Story of a Goat Eye

Five weeks ago, Ayrlawn got her right eye scratched while out in the field.  What's pretty amazing is that the goats dont whack themselves in the eye more often.   Her eye then got infected and looked terrible.  We were afraid she was going to lose the eye.  See below...

You can see the massive inflammation going on.  At this angle it's hard to appreciate but she has severe corneal edema and corneal ulceration as well. So per several veterinarian's recommendations, she was put on Terramycin opthalmic ointment, 3x day.  Three weeks later:

A huge difference.  The eye is starting to clear up.  A large ulcer is still present but the inflammation is starting to simmer down.  What's cool about this picture is that you can see some sediment in her anterior chamber from the infection.  Another two weeks of medication three times a day and her eye looks like:

Tada!!!  So much better.  Still on opthalmic ointment though since there is mild cloudiness from the ulcer site.  But she can see!  She only went through three tubes of expensive antibiotic ointment but is looking almost new.

Baby Goat Movie

I've been playing around with a new movie program so here's some kids playing!  This is Salmon as a kid playing with her brother Snowflake.

Butternut Squash and Goat Cheese Bake

Here's another recipe in an attempt to use up all of that lovely goat cheese ricotta.  I'm usually not a fan of butternut squash but this recipe was really good!

Ingredients:
1 4lb butternut squash- peeled, seeded, and cubed
1/2 yellow onion- minced
1/4 cup olive oil
3/4 cup italian bread crumbs
1 tsp thyme
6 ounces of crumbled goat ricotta cheese
salt and pepper to taste

Instructions:
Preheat your oven to 400 F
Mix onion, squash, olive oil, thyme, goat cheese, and 1/2 cup of italian bread crumbs in a large bowl.  Add salt and pepper to your taste.  Pour it all into a baking dish and sprinkle the rest of the bread crumbs on top.
Bake in the oven for 40-45 minutes until lightly browned.