My Herd History
My first seven goats, I received from my uncle in the winter of 2009 when he could no longer keep them on his property.
At first I was unsure about raising goats but they quickly stole my heart away the first week they were here. They are such lovable sweet creatures that sometimes act much like dogs. They begged for my attention and asked for endless back and belly scratches.
That following spring was my first experiences with baby goats and I was immediately hooked. It's amazing to watch the little kids take their first steps and later hop or run all over the place.
Every year my herd grows a bit and in 2012 I decided to expand my variety and bring in some new colors.
That is when I found my first registered Nigerian Dwarf doe Moonshine who I bought pre-exposed to sire Flat Rocks Jackson. The moment I saw her I fell in love with her bright blue eyes and knew that I wanted to bring that gene into my herd. I then found myself a beautifully colored blue eyed Nigerian dwarf buck a little over a month later.
In the fall of 2016 we added a few registered pygmy doe's and a registered buck.
I am a member of the AGS (American goat Society) but at this time only have a few with registered bloodlines.
I have lots of kids for purchase every year but will very rarely have adults for sale.
At first I was unsure about raising goats but they quickly stole my heart away the first week they were here. They are such lovable sweet creatures that sometimes act much like dogs. They begged for my attention and asked for endless back and belly scratches.
That following spring was my first experiences with baby goats and I was immediately hooked. It's amazing to watch the little kids take their first steps and later hop or run all over the place.
Every year my herd grows a bit and in 2012 I decided to expand my variety and bring in some new colors.
That is when I found my first registered Nigerian Dwarf doe Moonshine who I bought pre-exposed to sire Flat Rocks Jackson. The moment I saw her I fell in love with her bright blue eyes and knew that I wanted to bring that gene into my herd. I then found myself a beautifully colored blue eyed Nigerian dwarf buck a little over a month later.
In the fall of 2016 we added a few registered pygmy doe's and a registered buck.
I am a member of the AGS (American goat Society) but at this time only have a few with registered bloodlines.
I have lots of kids for purchase every year but will very rarely have adults for sale.
Practices:
I do not disbud (remove the horns) of any of my goats. I don't believe in the practice and think that goats were born with horns for a reason. They have a large blood vessel that runs through their horns which helps them regulate their body temperature during those hot summer days.
We like to leave our animals in their most natural state. We try not to use antibiotic's or harsh chemicals with our herd unless health reasons demand these actions.
We feed our goats a diet of whole corn, sweet feed, whole oats, wheat, non-medicated goat ration and Alfalfa pellets. Also their always open to pasture or hay.
Our kids will never be offered as bottle baby's unless the mother is unable to take care of it for whatever reasons that may arise.( Please if you get bottle baby's from someone feed them whole vitamin D cows milk and not replacers. Baby goats stomachs don't always handle the replacers and can die from eating it. We use to use the replacers when we first started out and had a lot of problems with it. Since then we've learned our lesson and when a kid can't feed from mom we us the cows milk.)
We like to leave our animals in their most natural state. We try not to use antibiotic's or harsh chemicals with our herd unless health reasons demand these actions.
We feed our goats a diet of whole corn, sweet feed, whole oats, wheat, non-medicated goat ration and Alfalfa pellets. Also their always open to pasture or hay.
Our kids will never be offered as bottle baby's unless the mother is unable to take care of it for whatever reasons that may arise.( Please if you get bottle baby's from someone feed them whole vitamin D cows milk and not replacers. Baby goats stomachs don't always handle the replacers and can die from eating it. We use to use the replacers when we first started out and had a lot of problems with it. Since then we've learned our lesson and when a kid can't feed from mom we us the cows milk.)
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