Poor Abigail

Abigail is our Boer/Nubian mix pictured below with her baby. She was five years old and she was a FF (First Freshener). After the baby was born I noticed her back end had not closed up properly. Well 4 hours later it did. She was weak but seemed like she would be okay. She never delivered the placenta and kept pushing and pushing. We gave her antibiotic to help any possible infection there may be. We also gave her Vitamin B Complex for appetite the next day. She never got an appetite and started paying less and less attention to her baby. We got home on Sunday when I noticed she had really gone down hill. She could not stand up and had to be dragged. Dragging a 130 pound goat is not very easy especially when she is in her house. Meaning she would have to be picked up then dragged. Then her back end turned black and I think it may have been starting to rot. She would not survive and possible way of getting the placenta out. I was feeling for a baby being stuck like I was up inside her there was just nothing there not even any placenta or anything. I felt her udder because I figured we might as well get her milk out before we shoot her for the baby. And it felt like a baby in there. Like it was coming breech. It felt like a head. So we shoot her and were trying to get her opened up in 4 minutes just in case the kid should be alive we would get it out in time. Well it was just bad mastitis which she probably got because she was so weak that she couldn't stand up. We buried her and it was just awful. There was nothing more we could have done but it is still sad to see your goatie die.

Pictures Of The New Babies!

My new little babies.

Homemade Peanut Butter

Today we decided to try and make our own homemade peanut butter. First we'll introduce the makers of the homemade peanut butter. Please excuse how I look I am not feeling 100% today.Mrs. Peanut Butter maker #1. My mother.

Miss Peanut Butter Maker #2.
If you have not figured out who this person is yet I will leave no hints. If you are new to my blog look at the below post and you will figure out who this is quickly ;)!


Okay now moving on...First take them out of the bag...LOL ;)!
This is just a joke as the recipe is so easy.
Then shell them!
You will need 2 cups or 1 pound of peeled peanuts.You of course need a little helper for the pouring!
Put the pound of peanuts in the food processor.Look at that concentration hehe!
I love how he has his tongue sticking out in that picture!Grind grind grind away!
Till you reach a creamy consistency or the way you like it!

Add salt or honey or both.
We did 1 Tablespoon of honey and 3/4 teaspoon of salt.
Oil is optional add to your liking.

The final product!
It is very yummy and way better than this stuff...


One good thing before I put this post to an end you know what is in your peanut butter when you make it. No preservatives if there is anything unhealthy you chose to put it in there. This is why we omitted the oil and used as little salt as possible.

Well there you go that is our Homemade Peanut Buttery adventure!

New Pictures of Me

I realized my avatar was over a year old so I thought I would update it with a current picture. Here are some of the picture that were taken.

Me and Joseph.

Me and Joseph again. As you can see Joseph is very loved. I was glad Rose found her way in the picture as well! I love her so much. She is my favorite doe. As you can also see I picked this for my avatar.

We Decided On A Name

We chose Joseph because he was the brother of Rueben. We have a Rueben. Then also he has a coat of many colors! I thought the name really fit.

Another Picture!

Look at those droopy ears! Aren't they adorable?! He also has the cutest expression on his face in this picture.

Joseph's Parents

Both were light tan at birth. How is it possible to get the baby below out of these two? Also notice the Alpine marking on both. There is nothing Alpine about Joseph many people you could have convinced that he is a 100% pure Nubian. You would honestly think somebody just dumped him off in Snow's pen or something because everything about him is completely out of the blue. I love my sweet little surprise dearly he is just want I wanted!

More Pics!

Snow's Baby

My adorable buckling:

Click picture to see it better. This little guy was 9 days late! He looks to be about 4 lbs. I am guessing he may have been this big because of the CL Snow's body is trying to fight (if she is). He was so cute! I just couldn't get over it! You should have seen me! Well I guess you should heard me. I am so sure everybody thought I was insane. I will get a cuter picture of him when he wakes up. I am SO excited! Snow was a great mother. I am pretty sure she has CL. So we are going to put her down when we get the results if she has it. Right now he is nameless. So suggestions welcome!

I Miss My Little Eli!

The house is to quiet with out this little smiling face around. I am suffering Elijah Withdraw Syndrome. Sounds pretty serious huh? It is! You see there are now times the house is to quiet and clean. Nobody to ask whats 8 divided by 4. No one asking what I'm doing. Nobody to sing with ya. No kitchen helpers. No tummy ticklin'. No kisses and hugs. No refusals of the aforementioned. I tell ya I miss him so muchly.

No Respect

Somebody ran over my duck. Yes that is his tongue popped out of his mouth. His wing was broke and he could not walk that well. So I am now selling all my ducks so it doesn't happen again. I am keeping some of my favorites in a roomy pen and selling the rest. Who could just run over a duck? Very sad. :(

Isn't The World So Beautiful?

This is indeed my Heavenly Father's world!

Only God could make something so beautiful like flowers!

Baking Bread Today!

Here are some pictures of the very yummy bread I made:
Sorry the pictures are dark.This is NOT bread machine bread I still can't figure out why it had a hole in the center.

Makes very yummy garlic bread!

Trivia what does the garlic breads look like on the pan? Use your imagination. I accidentally did this. It reminds me of an old man with rosy cheeks and a mustache. What do you think? Hehe!