Goats

Goats for Sale!

About the Herd About the Buck About the Does Kids for Sale

	Paradise Gardens and Farm Stephen Cleghorn 2771 Paradise Road, Reynoldsville, PA 15851 (Up Kramer Road from Rte 119 in Stump Creek) (814) 568-1207 JSTEPHENCLEGHORN@YAHOO.COM Click to email us.
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THE HERD In order to have milk, we must have kids. This year (2012) we are expecting more than 60 of them.

Our first choice is to sell them all to good homes, as sibling pairs when possible. Our next choice is to sell them for meat with us taking them to slaughter (since they know us) after spending all their time on pasture or with their mommas in the herd where they were born. We do not sell our kids at auction barns. Our herd is closed against the possible introduction of infections from outside. Within the herd we have a healthy breadth of genetic diversity in the gene pool. Our herd is raised on our USDA certified organic pastures and hay using organic practices though the herd itself is not USDA certified. We are listed with EatWild.com and meet their criteria for grass-fed humanely raised animals. (Back to Top)

The kids are for sale as soon as they are weaned at 10 weeks. All kids come dehorned, vaccinated, with a birth and vaccination/health care record. ($125/buckling, $100/doeling, $75/wethered male). We will post here the pictures as we have them. Email me to reserve a kid that appeals to you, or to set up a time to come see them. - Stephen

Introducing the 2012 Kids for Sale
Our first this year are Brigid (L) and Candy (R), shown as newborns and at one week old. They are daughters of Penny who is half Nubain and half Toggenburg, while daddy Billy Boy is Nubian in appearance.

Brigid Newborn

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Our Buck - Billy Boy (hanging out with Matti Billy Boy and Mattie

e and Bambi)
Billy Boy and Bambi

Our buck would be called "Nubian in appearance."
He is not registered but he is a great buck who for four
seasons now has performed his job very well. And he
does not even stink that much, hard as he tries.

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The Does:
Our herd of 32 mothers, along with six yearlings awaiting their turn to have kids in 2013, make a pretty sight out on the pasture in the spring when they are out there with their kids. The main part of the herd had an Alpine sire but the mothers are from the Alpine, Toggenburg, LaMancha, and Saanen breeds. They are a happy mixed bunch of so-called "grade" goats. They have certainly made the grade with us.

Mandy and Kids 2010

Mandy and her babes 2010 (photo by Kelly Fortkiewicz) First kids 2008 on pasture with mommas
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