Welcome! We keep purebred ADGA registered Nubian dairy goats. We selected this breed initially for a dual purpose animal for our homestead. Goat milk and meat are some of the most sustainable sources of protein available. We sell wethers (companions, meat or 4H projects), doe kids and does in milk when available.
The focus of our breeding program is hardy, conformationally correct animals with a substancial milk supply and the genetics to produce the best milk for making cheese. These are not genetically engineered animals but breeding for the most desirable traits. I am a home cheese maker, who makes a wide variety of cheeses - firm, semi-firm and soft- so my stock are chosen for their best contributions to our cheese making activities.
Our herd is tested negative for CAE, Johnnes and casein typed (most homozygous AA, BB, or AB) and G6s normal.
Kids are all bottle raised. Bottle raised kids are very friendly, easy to handle, easy to medicate when needed. You always know when they get adequate colostrum and milk. If you have reserved and are buying a doe kid from us, you may request CAE prevention to be applied to that kid, but since our herd has tested negative now several years in a row, I feel raw is best for the kids we retain. Raw milk is uniquely digestible and transmits immunity better than pasteurized or replacer.
We practice conservative management strategies like FAMACHA, body scoring, fecals, coccidia prevention on young doelings and future herdsires. We do not routinely use wormer, I use them when we need them and then the right wormer for the type of worm found in the goat's fecal exam. We do routinely vaccinate with CD/T, and when needed lysigin (does) and pasteurella.
The goats are fed a diet that consists of unlimited mixed hay that we grow ourselves, an age and purpose related grain pellet, plenty of pasture time for Spring, Summer, and Fall, Manna Pro Goat or SweetLix minerals and Replamin Plus during times of stress
We also raise Rex rabbits, with the occasional lamb or pig in the mix and a variety pack of chickens.
The focus of our breeding program is hardy, conformationally correct animals with a substancial milk supply and the genetics to produce the best milk for making cheese. These are not genetically engineered animals but breeding for the most desirable traits. I am a home cheese maker, who makes a wide variety of cheeses - firm, semi-firm and soft- so my stock are chosen for their best contributions to our cheese making activities.
Our herd is tested negative for CAE, Johnnes and casein typed (most homozygous AA, BB, or AB) and G6s normal.
Kids are all bottle raised. Bottle raised kids are very friendly, easy to handle, easy to medicate when needed. You always know when they get adequate colostrum and milk. If you have reserved and are buying a doe kid from us, you may request CAE prevention to be applied to that kid, but since our herd has tested negative now several years in a row, I feel raw is best for the kids we retain. Raw milk is uniquely digestible and transmits immunity better than pasteurized or replacer.
We practice conservative management strategies like FAMACHA, body scoring, fecals, coccidia prevention on young doelings and future herdsires. We do not routinely use wormer, I use them when we need them and then the right wormer for the type of worm found in the goat's fecal exam. We do routinely vaccinate with CD/T, and when needed lysigin (does) and pasteurella.
The goats are fed a diet that consists of unlimited mixed hay that we grow ourselves, an age and purpose related grain pellet, plenty of pasture time for Spring, Summer, and Fall, Manna Pro Goat or SweetLix minerals and Replamin Plus during times of stress
We also raise Rex rabbits, with the occasional lamb or pig in the mix and a variety pack of chickens.