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: 19.0
Annie: 16.6
Sally Jo: 21.4
Eggs: 25

I was supposed to be able to sleep in, but woke a 5:00 AM. I tried and tried to go back to sleep, but ala it didn’t work, so I got up. We had bacon, eggs, and toast from the loaf of bread I had baked right before bed the night before. The loaf looked beautiful, but it rose too much and had a big air pocket in the middle, oh well, holey bread on Sunday works for me.

Dante again got to sleep in. The chickies all made it through the night. Yeah! The little goats needed their eyes wiped again. They were glued shut. I might need to get some boric acid (thanks for the suggestion, Camille) if the don’t clear by tomorrow. When Dante is not in the barnyard in the morning, I must milk Oreo. She prefers Dante, and tells me the whole time I’m milking her that I am not Dante. I think he must give her much more attention than I do.

Janie let down, but only gave 13+ pounds in the morning. She is not happy that her boy is in such a state. After we got the girls milked, we irrigated Yum-Yum’s wound with diluted betadine and then sprayed the wound spray on it. It looks good. There is some swelling, but there is plenty of drainage happening. I think tomorrow I’m going to mix up some saline to rinse with as well, and maybe even make some comfrey tea for irrigating the wound. Poor little guy. We gave him his penicillin injection again this morning. He doesn’t like that at all. I don’t blame him.

After milking, Camille and her friends came by to see the goaties. They enjoyed them. We were all holding one, and I had Butterscotch, AND HE WAS SNORING IN MY ARMS. That little stinker, he is so mellow, he just crashes out where ever he is, especially if he is in someone’s arms.

David and the boys went to get hay, while I stayed home and irrigated and protected my rib that is almost completely healed. The water overflowed a little bit into the barnyard (less than 2 gallons), and a some into the old chicken yard. I got it stopped and then shut off that field; it was the Northeast pasture. Then the boys and hay got home. We cut down the flow into the Southwest pasture and went to eat chile-cheese burgers and chile-cheese fries. The field had finished flooding by the time we got back.

David and I made a 4-foot radius berm around one of the apple trees with adobe bricks. It turned out well, and kept the water from running out. The idea is that the bricks will melt into each other and form a solid berm that the chickens won’t be able to scratch away.

After that, I went in to get milking stuff ready and David started unloading the hay. I asked the boys to help him after he had already done quite a bit. By the time they were done, it was time to milk. A shareholder showed up and I showed her and her 3-y/o son all the new babies. Janie let down again in the afternoon. Not a great amount, but better than the last several evenings. Annie is doing well, we got 2 gallons from her today. We again irrigated out Yum-Yum’s wound and sprayed it with the wound spray.

Dinner was “Spaghetti Pie” ala Crystal, but I’m not sure I did it correctly. It turned out delicious. Kind of like lasagna with spaghetti noodles and eggs.

I ground corn and soaked the meal in lime water for cornbread tomorrow. We cleaned and soaked 4 cups of beans. Tomorrow is Beans, Chicharones, Red chile, and Cornbread. Yummy!

Time to go separate Yum-Yum so we can have some milk in the morning.

G’night.

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