Breeding For An Elegant Dairy Doe That Dances Like a Ballerina and Milks Like a Cow
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OUR REQUIREMENTS FOR A "GOOD" GOAT HOME
Dawn Land Farm Goats Will Never Be Sold at Auction Nor Used For Meat
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FOR AFFECTION...AMUSEMENT...COLOURFUL PASTURE ORNAMENTS..."DO-ABLE" SUBURBAN LIVESTOCK...SWEET MILK...TEACHING HUMAN KIDS THE JOYS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF CARING FOR LIVING CREATURES, NIGERIAN DWARF DAIRY GOATS ARE TOPS!
In return for your TLC, Nigerians will provide years of unconditional love and entertainment. Owning goats--with the supervision of helpful adults!--teaches children to responsibly care for other living creatures as well as providing them with a fun opportunity to participate in friendly competition through showing.
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Each of our goats is very special and we seek special homes for them. Because goats are herd animals, we require that a new home offers the companionship of another goat. We also require a secure fenced yard and an accessible shelter. Good nutrition is essential to the health of goats, and a prospective owner must be able to provide fresh water, high quality leafy hay, a grain ration, loose minerals, and baking soda. Although a well-cared-for goat is a hardy creature, a yearly vet visit is necessary for vaccine updates: tetanus, clostridium, Bo-Se/selenium (in deficient areas, like ours), and rabies. Your goats will also require periodic trimming of their hooves as well as worming medication to minimize parasites. And, in return for your TLC, your goats will provide you with years of affection and entertainment!
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CURRENT SALES LISTINGS
For Breeding/Pet Stock, Please Click HERE
For New Kids, Please Click HERE
For the 2012 Kidding Schedule, Please Click HERE
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| Goat Keeping Kids Work Hard and Play Hard! This "Oldie" Photo Was Taken in 2005 After the Barn Was Stripped by the Resident Labour Force. At That Time, Fifty Cents Was Adequate Pay (Oh, For the Good Old Days!) |
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OUR RESPONSIBILITIES AS BREEDERS
We Will Provide:
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EDUCATION BEFORE AND AFTER THE SALE.....
(Remember, we were beginners once too--and are still learning!)
A HEALTHY AND FRIENDLY GOAT (OR GOATS).....
GENETICS BASED ON LEADING MILK AND SHOW LINES.....
RE-PURCHASE OR ASSISTANCE WITH RE-HOMING GOATS THAT WE HAVE SOLD.....
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| Our Babies Are Loved and Cherished From Day One! |
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Your happiness as a purchaser of one of our cherished goats is important to us! We will sell you a healthy animal that is disbudded (de-horned), tatooed (for identification), wormed (for parasite control), and up-to-date with vaccines. We will include a detailed health record and written tips for care with each goat sale. An informed goat owner is a happy goat owner!
Over the years, we have been the fortunate recipients of much helpful advice and moral support from experienced breeders. We want to extend that same attention to the purchasers of OUR goats. A Dawn Land Farm Nigerian comes with our invitation to keep in touch and share your questions, concerns, and suggestions.
PLEASE NOTE: Consistent will ALL prior results since we began testing in 2004, our entire herd has again tested NEGATIVE (ELISA/WADDL) for CAE and Johne's Disease on April 19th, 2006. CAE and CL testing will be repeated in Autumn/Early Winter 2012 as part of our herd health maintenance protocol. As an additional biosecurity precaution, all of our kids are pulled at birth and bottle raised using heat-treated colostrum/pasteurized milk in areas separate from adult herd members. We are committed to providing our purchasers with peace of mind as well as with beautiful and productive Nigerians!
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| Sneaking the Last Grain Remnants |
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PROPER NUTRITION IS A NECESSARY COMPONENT OF CAREFUL GOAT CARETAKING
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Reservations/Payment
Pricing Policy
Health
Guarantees
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RESERVATIONS AND PAYMENT.......While we will not be accepting prenatal reservations on 2012 kids, we do plan to keep an informal list of "kid requests". Interested parties will then be notified when the appropriate kids are born. It is our feeling that the best matches between homes and goats are made when the purchaser first has a chance to review all available information pertaining to the goat(s) of choice before committing to a sales agreement.
For the purchase of an "already born" kid or an adult goat, we require half the purchase price as a NON-REFUNDABLE deposit. Additionally, the purchaser assumes full financial responsibility for: the cost of the animals, the required health exam/certificate, veterinary testing, the shipping crate(s), and transport. The balance must be paid in full before the goat(s) leave our farm, unless special arrangements are made beforehand. We are very flexible and will work to design a creative payment plan, if needed.
PLEASE NOTE: DEPOSITS WILL NOT BE REFUNDED IF THE BUYER CANCELS THE SALE.
2012 PRICING.....KIDS ARE BOTTLE FED FROM BIRTH...AND READY TO GO AT EIGHT-TEN WEEKS...We will negotiate multiple animal and beginning herd (buck/does) as well as 4-H discounts--Ask us!
*WETHERS (FIXED MALES) --$125 for the first/$75 each for additional
*PET QUALITY/HOMESTEAD QUALITY DOELINGS (No Papers)--$200/up.
