Goat Kids for Sale
Caramel and Buddy's horned, blue eyed, tri-color frosted chocolate buckling born 4/25/24
Caramel and Buddy's horned, blue eyed, tri-color frosted chocolate buckling born 4/25/24
Caramel and Buddy's horned, blue eyed, tri-color frosted chocolate buckling born 4/25/24
Carnegie
sold
Caramel and Buddy's polled, blue eyed, buckskin buckling born 4/25/24
Caramel and Buddy's horned, blue eyed, tri-color frosted chocolate buckling born 4/25/24
Caramel and Buddy's horned, blue eyed, tri-color frosted chocolate buckling born 4/25/24
Rockefeller
sold
Caramel and Buddy's polled, blue eyed, chocolate buckling born 4/25/24
Caramel and Buddy's horned, blue eyed, tri-color frosted chocolate buckling born 4/25/24
Oreo and Buddy's polled, brown eyed, white with chocolate buckling born 4/17/24
Vanderbilt
sold
Oreo and Buddy's polled, brown eyed, white with chocolate buckling born 4/17/24
Caramel and Buddy's polled, brown eyed, chocolate chamoisee doeling born 4/17/24
Oreo and Buddy's polled, brown eyed, white with chocolate buckling born 4/17/24
J.P. Morgan
sold
Caramel and Buddy's polled, brown eyed, chocolate chamoisee doeling born 4/17/24
Caramel and Buddy's polled, brown eyed, chocolate chamoisee doeling born 4/17/24
Caramel and Buddy's polled, brown eyed, chocolate chamoisee doeling born 4/17/24
Grace Hopper
sold
Clara and Buck's horned, blue eyed, black with white buckling born 7/19/24
Caramel and Buddy's polled, brown eyed, chocolate chamoisee doeling born 4/17/24
Caramel and Buddy's polled, brown eyed, chocolate chamoisee doeling born 4/17/24
sold to Zoo New York at Thompson Park
Cookie and Billy's twin brown eyed, white with gray doelings born 7/20/24
Cookie and Billy's twin brown eyed, white with gray doelings born 7/20/24
Cookie and Billy's twin brown eyed, white with gray doelings born 7/20/24
sold to Zoo New York at Thompson Park
Information on Purchasing a Goat
We currently only breed and sell American Goat Society (AGS) registered Nigerian dwarf goats. Our goal in breeding is to produce milk for our homestead and to raise friendly, socialized kids. It is NOT necessary to bottle feed kid goats to achieve this! All our kids are raised with their mothers. We spend time right from birth, imprinting, cuddling, and playing with them, so they are ready to be welcomed into your family. While goats enjoy human company, it is recommended they be kept with at least another goat. With the being said, we have raised goats to go singularly as human companion animals, but it truly depends on the personality of the goat. Those who have shown a preference for people are best suited for this role and will become quite attached and require more attention from their human companion, much like a dog. If you cannot devote the time into your goat companion, then it is best to plan to welcome two goats into your family. We prefer our goats go home with a goat friend and offer discounts on multiple goats.
Goat kids are typically ready for a new home between 8 to 12 weeks of age, depending on several factors. Weight gain and thriftiness as well as eating hay and grain and drinking water are the biggest factors involved in determining when we feel comfortable in transitioning them to new homes. Other factors may include allowing enough time for two doses of CDT and wethering (castrating) bucklings. We prefer to wether bucklings about a week before they are ready to leave, as the first few days can be rather stressful for them. Before any kid leaves our farm, they will be fully CDT vaccinated, dewormed with fenbendazole (brand name Safeguard), hooves trimmed, and horns trimmed if not naturally polled (hornless). We do not disbud (dehorn) our goats; we simply snip the sharp tip and round it out.
In preparing for your new goat, good fencing is a must! Goats are mischievous and will test your fencing, gates, and enclosure. While we free range ours during the day, they have a secure place for when we cannot observe them. Another thing to consider is that goats fight and it's brutal! If you own goats and are planning to add a new kid goat, you will want to transition them together slowly and ensure the kid has its own space for respite. Our goats' diet are primarily pasture grazing in good weather as long as its ample. When it is not sufficient, we feed hay. In winter, our adult goats eat about 1 to 2 flakes each of hay from an average square bale (and if they pee on it, they will not eat it). We typically do not grain our goats unless they are in milk. It is recommended that bucks (males) not be given grain as it can potentially cause urinary calculi (stones). We do, however, feed small amounts of grain by hand to train and reward our goats. We currently feed a 16% protein all stock grain (as we have sheep too and they cannot have copper). Goats should be offered minerals to supplement any vitamin or mineral deficiencies. While we provide loose goat minerals, ours seem to prefer to lick the horses' hard mineral block or just eat the dirt for what they need. Fresh water is a necessity for any animal and the bucket should be scrubbed regularly.
Goats need regular trimming of their hooves; we trim ours about every 2 months. If you can clip your dog's nails, you can trim a goat's hooves! We are happy to demonstrate for you how to do so. If you are not comfortable trimming them yourself, there are people who offer this as a service. When we trim our goats' hooves, we also deworm them preventatively. We use oral liquid goat Safeguard dosed by weight. We have also used pelleted Safeguard but some of ours get fussy and won't willingly eat the pellets. The CDT vaccination should be boosted yearly, preferably in April, about a month before the lush springtime grass comes in. You can administer this yourself under the skin, as it is available through places like Tractor Supply, or have a vet administer it for you.
Should you fall in love with one (or more) of our goat kids and decide you're ready to make a commitment to include them in your family, let us know! We encourage you to come for a visit, if possible, or you can be kept up-to-date with your little one through pics, videos, or virtual communication. A non-refundable deposit of 50% of purchase price will hold your kid until pick up. We maintain the right to cancel your reservation of a goat and refund your deposit for any reason and at any time prior to pick up. If a reserved goat becomes unavailable due to illness or death, you can choose either to have your deposit refunded or applied to another available goat or a future kidding. Pick up of a reserved goat must occur within two weeks once we have deemed the goat ready to leave our farm, which is typically when the goat is 8 to 10 weeks of age. Failure to pick up the goat within two weeks will either result in a $5 daily care fee or relisting for sale the reserved goat without refund of your deposit. You are welcome to have a vet check, at your expense, prior to purchase and/or pick up. Once a goat has left our property, we will not be responsible for any issues, health or otherwise; however, we encourage you to contact us with any questions or concerns you may have regarding a purchased goat. We maintain a closed breeding herd, and our facility is capable of housing only our breeding herd of bucks, does, and current kids; therefore, you are responsible for rehoming any animal purchased from us that has left our farm should your circumstances change. All of our kids deserve to have forever families! Please make sure you are ready to be theirs.
