Alpine / Nubian Goat Program
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We started raising goats just for packing, something we had been around and a part of since the 1990's. We have been focusing on strong and athletic, great conformation, and sweet temperaments. Our original packgoats also came with strong dairy lineage and we found that we really enjoy having optimal nutrition through raw milk products for our family and beyond.
Kidding season is sweet and intense. Snuggling the kids is pretty awesome but there is a lot of care and consideration to raising healthy kids and taking care of our Mamas. Our kids are now mostly Alpine with a splash of Nubian, sweet with amazing conformation. We love this blend for so many reasons - athletic, friendly, easy to handle and train, great milk goats. What we hear from farms that purchase our bucklings /doelings - "they are so friendly, and fun to train".
Our goats
Our Program
We have a natural rearing farm and our goats are at the heart of it. While people joke that they are our free loaders, they are anything but. They are the ultimate farm alchemy, they turn grass into milk and manure into compost gold.
- They forage their way around the pastures, turn the soil with their hooves, nourish our soil, and keep predators away.
- Our goats quadruple our herd each spring with healthy kids - dairy, packgoats, meat.
- We bottle feed our kids for bonding and handling
- We have a garden dedicated to herbs that nourish our goats and keep them optimally health year round.
- We use Natural Rearing and biodynamic principles, no chemicals, no vaccines, and no commercial wormers.
- We focus on solid temperaments, structure and conformation, and strong dairy lines.
- We spend about six plus hours a day with our goats - care, feeding, cleaning, milking.
Kids For Sale
ABOUT - Our kids are mostly Alpine with a touch of Nubian. Our Mama's raise and care for their kids for 1-2 weeks before we separate them. We have found the Mama's and kids are calmer, they separate much better at these ages with low stress, and they build lovely goat skills while still bonding with us. We bottle raise so we can bond with them and then they can transition to their new homes with ease. We use a blend of our goats milk and our kefir, not replacer, and support the milk with herbal blends to help them with parasite control while they are young and vulnerable. We do not use any vaccines, commercial wormers, or pharmaceuticals. They are handled on the daily, and we start pasture walks when they are about 10 days old. We do have kids for sale for folks looking for strong dairy and packgoat lines, we start to release them at 10 days old to experienced homes, and 8 weeks old to new homes. They have horns, and we do not recommend banding until 12 weeks to 1 year of age. All of our goats go home with their heritage and lineage documents, and instructions for care.
2 DOELINGS AVAILABLE 2025 (must go together, they are bonded)
Shorty (born 3/23/25) She is black tri-color, horns, super sweet temperament like her mother Jezebel, and will be substantial in size. She will be old enough to breed at the end of November / December.
Cream (born 3/23/25) she is brown tri-color, super sweet, sparky, and fun like her mother Tangle, and will be substantial in size. She will be old enough to breed at the end of November / December
2026 WAIT-LIST. If you are interested in one of our N.R. kids please contact us with any questions, and let us know what you are looking for. We cannot guarantee bucklings or doelings, nor can we guarantee color or patterns. We go down our wait-list and fill requests as the kids arrive.
Does
We have one Nubian who is our oldest and our Queen, this was her last year breeding. All of our younger Does carry a hint of Nubian but mostly Alpine, anywhere from 1/2 to 7/8th. We breed for structure, temperament, and dairy lines. Our farm is known for high multiples, even some of our first time fresheners have triplets! We feed our Does - pasture grasses, wild forage, meadow grass hay, trees, alfalfa pellets, and boss. We also support them with herbs from our garden both fresh and dried, kelp, minerals, and redmonds salt. On average our Does gift us with 3 - 5 quarts of milk per Doe per day. When they are young they are out on trails with our wethers, and some of the best hiking goats! We just love our Ladies.
Buck
We currently have a buck with some flashy heritage going all the way back to the original packgoat herd in Lander, WY, where they used to breed the original titans! Besides all of that glitter he is kind, observant, and shy. When he is in rut (September - February), he is watchful of the herd, demanding of the Does, and a wild beast. With all of that, he is still kind to humans and allows us to handle him. He is about 350 lbs, super athletic, frisky in the evenings with gorgeous displays, and kind of cheeky if he knows he is getting a special snack (he loves a little banana or apple during hoof trimming).
He is for sale, to an experienced goat herd owner with the right property and management. He will be with us until that person comes our way.
The milk house
Raw Goat Dairy
Our raw dairy is seasonal, as nature intended. We breed between November and January for spring kidding and milk season. We milk anywhere between 200 - 240 days depending on the weather and the age of our Does.
We hand milk twice a day, a working relationship at the very core! We do have a milk machine as a backup, to use as a teaching tool in Goat Camp, and are grateful when we need it. We enjoy hand-milking much more and so do our ladies. Because we don't use chemicals or vaccines, we don't feed grain, and we use herbs to support our goats health, our raw milk tastes fresh, super fresh. It is sweet right after kidding, and then slightly changes flavor with the season and the forage they are on. You can taste the seasons in their milk.
MILK - Raw milk is like a giant hug on the system, nourishing in so many ways. We have had raw goats milk in our home for over 25 years now, our children and our dogs don't know a day without it.
KEFIR - Raw Kefir is what we specialize in and sell the most of. Summer kefir is a bit thinner, nourishing like liquid gold. Winter kefir is thicker, like a milk shake, so satisfying on a cold morning.
CHEESE - Our raw cheese collection is growing as our skills grow - cheese making is an art and a skill and starting with fresh milk straight from our Doe's creates the tastiest cheese unlike anything you'll find in a store. Our fresh cheeses we make weekly and they are a staple in our farm store!
Specialty
We do offer specialty items upon request if we have enough of our raw milk to work with. If you have a special event, and you let us know in advance what you are interested in, we would love to work with you.
