About Us
We are a small family farm taking pride in raising livestock naturally. We raise registered nubian and miniature nubian dairy goats that are fed a diet of pasture, fodder, sprouts, and haylage. With the most amazing milk they give us, we make soaps and lotions as well as use it as our source of milk, cheese, and butter for our family. We have three children who are learning where our food comes from and how to raise it, as well as proper husbandry and how to love all God's creations!
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Our goats are truly a family affair. They are raised and loved by all. We take great joy in offering family friendly milkers and kids to our customers.
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Feeding Homegrown
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One of the best things about raising goats for me is being able to feed them lots of veggies grown from own garden. They are always thrilled to be served a variety of greens, roots, and fruits! Having a garden gives our family lots of fresh produce and helps provide a healthy diet for our goats in milk and growing kids without feeding excess grains.
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We feed using feeders that allow the goats to stick their heads threw and eat, but does not allow them to climb in or contaminate their feeder.
We do not vaccinate our herd. I strongly believe that by managing a healthy diet and immune system that CD&T vaccines are not needed. Making slow changes to your goats diet and providing them with ample amount of forage, good quality minerals, and fresh water is the best thing for them.
We do not vaccinate our herd. I strongly believe that by managing a healthy diet and immune system that CD&T vaccines are not needed. Making slow changes to your goats diet and providing them with ample amount of forage, good quality minerals, and fresh water is the best thing for them.
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Supporting Locals
Our does in milk also receive a variety of locally grown grains and fields peas that have been sprouted. Sprouting allows the grain to release nutrients for digestion that are otherwise not available to the animal during digestion. We top dress our does feed with a mix of whole flax seed, sesamè seeds, and chia seeds purchased from a local natural food store.
Parasite Control
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After much reading and experimenting we have been very pleased with our current management program! We have been using fresh garlic, ginger root, and variety of herbs that I have mixed specifically for our farm. Over the full moon we give our powdered herb mix blended with kelp in the mornings and fresh chopped garlic and ginger root in the evenings. We start 3 days before the full moon, on the full moon, and 3 days after the full moon for 7 consecutive days.
We also keep garlic and ginger tinctures on hand to add their water troughs during very rainy weather. This also helps with goats that are more reluctant to eat the fresh chopped garlic and ginger root. When making tinctures we use organic apple cider vinegar with the mother. Finding a routine and mixture of herbs that worked well for our farm took months, and weekly fecals for every goat. We have taken a lot of time and consideration into what we were giving and why we were giving it. Moving to an all natural approach when dealing with parasites was one of the hardest things I have ever taken on. It was extremely time consuming and exhausting to begin with. The rewards far outway the troubles and time involved and our herd is healthier than ever and thriving. |