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Baby Nigerian Dwarf Goats are here- First born on 2/28/22!
More to come in March, April, and August
(Scroll down to see 2022 Breeding Schedule)
After a tiring 2021 season, where we bought a Maremma Sheepdog sire from New Hampshire and had our first litter of Maremma Sheepdog Livestock Guardian Dog (LGD) puppies, we were feeling a little run down. Farm Life has always been rewarding and invigorating, so it was a change to feel over-taxed by our little paradise. We added two silver goats from Flat Rock Farm in Texas, and our herd started to feel like it was bursting at the seams for the size of our small homestead. We made the difficult decision to sell some of our most beloved goats to make room for our young, silver herd. Fortunately, we found a farming family close by to love and shelter four of our most cherished does, and we sold our Dragonfly buck to a small farm in CT who is breeding Dragonfly stock. While it was one of the hardest decisions we’ve had to make as a small breeder to sell some of our foundation does, we feel confident they will be making a beautiful starter herd for their new family.
Our remaining herd will focus on the silver Flat Rock line, some flashy moonspotted and dalmatian does, and those with Chenango Hills and other pedigree we’ve worked for years to carefully curate.
Due to the expense of acquiring our silver goats and having some transported from Texas to New York, we will need to charge more for our more exclusive lines. It is standard for breeders to base price on the lineage of the parents, but we have always managed to keep the prices for all kids the same so that those looking for pets and not necessarily championship line Nigerian Dwarf Goats will also be able to afford them. Now, we will need to base prices on lineage, so there will be some more costly doelings and bucklings, especially for silver kids from the Flat Rock lines. All of our goats are “show quality” pedigree dairy goats, but many people just love them for companionship and therapy animals. All of our goats are handled daily, are friendly, and love people.
Happy to talk pedigree and homesteading lifestyle with anyone interested in reserving babies from our 2022 breedings!
2021 Kids and Pups
Moon Shell + Cupertino
Moon Shell is our 2-year old silver doeling, a first freshener who was too young to breed last year. We’re so excited to see what kind of kids she produces!! Coop is an unusually colored, moonspotted little guy, born last year at our sister farm in Amsterdam, NY, Eros Suncatcher Homestead. These two beauties are sure to make some lovely kids. We’re ready for some surprises with this pairing!
*Silver likely
**Blue Eyes Probable
***Moon Spots Possible
****Cou Claire Possible
Baby born 3/3/22: One silver buckling
- Little buck is Silver Cou Claire (RESERVED)
Dreahook DEI Moon Shell Sky
Sire: Dreahook AB Deimos (AGS Proctor Farm BW Articbay *B x SG AGS Dreahook DB White Russian)
Dam: Dreahook SA Tatiana (Flat Rock’s Silver Arrow x CH Dreahook AB Brielle)
Eros Suncatcher Bradley Cooper
Sire: Eros Suncatcher Prince Jasper (White Rock Farm Blue Wrangler x Tiny Town Flora)
Dam: Vincek Farm Laeta (Phoenix Farm Bird is the Word *B x AGS Yonderhill Caligo)
Luli + Sylvan
A pretty blue-eyed second-freshener, who is the daughter of a doe I’ve admired for years, Doubletree Checkers, joined to our silver Flat Rocks buck, Sylvan. Luli’s latin name means “White Lupine.” She’s a dream and the friendliest sweetie imaginable. This is our first year breeding Sylvan, after having him transported from Texas. With Luli being such an absolutely gorgeous girl, we’re really looking forward to seeing what these two create together, and if we can make some silver magic!
*Silver likely
**Blue Eyes Probable
***Dalmatian possible, likely with lots of white overlay
Babies born 3/2/22: Two stunning doelings
- One SILVER, with blue eyes (RETAINED)
- One that is an exact replica of Luli, white with black; blue eyes (RESERVED)
Doubletree Lupinus Albus
Sire: Dreahook DEI Tullyboy (Dreahook AB Deimos x Dreahook RS Cape May)
Dam: AGS Doubletree Checkers (AGS Doubletree All Puckered-Up x AGS Doubletree Lemon Buttercup)
Flat Rock’s Sylvan Whisper
Sire: Dreahook SA Silver Key (Flat Rock’s Silver Arrow x Dreahook SS Royal Amethyst)
Dam: Susarrare Salix R Valhalla (Flat Rock’s HP Rchardlionheart +B x Flat Rock’s Valkyrie 1*M)
Shadow Thief + Brimstone
Shadow Thief is our Flat Rock silver yearling, who is from exciting lines that are new to our herd. Brimstone is a young guy, and his mom, Chimera, is the most stunning moonspotted lady we’ve ever seen (see above) and comes from some spectacular lineage. Chimera has a beautiful, abundant udder (retaining that wonderful Chenango Hills dairy quality) so expecting her son’s kids to be great dairy goats. And… silver from mama Shadow Thief. She really is a Shadow Thief, following us around the pen and looking to steal a little love all the time.
