Please be patient with me with the pictures, our animals don't exactly pose for me and I have to take the shot sometimes even if the backround isn't the prettiest but I will be updating photos as I can. We've been doing a lot of construction and of course goats being goats, can't help themselves but play on or with our supplies. This year we built the goats their own little shed, I'll post pictures when we've finished it.
A Craigslist ad and an idea came together for us this past summer. The ad was for a young Oberhasli doe, a breed of goat that is both beautiful and productive and one that we've been interested in for a long time. After a very brief discussion we made contact with the farm and brought home Paprika. She is like the Tyra Banks of our little herd of goats, even down to her long black "stockings"! She is registered with the ADGA and her offspring will be registered with the Miniature Dairy Goat Association as "experimental" or first generation. We are very excited about this new adventure. She is shown her with her first kid, a black, blue eyed buckling we named Eclisp.
Creekside Farm Starry Night from Creekside Farm in Liberty KY. Night has blue eyes.
Squiggy from Happy Tailz in Mayville, MI. He carries some really terrific milking line genes in him and look at that his structure. Squiggy has personality and presence to spare! He is all boy!
Cleo is a black doe from Antiquity Oaks. I am very impressed with our tiny little Cleo, although she is small she has a great udder and gives us up to a quart of milk a day. **On Jan 13th, 2010, Cleo surprised us with twins**Their description and pictures are below**
Cleo delivered twin doelings on Jan 13, 2010. What a wonderful surprise! We don't normally plan for winter deliverys but Cleo, Kona and a couple of our girls had other ideas. The above picture is Sprite at two days old. She is the larger of the two girls. Sprite is $250.00. **Update Sprite has been sold-Thank you Anita and Tim!**
Meet Sheila, our littlest doeling born here ever! She was barely a pound when she was born, this picture is of her at two days old. She is growing like a weed now, mostly due to Cleo being such a great mom and producing very rich milk. Sheila is for sale for $300.00 **Sheila has been sold-Thank you Anita and Tim**
Cleo delivered a wonderful black and white doeling on May 28th. The little doeling has frosted ears, a white cap and is black and white with a white tail. Good job Cleo! **Update**Trixie went to her new home yesterday, Aug 7, 09. Thank you Nick!
Taboo is out of Patience (who has passed away) and sired by Night. This year (09) she has been bred to Squiggy.
This is Taboo's tiny doeling, Honey. Honey is for sale, however is not eligible for registration. Honey has four teats which is unfortunetly, a major fault. She is for sale for $100.00 as a pet only.
After a lot of thought, we decided to bring in one more Nigerian doe. Meet Splash, she is from Culleden Farm near Madison, Wisconsin. Her mom won Grand Champion Nigerian Dwarf at the Waukesha County Fair in '09. We are so proud to have her as part of our herd, thank you so much Paula! Not only does this little girl carry with her some very strong milking genetics but she is gorgeous to boot too.
Splash delivered a black doeling with a white cap and a bit of a white spot on the back of her head. Pics will come soon. We're calling her MiMi and she will be for sale when weaned. **MiMi has been sold-Thank you Anita and Tim**
Paprika posing for the camera with her little buckling. She is a pure Oberhasli doe registered with the ADGA. Her little son is a first gen experimental and registered with TMGR.
This is Eclisp, Paprika's son. He is a mini Oberhasli. He is black with bright blue eyes, he couldn't be any more handsome! This current picture shows that he may turn bay, his sire and dam are both bays but his sire was also born black and changed as he grew up. This is typical of Nigerians, they are born one color and then wind up another color as they grow up. Eclisp is very confident and correct little boy too. Eclisp is registered with The Miniature Goat Registry. He is for sale for $75.00.
Prices: Does $250-300 depending on quality, Bucks price will be determined per animal, Wethers are $40-$60 depending on quality. We will not take reservations for kids until March 2011. If you are interested in reserving a kid please send us an email to heck6100@t6b.com We do reserve the right to refuse a sale or to retain any kid. We will not sell any kid by herself or himself, goats are herd animals and cannot be without another of their kind. Although goats are easy to care for there is more to it than just feeding and watering. Nigerians, like other dairy goats, Nigerians have higher than average need for copper. We recommend and use Kent Goat Mineral and Kent Goat Pellets. All our kids will stay on mom for at least six weeks. Kids will leave here with their first CDT shot, dehorned, hooves trimmed, registration papers and a basic knowlege of goat care.