Nigerian Dwarf goats

**Our herd is closed as of April 2023, no more does will be entering our herd**
Our Nigerian Dwarf goats are all registered with the ADGA, some dual registered with AGS. They are very friendly, love attention and expect TLC as well as plenty of scratches! 

The entire adult herd (year and older) was last tested in December 2022, all negative for CAE by the University of Minnesota, an accredited laboratory. All incoming goats are tested for CAE, CL & Johne’s and we test for CAE yearly after that. **Starting in 2024, CAE will continue yearly & we are doing Johne's PCR testing every 6 months.** No goat in my herd has ever had abscesses, the CL test is very unreliable.
Every day, the herd has access to free choice loose mineral, zinpro, baking soda and sometimes powdered kelp & yeast. When we feed grain, we give the kids a goat starter for the higher protein content with ammonium chloride for urinary health & our milking does get a specialized lactating grain. Our goats also receive orchard blend grass hay as well as alfalfa hay while in milk. We vaccinate with CD&T annually, which is approximately one month prior to them kidding. 

These ladies & gents are well taken care of and WOW are they extremely fussy eaters! I am sure you have heard of the phrase 'goats will eat anything', right? Totally incorrect.. goats will TASTE everything, but they will not actually eat everything!

Spring 2020 was the start of my first DHIR milk testing. It was quite the learning curve, the data was fascinating to dive into and seeing what these ladies can do! Luckily, most ladies did earn their milk stars. I dried my herd off a little early (November) so I could prep them for an earlier kidding season 2021. Hoping we can get some AR's on most of the ladies and see how their overall production changes as they get further into lactation! 

August 2020 was the first sanctioned show we attended and our buck SG Castle Rock Brash Ice +*B won Grand Champion! I was hoping we could attend more shows, but most were cancelled due to covid. 

2021, Castle Rock Elsie 5*M earned her permanent championship! (still pending in ADGA's system) she will be GHC Castle Rock Elsie 5*M

Also, Body-Shops LB Nutmeg earned her Junior Grand Champion dry leg at 3.5 months old, WOW!!

2021 LA: Elsie scored VEEE91! WOOH!!

2022, this was GCH Sugar Moon Zenaida's year to shine as an 11 year old doe! Not only did she earn her permanent championship, she also scored EEEE92 LA & went to nationals! Checkout her page for more info. https://fredinsacres.com/zenaida

My passion is goats! <3

If you are interested in spring kids, click on our kidding schedule at the top.

All photos are mine, unless they're credited to another farm. If you'd like to use any of my pictures, you'd need to ask permission. 

Thank you!!

UPDATE: Summer 2020 we put up an Accu-Steel Fabric Covered Building for our little ladies, scroll down to see photos of our building progress from start to finish :)