Interested in a goat?
We try to keep the sales of our goats as simple as possible. We do our best to raise a healthy goat from conception until they arrive at their new home. Informational articles are provided on this page to help new owners understand the reality of raising small livestock, especially what is within our control in our current situation, and what is not. Listed below are some very important things to consider before you reach out to us for a goat. Please note that thousands of show herds across the country deal with these same issues! We just put them front and center for educational purposes and to have a more informed buyer. Have questions, please ask!
Important things to know:
Our goats are dam raised
a. This is important because there are diseases that can be transmitted from dam to kid that can go undetected until a stressful event like transport, or not show up until a goat freshens. We are working towards a total pasteurized bottle milk kid raising program, but don't have the set up to do this yet. This year (2026 kidding) we plan to select some doelings for 100% bottle raising.
We show our goats
This is important because, like kids that go to day-care, our goats get exposed to other herds and can pick up diseases at shows. Some of these diseases may go undetected in a herd that is "used" to them (i.e., has antibodies to the disease already), but could then show up if a goat travels to a new herd that has never had the disease before.
We disease test for what we can
It is not reasonable, or possible, for us to test for every disease that goats could be carrying. Some tests are not worth running due to a high percentage of false positives and negatives (especially in a goat that is outwardly healthy!), or only indicate exposure vs actual infection. Some tests are not readily available, some are prohibitively expensive on a herd level. Please click on the link above for more details on what we test for, and when.
We don't milk test (yet)
This is something we are hoping to implement soon! Right now, our breeding plans rely heavily on AI and bringing in bucks from herds that do milk test, so there is a history for our buyers to look into based on pedigree if they want to see an indication of how animals will milk. We keep barn records when we can of how much our does are producing, and these can be available if there is an interest in a specific doe.