooms for guests, visitors, and events.  We ’re continuing work on the water system and all plumbing from well head to house distribution should be replaced by next week.It ’s been raining non-stop for the past week and we’ve been doing our best to keep the animals warm and dry.  ...
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