This is our growing herd of Nigerian Dwarf goats - all are registered with ADGA. Our goats are well cared for and usually spoiled! We love our goats and continue to add to our herd as our children are getting older and showing them in 4-H. Kidding season is our favorite time of year although quite stressful with many walks to and from the barn to see how everyone is doing, especially when we have first fresheners getting ready to kid.
We added barn cameras in 2018 so I could keep an eye on everyone from work!
All of our goats tested CAE negative on 2/7/19!
We added barn cameras in 2018 so I could keep an eye on everyone from work!
All of our goats tested CAE negative on 2/7/19!
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Ginger (Tammy)
DOB: 3/19/13 Doe Blue Eyes Disbudded Ginger (papered name is Tammy) is our herd queen. She's not afraid to take on our family dogs so we don't have a fear of coyotes - I'm sure she'd take them on if she had to! When it comes to people, she's the first one to walk up for a good petting. Ginger always has big strong babies and her milk production is fantastic. |
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Dottie
DOB: 3/24/13 Doe Blue Eyes Disbudded Triplets w/ Flash 3/28/20 Dottie is Ginger's buddy. We purchased them together as yearlings and they bonded right from the start. When she came to our farm we couldn't touch her, now she loves everyone who visits and likes to taste everyone's clothes! We kept some of Dottie's babies and also some of her grand babies. |
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Elsa
DOB: 2/3/14 Doe Blue Eyes Polled Quadruplets w/ Flash 4/15/20 Elsa was our first goat purchased as a weanling. She has been super friendly since we got her and she quickly bonded with Anna. Elsa lost a set of quads during birth in 2018 but quickly started feeding some of the other babies since she was missing her own. Elsa has a piece of my heart and has always been a quiet, friendly little goat. Tulip (below) is a daughter of Elsa and has inherited Elsa's personality. |
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Anna
DOB: 8/12/14 Doe Brown Eyes Disbudded Triplets w/ Flash 3/27/20 Anna was the first goat kid born on our farm - she was a single doeling and melted our heart with her sweet personality. We just couldn't sell her so she's helped our herd grow. She's had quadruplets the last 3 years and raised them all on her own with her stellar milk production. |
Diamond
DOB: 3/30/15
Doe
Blue Eyes
Disbudded
Triplets w/ Flash 3/22/20
Diamond and Sapphire are twins out of Dottie. Diamond is a tri-color and has a sweet personality like her dam. Diamond is an excellent mother and her milk production is excellent for her smaller size! Diamond won Reserve Grand Champion at our 2019 County Fair!
DOB: 3/30/15
Doe
Blue Eyes
Disbudded
Triplets w/ Flash 3/22/20
Diamond and Sapphire are twins out of Dottie. Diamond is a tri-color and has a sweet personality like her dam. Diamond is an excellent mother and her milk production is excellent for her smaller size! Diamond won Reserve Grand Champion at our 2019 County Fair!
Sapphire
DOB: 3/30/15
Doe
Blue Eyes
Disbudded
Quadruplets w/ Flash 3/27/20
Sapphire is also a tri-color with less defining markings. She's the quieter of the twins and a little shy. Sapphire has given us quadruplets her last 2 kiddings.
DOB: 3/30/15
Doe
Blue Eyes
Disbudded
Quadruplets w/ Flash 3/27/20
Sapphire is also a tri-color with less defining markings. She's the quieter of the twins and a little shy. Sapphire has given us quadruplets her last 2 kiddings.
Tulip
DOB: 3/28/16
Doe
Blue Eyes
Polled
Quintuplets w/ Flash 4/11/20
Tulip is one of our daughter's 4-H goats. She won Reserve Grand Champion dairy goat in 2017 and Grand Champion in 2018 at our county fair. She was an excellent first freshener and we were very impressed with her udder. Tulip still thinks she fits in our laps!!
DOB: 3/28/16
Doe
Blue Eyes
Polled
Quintuplets w/ Flash 4/11/20
Tulip is one of our daughter's 4-H goats. She won Reserve Grand Champion dairy goat in 2017 and Grand Champion in 2018 at our county fair. She was an excellent first freshener and we were very impressed with her udder. Tulip still thinks she fits in our laps!!
Fancy
DOB: 4/4/16
Doe
Blue Eyes
Disbudded
(Breeding to Thunder for fall babies)
Fancy is our daughter's other 4-H goat. She won Grand Champion dairy goat in 2017 at our county fair and was an excellent first time mom to triplets. Her first freshener udder was not as impressive as Tulip's but her 2nd freshener udder did not disappoint!
DOB: 4/4/16
Doe
Blue Eyes
Disbudded
(Breeding to Thunder for fall babies)
Fancy is our daughter's other 4-H goat. She won Grand Champion dairy goat in 2017 at our county fair and was an excellent first time mom to triplets. Her first freshener udder was not as impressive as Tulip's but her 2nd freshener udder did not disappoint!
Clover
DOB: 8/31/17
Doe
Blue Eyes
Polled
Twins w/ Thunder 4/4/20
Clover is our son's 4-H goat. She won 3rd place in her class at our 2018 county fair as a 10 month old against older dairy goats. She has great length of body and a very dairy build. She is an excellent first freshener and doing a wonderful job with her twins.
DOB: 8/31/17
Doe
Blue Eyes
Polled
Twins w/ Thunder 4/4/20
Clover is our son's 4-H goat. She won 3rd place in her class at our 2018 county fair as a 10 month old against older dairy goats. She has great length of body and a very dairy build. She is an excellent first freshener and doing a wonderful job with her twins.
Nellie
DOB: 2/25/18
Doe
Brown Eyes
Disbudded
Twins w/ Thunder 3/30/20
We purchased Nellie from another breeder as a 2nd 4-H goat for our son and also to bring in some new genetics to our herd. Nellie is a beautiful tri-color who loves to be around people. Nellie is doing an excellent job as a first freshener and taking great care of her two kids.
DOB: 2/25/18
Doe
Brown Eyes
Disbudded
Twins w/ Thunder 3/30/20
We purchased Nellie from another breeder as a 2nd 4-H goat for our son and also to bring in some new genetics to our herd. Nellie is a beautiful tri-color who loves to be around people. Nellie is doing an excellent job as a first freshener and taking great care of her two kids.
Flash
DOB: 6/19/15
Buck
Blue Eyes
Polled
Flash is a beautiful broken buckskin with gorgeous ice blue eyes and a friendly personality. We are so happy with Flash's 2020 offspring - 15 polled babies out of 22!
DOB: 6/19/15
Buck
Blue Eyes
Polled
Flash is a beautiful broken buckskin with gorgeous ice blue eyes and a friendly personality. We are so happy with Flash's 2020 offspring - 15 polled babies out of 22!
Thunder
DOB: 5/23/18
Buckling
Blue Eyes
Polled
We purchased Thunder as a bottle baby and he's still pretty small but we paired him with Clover and Nellie to see what his babies will look like. He's a gorgeous and friendly little buck! We are loving Thunder's 2020 babies so much - all 4 of them were polled!
DOB: 5/23/18
Buckling
Blue Eyes
Polled
We purchased Thunder as a bottle baby and he's still pretty small but we paired him with Clover and Nellie to see what his babies will look like. He's a gorgeous and friendly little buck! We are loving Thunder's 2020 babies so much - all 4 of them were polled!