*Silver likely
**Blue Eyes Probable
***Moon Spots Possible
Not Bred for 2022; Expecting Kids 2023
Flat Rock’s SK Shadow Thief
Sire: Dreahook SA Silver Key (Flat Rock’s Silver Arrow x Dreahook SS Royal Amethyst)
Dam: Flat Rock’s Shadow Puppet (Flat Rock’s Valiant x Flat Rock’s Me and My Shadow)
Farfetched Brimstone
Sire: Capra Salato BB Parrot Bay (Phoenix Farm BW Buzzard’s Bay *B x Phoenix Farm Black Lace)
Dam: Capra Salato GR Chimera (J-Nels BB Gun Runner x Capra Salato Corona’s Contessa)
Kaliope + Sylvan
Kaliope is the sister of Cupertino and is a petite doe who makes up for her tiny size by being chock full of moonspots! She is two, but this is her first freshening, and I can’t wait to see what she produces bred to Sylvan.
* Silver Likely
**Moonspots Possible
Not Bred 2022; Kids Expected 2023
Eros Suncatcher Kaliope
Sire: Eros Suncatcher Prince Jasper (White Rock Farm Blue Wrangler x Tiny Town Flora)
Dam: Vincek Farm Laeta (Phoenix Farm Bird is the Word *B x AGS Yonderhill Caligo)
Flat Rock’s Sylvan Whisper
Sire: Dreahook SA Silver Key (Flat Rock’s Silver Arrow x Dreahook SS Royal Amethyst)
Dam: Susarrare Salix R Valhalla (Flat Rock’s HP Rchardlionheart +B x Flat Rock’s Valkyrie 1*M)
Chimera + Chomsky
This striking doe caught our eye when we visited Capra Salato Farm a few years ago to buy our Chenango Hills doe, Siena. Since then, Chimera has haunted us and we still talked about her years later. When the opportunity came to purchase her in 2021, we jumped at it. Yes, that is a giant moonspot that covers half Chimera’s face and her neck. It gives a dramatic half-moon look to her face, especially with her blue eyes. We bred her to our moonspotted Rosasharn buck, the philosopher Chomsky, looking for some moon magic!
**Blue Eyes Likely
***Moonspots likely
Babies born 4/08/22: One doeling; One buckling
- One gold and white doeling with moonspots (RESERVED)
- One flashy chocolate and white buckling (RESERVED)
Capra Salato GR Chimera
Sire: J-Nels BB Gun Runner (CH J-Nels DH Be Bop +*B x GCH J-Nels LY Holy Tara 4*M)
Dam: Capra Salato Corona’s Contessa (Wooly Dog Down Esimio Corona x Chenango Hills Phoebe 6*M)
Rosasharn Fromag’s Chomsky
Sire: Rosasharn PLW Will Shakespeare *B (Rosasharn Prince Liteningwhelk +*B x SG Rosasharn SH Sonnet 5*M)
Dam: Rosasharn EG Fromagina (Fall Creek Earl Grey x Rosasharn AX Katerina 6*M)
Siena + Chomsky
I sought out Siena for her Chenango Hills pedigree, and Chomsky is the Rosasharn buck I wanted forever. They made beautiful babies last year, with stunning moonspots. Combining again for more super moonspots!
