Thank you for visiting our website. Please take a few moments to view the pages, where you'll see some photos of both our farm and some of our animals.
Our web site will continue to change throughout the year. Our goal is to provide you with information about our farm and herd, with updates as we go through the year (i.e. kidding season!), as well as listing any animals we will be offering for sale. Please check back frequently for updates.
If you are not familiar with our farm, and your first contact with us is online: We would be pleased to hear from you! Please let us know what your needs and questions are, we will be more than happy to help.
In brief, you should know the following about us: we are a multi-generation farm located in upstate New York. The farm has been in our family since 1896, and has evolved through the years from a dairy and market crop farm in its early years to a beef and dairy goat farm during the 1970s, '80s and '90s. For a brief time, we operated the farm primarily as a market hay farm, but found that we truly missed being involved with raising animals, especially goats! In 2002, we purchased our first two Boer doelings, and welcomed their kids in January 2003...and so it goes!
Most of our goats are Boers and Boer-crosses. Our does range from American Purebreds to dairy crosses. In recent years, we had been using two Purebred Boer bucks, without papers, but with excellent bloodlines. Our kids are growthy, with the dual advantages of Boer genetics and dairy does with high milk production.
With the kidding season behind us, we are seeing the results of our decision to experiment with crossing some of our animals with a Fullblood Kiko buck. The results are impressive. The kids are showing strong growth due to the hybrid vigor created by the crossing of the two major breeds of our animals, Boer and Kiko. To validate and confirm our breeding program, we are undergoing performance testing using the program offered by Kentucky State University.
We seized the opportunity to bring another new registered Fullblood Boer buck into our herd. A yearling buck, he'll be used extensively with many of our higher percentage and registered Boer does this fall. Take a look at this buck, Jasper, on our buck page.
While looking at our site, be sure to check out the MiG page that we have added this grazing season. This page describes our transition to a pasture raised and grass finished goat herd. We also invite you to check our blog page where we'll update you on our progress as we learn and explore this exciting new facet of our farm operation. We welcome your comments there as well.
You can find us in Athens, NY. Please call ahead to arrange a farm visit!
