Years ago we started off with two goats, a mother and her doeling. For beginners, this was a great way to start off in the goat world. With her mother by her side, we didn't need to worry about weaning a baby goat. Goats can be easy keepers until they are not. With the help of a mentor we made it through the first year. There is a lot to learn about goat care. Goats are ruminants and can be plagued with parasite problems. With parasites becoming drug resistant we wanted to raise our goats as naturally as possible. We use good hygiene in the pens, pasture rotation, herbal wormers and most importantly a good healthy diet of forage, antibiotic free grain, Chaffhaye, locally raised hay, and vegetables and herbs we grow at the farm. We are currently doing some clinical trials on lunar herbal worming and Bioworma. This involves monthly fecal testing and good documentation. It will take 6-12 months to collect all the data but always searching for natural ways to improve the health of the herd.
There is nothing more relaxing and uplifting than watching baby goats hopping around the yard. We were hooked. Breeding became a passion about sharing that joy. If you are interested in goats please contact us for more information and to get on our waitlist. We do not take deposits for the waitlist. When babies are born we then take 50% non-refundable deposits and encourage you to come visit your babies while they grow. Babies go home at 12 weeks which is the normal time frame that moms have started weaning their babies.
We carefully screen potential clients to make sure our babies will be well taken care of with educated families. We spend considerable time with our goats training them to be friendly and trusting of their human herd so they are ready to be with future families. Nothing is more disappointing than going home with new goats who seems afraid of you. That will not happen with our goats. We also feel it is important to spend just as much time with clients if they are new to having goats. We strongly encourage visits to the farm before purchasing goats.
As many goat owners do, we started off with Nigerian Dwarf Goats. We wanted smaller pets with the potential to show and milk. They have strong personalities and are very playful. We have since added Mini Tennessee Fainting goats or Mini Myotonic Fainting Goats and Mini Silkie Fainting Goats. I believe they are becoming my favorite! They are strictly bred as pets. They are extremely friendly and gentle. They hop around as babies but as they grow older are very content animals. They rarely challenge a fence and certainly do not jump as adults. All of our adults will quietly walk up to you and wait to be brushed, fed or loved on. These goats are perfect for young toddlers or children with disabilities. We are currently making some changing in the herd breeding down in size. This means breeding myotonic females to our very small silky myotonic buck. Pictures may not be updated for a while but feel free to call for more information on the breeding program. We offer a stud service only to clients who have purchased goats from us in the pas. Realizing so many goats in our area are now related to our bucks we have brought in new lines and welcome our new bucks!! We did a breeder swap. This is often the practice between breeders to diversify the blood lines.
RCL Little Star
MSFGA 10354
Buck
4th generation pedigree
This little guy just joined our little farm November 2021. He has the prettiest clear blue eyes and bangs. I am excited to see how his coat grows this year. Jojo gets his name from the Beetles song. I heard the song "Jojo was a man who thought he was a woman" I thought perfect because he is so dainty and pretty until my husband corrected me and the song says "loner" not "woman". Oh well the name stuck!
RCL Duke
Buck
MSFGA 10359
4th Generation Pedigree
Ringo (sticking with the Beetles theme)is JoJo's brother. He had a lot of red at birth but has developed these black stripes on his face. Same gorgeous blue eyes and bangs. I am anxious to see what his babies will look like. He will sire babies fall of 2022.
Just wait for the pictures!!! This guy is stunning with his moon spots. Rigby is a Tennessee Myotonic. This is the short haired fainting goat. Originally a meat goat, these fainters were breed down in size with Nigerian dwarf goats to get the miniature fainting goat. These are pet goats not the big bulky meat goats.
Boondocks Farm PE Ophelia
ADGA D1911527P
5th generation pedigree
Blue Eyed and Polled
Oh Ophelia!! This girl is the favorite of many in Goat yoga. She loves to pick a mat and take a nap. Most participants are afraid to wake her up and try to perform yoga moves around her. This girl knows not only where the grain is stored in the garage but how to get the garbage can open! I let the girls out daily to free range and often forget the garage door is open. That's when you see me sprinting and racing a goat to the door!
Honeypatch Margaret Of Anjou
ADGA D1843985P
5th Generation pedigree
Blue Eyed and Polled
Maggie is our herd leader. A female in every herd will rise up as the leader. She is first to eat and no one challenges her in the food trough! She is sweet to people and such a great mom. She has great utter formation and produces a tremendous amount of milk. One day when I slow down I will make cheese. Nigerian dwarf goats milk is great for cheese!!
Windmyrddin Delilah
ADGA D2051789
3rd Generation Pedigree
Blue eyed
I just love black and white goats. Dee Dee doesn't disappoint. She has what is called a "lipstick" mouth. It looks like she is smiling all the time. She is the first to get on the trailer for goat yoga. These goats can easily jump the fence we set up but DeeDee loves to nap on mats and take selfies!!
Critter Creek Lola
ADGA # PD2208171
Lola is Ophelias daughter. Her coat is called "Roan" though some will say silver or grey. I have always wanted this color in a goat which is much more common in pygmy goats. I just couldn't part with her. She is super sweet and gentle.
Creekside Farm Lavinia Andronicus CCG
MGR D1614
5th generation pedigree
Polled
Livi is a great mom. She has triplets every year and they are just beautiful. She faints easily especially at hoof trimming time! She loves her veggies! I grow lots of veggies on the farm for the goats and there isn't anything she would pass up!
Creekside Farm Luciana CCG
MGR D1615
5th generation pedigree
Blue eyed and Polled
Lucy-loo is the loudest eater! Poor think grunts when she eats and it's so unlady like! She was the most submissive goat in the herd until she became a mom. I almost sold her because I felt so bad about how shy she was. Once she became a mom and learned to defend her babies she blended much easier into the herd.
Fern Creek Farm Cordelia CC
MSFGA 7075
Hazel Eyed Disbudded
Cordi was my first mini silkie goat. She has a half coat. Not long to the ground like my other ones. I was intimidated by the upkeep so started with the shorter coat. Truthfully there is very little maintenance. I do brush her for yoga so she looks her best but her hair never mats.
Green Pastures Alice
MSFGA 8112
4th Generation Pedigree
Polled
Alice is super tiny. I wait until the fainters are 2 years old before breeding because they are slow growers. Everyone thinks she is still a baby.
Critter Creek Farm Harper (Alice's baby)
MSFGA 9300
5th generation
Harper is Alice's baby. She was just such a cute baby and stole my heart I had to keep her. They get a good shampoo and brush out in spring. They have very long coats and I love the spring grooming! They are so small I just pick them up and put them in the garage sink.
Gracie
MGR # E9835
5th+ generation
This little girl has a mini silkie sire and Tennessee dam. Though short hair she has potential to throw long haired or shaggy coated babies. She is very hard to get a good picture because she is always under foot when I am aro
Critter Creek Farm Greta
MGR # E9836
5th+ generation
Like her sister Gracie, Greta too has a double registered sire with long hair and short haired dam. She has long hair on her back legs that I refer to as pantaloone
Critter Creek Farm Gemma
MGR # Pending
Emma is my grandgoat! Born on the farm of a customer, her grand-dam s Livi and her sire and grand-sire are from Critter Creek. She is registered MGR but has 2 sires that are mini-silkie. This resulted in a gorgeous thick medium length coat.
Critter Creek Farm Archie
Wether
Archie is Emma brother. He is a the sweetest most gentle goat I have met. He is content to stay in your lap all day which he does at the chair yoga sessions at nursing homes.