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Until the 2008 year I have always raised my babies on pasteurized/bottled milk. I struggled this year as I wanted to cut back the tremendous work involved in doing this, and I am dam raising the babies on CAE negative tested does. I am putting the babies together with their dams at night, and during the day the dams are with the herd. This allows the babies to see me freuquently and remain tame.
Sales/Reservations: I prefer to sell most of the kids that are for sale by two to three weeks of age, although I will raise any to weaning with appropriate deposits. Weaning prices for most kids range from $300-450,with higher prices based on color and pedigree (black spotted/marbled is most rare), with a 20% discount if picked up soon enough for you to raise rather than me! As I specialize in spots, often there may sometimes be a really good deal on a solid colored baby, who would be carrying the gene for spots.. My prime male spotted animals are kept as buck kids, with many others wethered and later sold as pets, pack animals, or for meat. I sometimes have a couple of milkers for sale, as when I decide to retain a kid for my herd, another must go due to the size of this farm, and my desire not to be overwhelmed and to be retired!! If you are interested in reserving a kid , please contact me and arrange a deposit for the dam of your choice, or a specified color pattern! If a 4H student in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina or Tennessee needs a baby to show, please have your 4H goat leader contact me as a discount may be available. Please note specific sales list at end as well. I do reserve the right to "first choice" for herd replacements, unless otherwise specified in the sales contract.
Sales Guarantee: Animals leave here eating well and healthy. I am not usually able to check out where they are going, and thus can only offer a very limited replacement guarantee, as the type of homes, pastures and fencing they go to vary tremendously. If a baby dies within 6 months and a vet certificate ascertains from necropsy that there was a defect the animal will be replaced or money refunded. If an animal by age three has not reproduced, a vet certificate stating the cause of infertility or sterility as a genetic one (and not environmentally caused) will usually result in a replacement animal or other adjustment.
Multiple purchases also may have a negotiated discount, with a discount also available for those herds on Linear Appraisal.
FOR SALE
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Moonshadow-as I am keeping an a.i. buckling, trying to reduce the herd as well, I have decided to part with my buck Shadow. He has not been used here as much as he deserves, and I hope he can get a home where he will be used!! $400.00 pedigree can be located through buck page....
2008 BABIES
Suki A.I. SG ++*B New Era's Phoenix
(99th%ile for milk)9/13/07 2/9/08 QUADS on 2/5/08-- 2 bucklings and 1 doe surviving. Doe sold, 1 buckling reserved and the brown spotted one already sold. Farina Shadow 9/12/07 2/8/08 Single black and silver doeling born 2/12/08-retained at this time. Dinah Shadow 10/6/07 3/5/08 3/6-single solid brown buckling-traded Evana Shadow 11/6/07 4/5/08 Miracle (Am S) *B Briarwind Imre Merlin (87VEE)-His dam is
SG Briarwind CM Maderia 6*M (88VVVV)11/20/07 4/19/08 JUNIOR DOES- Snowbaby Shadow 10/31/07 3/30/08
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| Bucks/Reference Bucks | 2007 Babies |
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3/23/08