**Blue Eyes Probable
***Moonspots Possible
****Red and Gold Color Highly Likely
Babies born 3/27/22: One doeling; Two bucklings
- One red and white doeling with blue eyes (RESERVED)
- One flashy gold and white buckling with moonspots and blue eyes (RESERVED)
- One gold and white buckling (RESERVED)
Capra Salato TW Siena
Sire: Capra Salato BluBayTwister (Wooly Dog Down Osimio Corona x AGS Swingin Tree Dorothy)
Dam: Chenango-Hills Phoebe 6*M (AGS Doe-Sy-Doe Fire FS Blaze x Chenango-Hills Gabriella 5*M)
Rosasharn Fromag’s Chomsky
Sire: Rosasharn PLW Will Shakespeare *B (Rosasharn Prince Liteningwhelk +*B x SG Rosasharn SH Sonnet 5*M)
Dam: Rosasharn EG Fromagina (Fall Creek Earl Grey x Rosasharn AX Katerina 6*M)
Rosie + Zydeco
Rosie is one of our most beautiful does. Every year she gives us some of the prettiest kids. The last two years were no exception, with dalmatian babies that were heartbreakingly gorgeous and so hard to part with.
We were so excited about our babies from this combination the last two years that we are repeating the breeding again with our super- buck, Zydeco. We are looking forward to more flashy kids this year from these two lovebirds.
Baby born 3/6/22: One buckling
- Flashy black and white random dalmatian with blue eyes (RESERVED)
(sadly, one deceased choc/white female… farm life 🙁 )
Blue Gate Briar Rose
Sire: CornerStone Farm Kitron (KangLi Ping x CornerStone Farm Ariel 1*M)
Dam: ASG Macguire’s Wiggly Girl (ASG Toby’s Macguire x Shere Country TUL Weigela)
Doubletree Zydeco
Sire: 3MBJ Goats Roc Courage (Wood Bridge Farm Rocky Road x Wood Bridge Farm Grace)
Dam: AGS Doubletree Hiddle-Dee-Dee (AGS Doubletree All Puckered-Up x AGS Doubletree Widdle-Dee-Dee)
Orisha + Sylvan
Most years we don’t keep any of our kids, preferring to seek out kids from other desirable lines to increase our herd’s diversity. Orisha was an exception: She is the daughter of Capra Salato TW Siena, who is a daughter of Chenango-Hills Phoebe. The Chenango Hills line is one of the first and most esteemed lines of the Nigerian Dwarf breed, with lots of champion dairy records. We got Siena already bred to a flashy cou clair buck from championship lines at Capra Salato in Maryland, so when Orisha was born, with the Chenango Hills pedigree, blue eyes, and cou blanc pattern, we knew she was a keeper! We bred her to Sylvan to see what kind of superstar silver kids we get!
* Silver Likely
**Blue Eyes Possible
***Cou Blanc or Cou Claire likely
Not Bred 2022; Kids Expected 2023
Capra Salato Orisha
Sire: Capra Salato The Perfect Storm (J-Nels BB Gun Runner x Zanzabeez Blusmokinhot Dblshot)
Dam: Capra Salato TW Siena (Capra Salato Blubaytwister x Chenango Hills Phoebe)
Flat Rock’s Sylvan Whisper
Sire: Dreahook SA Silver Key (Flat Rock’s Silver Arrow x Dreahook SS Royal Amethyst)
Dam: Susarrare Salix R Valhalla (Flat Rock’s HP Rchardlionheart +B x Flat Rock’s Valkyrie 1*M)
Valkyrie + Sylvan
When I saw the picture of Valkyrie, I put a deposit on a doeling of hers for the next season. By a strange twist of fate, I ended up with her instead of one of her kids, and she still takes my breath away! She’s pretty impressed with herself, too, but hasn’t seemed to convince the rest of the herd that she’s the Queen… yet. This year, we bred her to Sylvan to combine these two powerhouses to make super-kids!
*Silver likely
**Moonspots Possible
Babies born 2/28/22: Two bucklings
- One SILVER buck, looks just like papa with some blue tones! (RESERVED)
- One black and white random dalmatian buck- seems to have some small moonspots! (RESERVED)
Ole’Humble Acres R Valkyrie
Sire: GCH AGS Tiny Angels A Rustler +B (AGS Humbe Acres A Atreus x AGS Humble Acres T Valhalla)
Dam: Everland RB Rogue Fasse (Everland V Rebel Bass x Everland RC Chandelier)
Flat Rock’s Sylvan Whisper
Sire: Dreahook SA Silver Key (Flat Rock’s Silver Arrow x Dreahook SS Royal Amethyst)
Dam: Susarrare Salix R Valhalla (Flat Rock’s HP Rchardlionheart +B x Flat Rock’s Valkyrie 1*M)
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