Welcome to our "Virtual Farm"!
We have included pictures of our farm, as well as information about how we attend to things, from breeding to health care in this page, so hopefully you will be able to get a clear veiw of our surroundings and how we operate!
Our farm consists of goats for show and milk - chickens for show, eggs, and meat - call ducks and rabbits. Last but definetely not least we have two dogs and many cats, as any farm should.
We have been raising goats since 1999. We started out with a mix that was very cute, and very soon we were hooked. When I was young, there was a dairy goat farm down the road from us and I was very intriuged with it. I guess it made quite an impression, since now we have one!
Our heard consists of Nubians and Saanens which we keep at around 30 head so that it is managable. Of course that changes at kidding time, so we always have lots of kids for sale at that time of year.
We attend the North East Ohio Dairy Goat Show in Wooster, OH each year, but that is the only show we attend. We had also been on milk testing for past several years, but it was not cost effecient for us, so we will not be participating at least for a while.
We try to do as much as we can naturally, but we do use medication at times. We have a lot of pasture, so the goats are on grass
as long as possible! We have our own hay, so that is a big blessing! We bottle raise the babies and hand milk the does.
Each one is properly spoiled!
The girls show at our county fair. They have fun, and have done very well over the years. Michelle started raising
Holland Lops last year, and we have raised pastel and white call ducks.
We also make goat milk soap and lotion to sell. We sell during the summer at the local farmers market, and the rest of the year
we do several craft shows, and wholesale to a couple of retail stores.
