Shalali Infante and Pint-Size Farm, located in New Mexico, breeds miniature jerseys, Nigerian dwarf goats, and American Guinea Hogs shipping animals all over the U.S.

Production:
Janie: 20.9 pounds
Annie: 15.0 pounds
Sally: 22.5 pounds
Eggs: 24

I made it out at exactly the same time as yesterday, 5:48 AM. I guess 3 minutes really doesn’t make a difference. Buttercup and I walked again. Our Walk was 2.02 miles with an average of 16.03 minute miles. This time I took Buttercup’s sling in case she got tired, which she did; I carried her for the last quarter mile or so. I thought we walked faster today, but it was actually a little slower. Oh well, it was a good workout.

I made buttermilk/potato pancakes for breakfast. They were so yummy with maple syrup and butter on them. Ezra picked up Andre to take him to CNM for me, so I fed him some pancakes too.

After breakfast, Dante searched the perimeter and found the short in the fence and repaired it. He also tested Bear’s collar to make sure it had good batteries before he let Bear out of the shed. It worked, because Bear stayed in the yard all day. Yeah Dante!!!!

When we went out to the barn, Carmy had kidded 5, with 3 live kids and 2 dead kids. She looked so skinny, compared to her rotund prior self. There are 2 boys and 1 girl. They are so cute. I’ll get the photos uploaded tomorrow. The girl is the runt. She seemed to not be doing as well as the 2 larger boys, so we milked some colostrum into a large syringe and fed her some. She seemed to perk up and then started nursing on her own. We let Carmy eat all the grain for all 3 goats (yes we got more for the other two) and we gave her a gallon of warm water with 1 cup of molasses in it. She seemed to appreciate greatly; getting the crazed molasses eyes. We moved them all into the Goat Shed.

Needless to day, we were quite delayed in our morning chores. We didn’t get back to the house until 11:00! We are usually done by 9:30 or 10:00. Mama hen got off her nest and so only has 4 chicks. This afternoon I cracked the remaining eggs and there were 4 dead chicks and 1 egg. Oh well, she has 4 cuties and they are healthy.

I made Workshop fliers to put up at the La Montanita Co-op bulletin boards at each location in town and at the Western Mercantile (one of my local feed-stores). I printed little tags to be ripped off with the name of the workshop and my contact info. I hope it generates some interest.

The little house is up for rent again, and I called references on an applicant today. All the references had very similar things to say, which was encouraging. I’ve offered her the house.

Dante had math with Pansy today. While he was there, I put the fliers up at the Co-op. On the way home, we stopped at the Feed Store to put some up there too.

Afternoon milking was uneventful. The babies were as cute as ever and doing well. Andre & Ezra came home and saw the babies, but were not appreciative enough of their cuteness. I saw the little girl’s itty bitty, tweeny weeny teats. OMG, they are the cutest thing ever! They are smaller than a grain of rice. I think I could just eat up that little girl.

Dinner was porkchops massaged with bacon fat, garlic, parsley, salt, and pepper. Placed in a stonewear pan and topped with thinly sliced grapefruit and baked to perfection, at which point, the slices come off and they get toasty on top. Savory potato/rice fluffy fritters. Garlic toast. Greens.

I worked on an estimate for a potential AI client this evening. And, YEAH, I’ve gotten my second in a row blog done (barely, I’m falling asleep at the blog

I also called Dan the Hay Man and got an appointment to get hay on Sunday.
G’night

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