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First and foremost our goats are pets. Almost royalty for how they are treated. We started Goat Yoga in 2016 when the kids left for college and no one was playing with them.  Goats crave attention and yoga was a way to give it them. We joke that yoga is a "voluntary program". We pull the trailer to the gate and there is a stampede to get on! They love to go. If one isn't in the mood to go, they are welcome to stay home. The babies are socialized at the yoga sessions guaranteeing we will have very social babies when they go home to their new farms. 

You see goats are born very timid with humans because they are low on the food chain and preyed upon. Many "breeders" are folks that just have goats in a pasture with a buck and sell babies when they are born with no socialization. These babies often lead to disappointment because there are terrified of their new owners. If you are looking for a $50 goat or a "cheap" goat you will get what you pay for.  There are plenty out there. I hope this page helps to explain the time and cost that goes into raising goats.

Our breeding program takes in the health of the mother first. We make sure our mothers are not deficient in vitamin E or selenium. Deficiency causes white muscle disease in the babies or their inability to walk or support weight at birth. We do this by supplementing with sunflowers seeds, pumpkin and dark leafy greens. In the winter when dark greens are in short supply, we grow various kales in the greenhouse. We also grow carrots and pumpkin to supplement in the winter as they can get deficient in vitamin A as well which can lead to eye infections. 2023 we added the mineral buffet. I have a stand with 22 different containers of individual minerals, herbs and natural anemia treatment. They are able to pick and choose what they need. If they feel wormy they have access to herbs that treat worms. If they feel deficient in a certain vitamin they have access to those. It is interesting to see the change in choices as the seasons change and forage changes. Selenium seems to be a favorite (we are a selenium deficient state) with boron and copper increasing in the winter. The goal is to allow the goats to make the decision which they are much better at than rounding them up for copper boluses or waiting to see if babies are born weak and catching up on deficiencies. Nature is amazing when you let it do its thing.

We breed the goats only once a year. The bucks are always housed separately from the girls. Females can get pregnant within a month of delivering which does not give them sufficient time to recuperate after delivery when babies aren't even weaned yet. We never leave the buck in the pasture all year which many farms do.

I have been the lead financial officer for the goats yoga money and invested it wisely. All jokes aside, we have used that money to build two very nice barns for the goats. The baby barn has heaters and fans for temperature control. The birthing barn has stalls to allow moms to deliver privately but not be separated from the herd which can be stressful. We are always fencing and adding more pasture space or rotational grazing. This also allows us to work with an organic seed company to seasonally plant food for them in various pastures allowing time for that food to grow before releasing them into that pasture. 

Finally,  we avoid chemical wormers as much as possible. We use herbal measures to control worms along with rotational grazing. I prefer Land of Havilah herbs and now leave that out free choice for them to treat themselves. (it is mixed with a diluent of natural kelp.) We also send off random stool samples to prevent problems before they arise not fighting a problem after the fact or when goats are dangerously anemic.

Babies are raised by mom but supplemented with a bottle by me to reduce fear of humans. In fact, they become quite attached and "aggressively friendly" as we like to say. We try to be present at every birth assisting when needed. This alone is a full time job.

When you purchase goats from us you have a lifetime a free advice, teaching, and goat conversation. We don't just sell the goats and forget about you. There is a large learning curve that can take a year or too to get into a rhythm with. We start the education process before they go home and continue when needed.