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Kid
Reservations
Thank you for looking
at our sales page/kid reservation chart. My sons and I work
with our herd every day and we often have some incredibly sweet
babies to pass along each spring. Good genetics plus balanced
nutrition and handling make for good show, 4H or hobby farm
friends.
If you are interested
in a kid out of a particular breeding a $100 deposit will hold
your place for a second born doeling out of most of the does or
a first born buckling. Please contact me directly to discuss
any interests. 1st born doe kids are available on a
limited basis too. We do retain the right to keep any kids born
here, and will refund deposits if the desired kid isn’t born, we
decide to retain it, or if there are any defects noted at or
soon after birth. We can also apply the deposit to another kid
if there are options available.
Management; Kids are
removed from their dams immediately after birth, given
heat-treated colostrum and pasteurized goat milk (love our Milky
pasteurizer- it does 3 gallons at a time). They are treated for
coccidia and fed a medicated creep feed (Kalmbach). Kids are
all anesthetically disbudded at 3-7 days of age. Bucks without
deposits are banded at 2-3 months of age and raised for meat,
pets or sent to auction. Tattooing will be done before the
animal leaves the farm. C, D & T vaccination is done at 6-8
weeks of age (when grain starts being introduced) and repeated 4
weeks later, then once annually.
If you have a deposit
on a kid it is up to you to figure out pick-up/transport of the
kid. I ask that kids be placed in their new homes by 4 weeks of
age. Our kids are bottle-fed/lambar-fed warm pasteurized milk
2-3 times daily, up to 4-5 months of age depending on milk
availability and self-weaning. Goats milk is ideal but cow milk
will suffice too.
We welcome visitors
on a scheduled basis. We do ask that barn clothes and shoes Not
be worn here as we do not want to cross-contaminate germs to and
from farms. We keep a very clean barn, barn aisles and if
there’s any worry we’ll perform all business transactions on the
well-drained gravel driveway.
As a small animal
veterinarian I am able to offer limited support after the animal
leaves our farm. I am happy to mentor as best as possible but
it’s your responsibility to find a goat savvy veterinarian for
the medical needs of your herd and new acquisition.
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