
We cannot be responsible once the animal has left our farm. Genetics are very important but the quality of further care and husbandry they receive as they grow will affect their health and growth. DD-GCH Castle Rock Snownamie 2M/4D VEEE90. SS- CH Caprine Acres SG Hott Shott EEE 91 SD- GCH Kaapio Acres AD Carina EEEE 92 1M DS-Castle Rock Guy Noir ++B/+S. No guarantees of health can be given to anyone wishing to deviate from our standard of vaccination or weaning. Dam-Castle Rock Tsunamie 3M VEVE 90 (maternal sister to 2015 ADGA National champion and best udder).

We cannot control the transport conditions nor anything about the new home, so cannot be responsible for what happens when they leave us. We vaccinate and send you home with some food to help keep your goat healthy during the transition period. Please wear shoes that can be stepped into a foot basin of antiseptic when arriving.Īlso once an animal leaves our farm it cannot return. If your claim is substantiated, we will work with you to come to an agreeable solution.īiosecurity is very important to us. The purchaser assumes all costs associated with the diagnostic process.
#Caprine acres full#
If within 30 days of pick up you feel the goat was not healthy at the time it left our farm, you will need to prove your claim with a full physical exam done by a veterinarian along with any test required. Shipping is the responsibility of the purchaser. We will not release a goat until they are weaned and the wethers have recovered from their castration. Kids are to be picked up after weaning unless other arrangements have been agreed upon in advance.
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Prices include registration of does and bucks, and castration for the wethers. If after 14 days the animal is not picked up and no alternate date has been agreed upon it will be put up for sale.

Boarding fees will be applied if you do not pick up your animal at the agreed date. Scurs may occur especially with the bucklings. They are disbudded by a veterinarian with sedation and painkillers. If you prefer no disbudding you must pay the full price in advance. Goats are only reserved once a deposit has been received. pd1842920 caprine acres hs disco inferno d1643772 caprine acres sg hott shott d1479285 ch kaapio acres ad carina bouwkamp, jackie bear park bluffs 1322 12 pd1847843 joshua farm maggie may d1742154 elfin acres cypress d1631633 elfin acres f alicemay albrecht, joshua joshua farm 732 13 pd1868479 dragonfly sol halley's. This works on a first come, first served basis. If you have any questions after reading this note please contact us. "Maybe I'll start a Goat-Fund-Me campaign." And she chuckles softly as the freshly trimmed goats continue their dance of fig bar-fueled joy.We want every transaction to be a pleasant one with happy clients and happy experiences for the goats. I don't realize that the punch line is coming until it comes. But getting started with a dairy goat herd is an expensive proposition," she says sadly. "You know," my sister says thoughtfully as she sets down her hoof trimmer, "I want to have a dairy goat operation sometime. The first goat runs around, wailing, because his best friend is on the stand and he's not-plus, he already ate his fig bar and now he is mad. Caprine Acres is home to a variety of animals including: ASDR Miniature Australian Shepherds, AKC Doberman Pinschers, Nigerian Dwarfs, Alpines, and Recorded. In a few minutes, we finish the first goat and start on the second goat.

I scratch the goat's chest, I talk to him, I feed him fig bars, which he promptly devours.

I'm in charge of encouraging each goat to hold still during the trimming process, and this feels like a big responsibility. Obviously, I have not spent enough time around goats, because I'm not feeling quite as calm about the situation. In the midst of all of this caprine chaos, my sister calmly trims each little hoof with the patience and serenity that comes, I'm beginning to understand, from spending time around goats. Repetitions of "mehhh, mehhh, mehh" echo down the barn aisle and it's apparent that the mehhs translate to something like "What-are-we-doing-what-is-that-thing-oh-you-are-holding-my-hoof!-this-is-so-fun-I-love-having-my-hooves-trimmed-I-love-you-people" and on and on and on.īut the palpable excitement of the goats-while endearing-adds an element of unpredictability to the project. Oh, she has all the equipment-the special tools and the special stand and some special goats-and the goats are surprisingly enthused about having their hooves trimmed. My sister has enlisted my help on a project today, and it's a new one for me: she's trimming goat hooves, and this time I am her helper.
