muddy path...

It is rainy season and cyclone Pam has just passed us by. 

 The farm is muddy and today Claude and Sai plan to fix the muddy path that the goats have to follow twice a day...

Footrot in goats (and sheep) is caused by the 

  bacterial organisms Fusiformis nodosus, and Spirochaeta penortha.

 The infection spreads when goats walk over the soil or pasture contaminated by infected carrier goats or sheep and mud is an excellent breeding ground!

Mild to severe lameness in one or more goats is the first sign of footrot.

Once infected, a goat may be a carrier of footrot for years.

So, prevention is better than cure and this is a dirty, muddy job that simply has to be done for the welfare of our goats.

Claude is using old cement railway sleepers....

                        it has been 'stored' on the land for ages

 and I am always on about the 'rubbish' and 

                                                    he 'has to get rid of it'....

    Today Claude  proved how valuable the old sleepers are....

       The cement sleepers are very heavy and it is backbreaking work....

            

                        then they started to fill the gaps between the sleepers 
                                                                                   with sand....

                             and then it was all done...

                                                     very proud of the work . 

           well done Claude and Sai !