{"id":3681,"date":"2020-07-24T02:56:19","date_gmt":"2020-07-24T02:56:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/?p=3681"},"modified":"2020-07-24T02:56:32","modified_gmt":"2020-07-24T02:56:32","slug":"real-world-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/real-world-problems\/","title":{"rendered":"Real World Problems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The media lets you know daily covid infection rates, or deaths or the next happening that is being closed due to the rona. \u00a0But, no, not one mention of RHD. \u00a0Nothing. Crickets. \u00a0But this RHD has been devastating to an entire industry. \u00a0What? \u00a0For real? \u00a0Yes, for real.<\/p>\n<p>Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease has shut down the rabbit industry. \u00a0No rabbit shows in the USA. \u00a0It is very lethal. \u00a0This virus has been found in tame and wild rabbit populations. \u00a0The mortality rate of this disease is OVER 70%. \u00a0Yeah, if they get it, they are probably going to die. \u00a0This deal is for real. \u00a0No rabbits at the county fairs. \u00a0Any fair, anywhere. \u00a0I do have some rabbit showing stories but I don&#8217;t want anybody to lose there prize rabbits. \u00a0 No masks. \u00a0Just a complete lockdown. \u00a0 Yet, not a word from your media.<\/p>\n<p>County fairs in NW Oklahoma are trying to figure out what to do. \u00a0Some have already punted, some have cancelled part of but not all of their fairs and others are going forward. \u00a0I made fun of some neighboring county fair board members for canceling part of their fair. \u00a0They kept the junior shows but cancelled the indoor exhibits such as the canned foods, baking and vegetables.<\/p>\n<p>My first instinct was to make fun of them. \u00a0But, then they explained that all of the superintendents for those divisions were elderly AND all of the judges for those divisions were elderly. \u00a0Wait? \u00a0What? \u00a0Yep, they were right. \u00a0There aren&#8217;t a lot of young pickle or baked goods judges. \u00a0We need to address this problem. \u00a0We need to be training younger canned food judges, baked food judges, etc. \u00a0I feel confident that I could judge these items. \u00a0I have watched experts like Travis Bowman and Debbie Kelln prepare, present and judge items like these. \u00a0Yet, I&#8217;m not young. \u00a0There needs to be a pipeline of up &amp; coming judges. \u00a0For pickles and goats. \u00a0We don&#8217;t need to be in a rut of just using the same old deal.<\/p>\n<p>I recently read a list of the favorite Star Wars characters of all time. \u00a0For the first time, the BEST movie character of all time was NOT #1. \u00a0Darth Vader is now listed as #3. \u00a0What? \u00a0One of the most recognizable characters by sight, sound, quotes, memes\u2026.you don&#8217;t have to like Star Wars to recognize Darth Vader.<\/p>\n<p>Pre- Corona force choke<\/p>\n<p>6 ft rule force choke<\/p>\n<p>Work from home force choke<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Baby Yoda was listed as the most popular Star Wars character. \u00a0Yoda, himself, was listed as #2. \u00a0I like Baby Yoda and I love the fact that Kela is one of the few that have actually held the puppet that is Baby Yoda. \u00a0I have always been a Yoda fan. \u00a0But when it comes to the most popular lists of Star Wars&#8211;there is two. \u00a0Darth Vader and Chewbacca.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of goats. \u00a0The marketplace has changed. \u00a0The middle ground seems to be gone. \u00a0Cheaper ones will sell all day, everyday. \u00a0And if you have an elite one, there are numerous people willing to pay for those. \u00a0It seems to resemble the steer market.<\/p>\n<p>Had a really good collection day at REI. \u00a0Took 3 bucks, all 3 bucks jumped does 3 times. \u00a0All 3 bucks gave good #s of high quality juice. \u00a0I&#8217;ll have a pretty steep bill from REI next month, but it is the kind that I am happy to pay.<\/p>\n<p>When we bought UZI, he had horrible hooves. \u00a0I worked to get them right. \u00a0Once a goat gets bad hooves, it is hard to keep them right. \u00a0I have been waiting to trim UZI&#8217;s hooves. \u00a0I&#8217;ve been waiting on a \u00a0really good rain. \u00a0It hasn&#8217;t happened. \u00a0So, we set a sprinkler on the buck pen in order to soak the ground for 24 hours. \u00a0It helped. Real world problems and solutions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The media lets you know daily covid infection rates, or deaths or the next happening that is being closed due to the rona. \u00a0But, no, not one mention of RHD. \u00a0Nothing. Crickets. \u00a0But this RHD has been devastating to an entire industry. \u00a0What? \u00a0For real? \u00a0Yes, for real. Rabbit Hemorrhagic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3681"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3681"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3681\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3682,"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3681\/revisions\/3682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}