Our Herd

All are babies are polled or disbudded. All goats male or female have horns unless polled. Polled means they are missing the gene to grow horns. We disbudd at 5-10 days old before the horns grow. The cells that would become the horns are cauterized. If you prefer horns the full payment is taken by 5 days old as we can not change the fact that they will have horns after that. Nothing wrong with horns. With goat yoga we prefer not to have them. I do love horns on my bucks!! It's a personal choice. Scurs are a few cells that get missed that result a a small keratin growth. Usually very small on does and often fall off and regrow. They tend to rub them off on trees. Bucks are very difficult to not have scurs due to their testosterone but certainly possible. There is never a guarantee there will not be scurs. Again, another reason to visit the farm to see what that may look like.

We do have a waitlist but do not take deposits until the babies are born. I do send an email about a month before to make sure you are still in the market or if the timing isn't right I can keep you on the list for the next round of babies. I like to talk to customers to see what breed and sex they want. I can then in the conversation help you figure that out depending on the size of your property. As babies hit the ground I call folks on the waitlist. They may pick out a baby or pass if they are looking for certain colors. I do try to place siblings together first or at least those born at the same time. We take 50% at that time which is non-refundable. If you change your mind at the time of pick up please realize I have sent potential customers to other farms once I have placed all the babies. During the time you are waiting for them to go home I send home a 4 page email on instructions of what you need when they go home and why.

I like to keep babies for 10-12 weeks. It just depends how they mature. Some are ready at 9-10 weeks and some not until 12. I want them to be friendly and some take those extra weeks. Some are just socially immature and need more time with mom even though they may be super friendly. Some moms are so good the babies delay eating grain.  Could I sell those at 8 weeks? Yes. Is it the right thing to do for certain babies? No. They stress of the move could be a lot for them which sets them up for worm stress and coccidia. So when you leave a deposit you have an estimated time of pick up. I call about 2 weeks before they are ready and together we set up a day and time that works for both of us. . Just  please know that is a scheduled appointment once set. When we set the appointment I reserve at least 2 hours if needed to answer last minute questions, show you how to read worm sampling and how to trim hooves. That means I rearrange my schedule to not have workers here at the farm. I don't schedule any visits from other families and schedule deliveries around that time. If you change that appointment it is at a cost of $5 a goat a day because it will require me to rearrange another day which can change my whole week. I also am very scheduled on pasture management and rotation. Certain goats are placed together for reasons and having the babies after that time can mess up my rotations schedule. I  want customers to understand what occurs on my end. I have been way too lenient in the past with people cancelling for a little rain, family coming to visit or a birthday party. It really is a stress on my part and need people to appreciate that.