*REGISTERABLE BREEDING/SHOW QUALITY KIDS--$300/up.
*ADULT BREEDING STOCK--Price determined individually, with the following factors taken into account: age, pedigree, general conformation, mammary system quality/potential. Pricing for registered adult animals starts at $300.
HEALTH.......
We cannot be responsible for the health of our goats once they leave our premises. While we will make every effort to ease the transition for both goat(s) and purchaser(s), the stress of moving can have unpredictable effects. In consideration of our herd's biosecurity, we may not be able to accept back goats. However, we do ask that customers contact us first for re-purchase of any breeding stock that we have sold.
MATURE HEIGHT AND CONFORMATION.......We believe that breeding goats is an art. Although we try to match sire/dam pairings to bring out the best in progeny, there is no scientific way to predict the results. Sometimes a funky-looking kid happens despite the best parental genetics! Therefore, we do not offer any guarantees as to height or mature conformation.
REPRODUCTIVE SOUNDNESS.......We will either replace any breeding animal that is vet-certified as infertile or refund the purchase price. Prior to replacement or refund, the goat's registration papers must be returned to us.
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| KIDS LOVE KIDS--2006 |
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| KIDS LOVE KIDS--2007 |
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GREAT EXPECTATIONS
Check Out The Beginnings of Our 2012 Kidding Schedule!
PLEASE CLICK HERE:
2012 Kidding Schedule
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We have been very busy planning for the upcoming year--please see the 2012 Kidding Schedule for our peek at our proposed pairings for 2012. As always, we are continuing to breed with an emphasis upon dairy elegance, capacious, well-supported udders, and milk productivity.
We appreciate your interest in Dawn Land Farm Nigerian Dwarf Dairy Goats. Please feel free to e-mail us with any questions. We are proud of our goats, and welcome opportunities to share information about them.
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| Our Teenage Son is a "Natural" Goat Dad! |
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KID RAISING 2011: We will be bottle raising--using pasteurized milk--our 2012 kid crop, as we have done in 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011. For a well-socialized goat that is easily handled and adapts to change well, we believe that a bottlefed baby truly shines! Kids are ready to go at ten weeks, having been weaned to grain at eight weeks and watched for a further two weeks to make sure they are thriving without the milk component of their diet.
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AMONG THE MANY REASONS TO OWN GOATS IS THAT THEY CAN PROVIDE VALUABLE LIFE LESSONS.....
Read Snicket's Story Below (How a Dumb Mom Was Humbled by Her Wise Son)
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| IN MEMORY OF SNICKET-February 2005 to December 2005-His Simple Ways Touched Our Hearts Forever |
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Snicket was a miracle baby, a tiny afterthought arriving after the birth of vigorous siblings. It was only the love and devotion of his breeder that saved him and nursed him through his early babyhood. When Snicket arrived here, it soon became apparent that he had substantial delays in his development. However, it didn't take long to fall in love with Snicket's unique mannerisms. He had a funny stiff-legged gait that he used, at full speed, to greet any visitor (especially the ones that he thought would feed him!) Snicket also learned to run under the bellies of his penmates, a feat made easier by his miniscule size, in order to avoid any unpleasantness from his peers. Snicket had unusual eating and drinking manners too. Every sip of his water was first preceded by a foot dunk in the bucket! Snicket's "life lessons" came later, towards the end of his short stay here. One afternoon, the major goatkeeper and her teenage son were casually discussing the relative intelligence of the goats in the Dawn Land herd. The major goatkeeper suggested that Snicket had earned a place near the bottom of the bell curve. In the indignant manner that only teens can display, the goatkeeper's son protested: "But Mom, Snicket's not stupid! He's a lot smarter than most of our goats! He's smarter because he uses all of his brain to do what he does, and that's what being smart means!"
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| SNICKET WAS A ONE OF A KIND GOAT... His unique mannerisms included an unusual drinking style: each sip preceded by a foot dunk! In this picture, we had elevated the pail to keep his water clean. |
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DAWNLAND FAL WUNDERKIND (" Wonder Child")
"Tiny" is very petite and will remain here as a beloved pet, to remind us-- in our more jaded moments--that miracles really do happen!
TINY'S STORY...
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| Our Miracle Girl! Born a few days early at 1.2 pounds, "Tiny" lay undiscovered under barn bedding for at least four hours until one of our Anatolians woke her up by digging. |
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| Household Anatolian, Bo, caring for Tiny. This photo shows her on Day Two; by her fourth day of life, her front legs had straightened and she was able to drink most of her milk from a bottle (10 cc's per feeding!) |
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| Day Six--Tiny Now Weighs 1/2 Ounce MORE Than the Can of Peaches Being Served For Supper! |
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| At Around Two Weeks, Tiny Has Discovered the Joys of Body Surfing the Resident Golden Retriever Mama. |
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| At a Little Less Than Four Weeks of Age, "Tiny" Now Weighs 5.2 Pounds! Pictured is Her Pre-Dawn Walk With Bo, Our Household ASD, on Memorial Day Weekend. |
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| Tiny at Six Weeks--Mid June. Growing Up Quickly, She is Now an Appropriate Size For Her Age. |
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