Breeding Philosophy

Goats Grazing Sorghum Sudangrass

Goats are considered a lot of work and challenging. We are aiming to change that by focusing on a few key traits

  • Maternal instincts

  • Worm resistance

  • Rate of gain

  • Fertility

We believe that by focusing on these attributes we can raise a goat that not only cares for itself but for its young and requires minimal intervention. We achieve this through thorough recordkeeping and strategic culling. If we wouldn’t want to breed with it we won’t sell it to you for the same purpose.

Boer, Kiko, and Spanish goats grazing cover crop

Breeds

We focus mainly on incorporating two breeds into our program, Boers and Kikos. Although we focus on these, we have some Savannah and Spanish genetics in our herd as well. We don’t care what color the hide is or where they came from. We base all our replacement stock on whether or not they perform based on weight and health records.

Moving Goats to new pasture
Goat kids
Replacement Goats grazing

  • We only keep does who come from litters of twins or triplets, who’s dam never required assistance in birthing or caring for her kids. We also factor in what health interventions were needed, heavily focusing on resilience to worms.

  • At this time we do not carry any registration for any of our herd members. As we look to the future however we do have plans to start raising a limited supply of registered breeding stock.

  • Crossbreeding can be a very useful tool to promoted the traits you want in your herd at a more rapid pace. By not being confined to a certain breed we can improve our genetic pool faster.

  • Yes! After we save back replacements we typically have extra does and bucks that would make an excellent addition to your herd. And we only sell you animals we truly don’t need. You will never get poor do-ers or ones that should be culls.

  • If we decide a goat is not fit for breeding stock they will get put with our goats designated for market.

  • Yes, we aim to be a grazing based operation. While we do feed some grain, we only feed at strategic points during kidding and when raising replacements. Grain is expensive and we want to maximize our forage to meet their needs as a first priority.