Breeding For An Elegant Dairy Doe That Dances Like a Ballerina and Milks Like a Cow
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| Jim and Laura Whitlock and Family
Sandown, New Hampshire 03873
Mail: P.O. Box 469, East Hampstead, New Hampshire 03826
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| TASTING SNOWFLAKES--Photo Courtesy of Martha Giancola |
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LAST UPDATE--JANUARY 27th, 2012
We are "way behind" with the website...Starting to update all, with the Kidding Schedule being current at this point...
The 2012 Kidding Schedule HEREGreat Breedings Designed For Production and Well-Attached Milkable Udders
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Sweet Temperaments, Suitable For Pets as Well as Production!
Reservations Being Accepted
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--SEE SOME OF OUR BREEDING DOES' UDDERS BELOW--
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...Living on a farm which is one's own, far from the hectic, artificial conditions of the city--a farm where one gets directly from one's own soil what one needs to sustain life, with a garden in front, and a healthy ...family to contribute those small domestic joys...
THOMAS EDISON
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Dawn Land Farm, the culmination of a lifetime worth of dreams and five years of hard work, is our eighty-acre piece of Heaven in the midst of rapidly expanding suburbia. Although most of our land is forested, 25% is wetland. Because of the habitat variety, we have an incredible array of wildlife on our property, including blue herons which nest on the snags in our spring-fed "Beaver Pond". We named our farm in honor of the native Abenaki who once populated this area. They were referred to as "People of the Dawn Land" to differentiate their members from more western counterparts in Vermont and New York.
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THE CREATURES, BIG AND SMALL
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| Rosasharn TL Curry*S Daughter, Roxy's Sweet Melody. Photo Courtesy of Cara Abromowitz. |
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ANATOLIAN SHEPHERD DOGS
Our Indispensable Livestock Guardians
To learn more, click HERE
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| Our Special Great Pyr Girl, Penne, In Her Favorite After-Supper Spot: A "Left Knee" Dog Waiting for a Pat! Penne was adopted through the National Great Pyrenees Rescue organization. Please support their efforts as they work to rehome Pyrs in need of new families: CLICK ON PENNE'S PHOTO FOR MORE INFO ABOUT NATIONAL GREAT PYR RESCUE. |
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| Penne's Leisure Life |
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You know something I don't know
You go places I can't go
You lift your head
when the breezes blow
To voices older than time
HOWL AT THE MOON--Cheryl Wheeler
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| Bo, Our Household Anatolian--Some things never change! He's bigger and his debris pile continues to grow, but he remains true to the gentle, tolerant, and loyal nature of his breed. Photos at ages two and ten months. |
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| Individual TLC is One of Our Goat Management Strategies! |
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NIGERIAN DWARF DAIRY GOATS.....Our beloved goats provide us with friendship, entertainment, low-cost therapy, and--most importantly--gift our family with their pure, sweet milk! We have been breeding Nigerians, with an emphasis upon both milk production and show conformation, since 2002. Our foundation stock included New England-based Stonewall Farm and Rosasharn lines, originating from breeders who shared our passion for structurally-sound, good-natured, and healthy, productive goats. We supplemented those original lines with quality goats from across the country and now the Dawn Land herd contains breeding animals from Dragonfly Farm, Flat Rocks Farm, Lost Valley, NC PromisedLand, Piddlin Acres, Poppy Patch, Rosasharn, Tiny Angels, and TX Twincreeks. Currently, we register our goats with the American Goat Society, although we are in the process of registering the entire herd with ADGA in time for the arrival of our Spring 2012 kids.
A healthy Nigerian is a top priority with us and we approach herd biosecurity very seriously. Purchased goats come from farms that share our concerns about contagious disease and test regularly with negative results. New additions to our herd are quarantined, and blood-tested when indicated. As well, we do not offer breeding/leasing/exchange services. Finally, kids are pulled at birth and raised, using CAE prevention, in areas separate from our adult goats.We are blessed to have a good working relationship with an excellent caprine vet: Dr. Simon George, of the Deerfield Veterinary Clinic, provides medical care for the Dawn Land herd. We plan to repeat whole herd screening for CAE and CL, utilizing the sensitive ELISA blood testing through WADDL, sometime in the late autumn or early winter of 2011/12. We have never had a case of CL, sore mouth, or foot rot.
JAVA CHICKENS.......Javas are a heavy breed chicken. They lay brown eggs. Once the most populous farmstead chicken around the time of Abe Lincoln, they are now listed as critically endangered. We are working with breeding stock from the Garfield Farm Museum in Illinois in an attempt to "bring back" these beautiful and hardy birds. AT PRESENT, WE HAVE NO ADULT BIRDS OR CHICKS FOR SALE. PLEASE CHECK ALBC LISTINGS FOR BREEDERS WHO HAVE AVAILABLE JAVAS.
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| The Resident Donkeys Cautiously Checking Out the New Horse |
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MEDITERRANEAN MINIATURE DONKEYS.....BONNIE, BARBIE, AND SMOKEY.....A
trio of pets, they serve the same function as church bells in a city,
their timed brays reminding us of the day's passage from breakfast hay
to supper hay. The goats depend on their calls to remind us to show up
at the barn on time. Donkeys are very smart and very gentle, the
perfect trustworthy equine for a home with children. Our miniature donkeys are NOT used as livestock guardians, nor do we recommend the use of donkeys in that role.
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THE HORSE, BELLA, A QUARTER PONY.....Our smart, sweet, well-trained girl with an attitude!
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| Bella's Favorite Kind of Riding: Stationary With Food! Barn Helper Doug Pictured. |
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| Goat Kisses |
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CONTACT US AND COME VISIT OUR GOATS...
Located ten miles from the Haverhill, MA border, our "family friendly" farm welcomes visitors! Let us show you that miniature goats make great backyard pets and milkers. A properly cared for doe or fixed male (wether) is clean and odor-free. Nigerians are intelligent, curious, and friendly animals. Their small size is not frightening for children. For gardeners, their pelleted droppings are a great source of organic fertilizer. And, as home milkers, Nigerians are economical and produce an amazing amount of milk for their size.
INQUIRIES ABOUT OUR FARM? PLEASE E-MAIL FOR MORE INFORMATION: CLICK HERE!
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| Javas Foraging |
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| Haley (Friend and Barn Helper) With Beyza, One of our ASDs. Beyza has been brought home to die, because her neural sheath tumor has spread too extensively for removal. We are thankful for every day that she remains happy and comfortable. We aim to fill the rest of Beyza's life with love (and more than a few treats too!) |
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All things bright and beautiful,
All creatures great and small,
All things wise and wonderful,
The Lord God made them all.
--CECIL FRANCIS ALEXANDER
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| All Dawn Land Farm Goats are registered with AGS. |
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| We are proud members of the ALBC. |
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