greenfire farm

Dairy Goats


Welcome to greenfire farm,located in the lovely foothills of the Appalachins in Southeastern Ohio,near Athens: home of Ohio University. This is our 4th year raising dairy goats. At the moment, we are raising Purebred Registered Nubians and have 1 Alpine wether in pack and harness training (We are interested in raising French Alpines also). Our herd currently totals 8 goats: 5 does (one is a baby just purchased from 4D's Farm), 2 wethers; and one young buck; no herd sires yet. Some of the bloodlines we currently have are Poverty-Knob, Kaczara-Farm, and Merri-Acres. Besides raising and selling dairy goats, we are getting into training pack and harness goats. Our other creatures around the farm include around 27 rare breed ducks (Indian Runners, Welsh Harliquins, Khaki Campbells and Silver Appleyards), which we also show; 2 rabbits and 2 cats.

Last year was a buck year for us; no does of our own, (I hope to have some improvement on that this year with 4 does bred instead of 2), but as of the last testing session in 2001, we are CAE and CL free. We vaccinate annually for Tetanus and Enterotoxemia and all kids are disbudded. As of yet, we are not on either DHIR or L.A., but hope to start both soon. Right now the only place we are showing at is the Athens County Fair,as our chidren are in 4-H; but in the coming year we most likely will be traveling to several shows in our region. Please e-mail me, call or write if you have Nubians or Alpines for sale in Ohio or are interested in buying kids.

We bred all our does late in the fall so our first kids are due around April 7 this year. Greenfire Frosty's Poppy, my favorite doe, was first in her class at the fair and freshened at around 8 pounds a day (with a nearly perfect udder) as a first freshener. I expect great things of her this coming year. By next year I will probably have 1 or 2 fully trained pack wethers for sale also.


This site is still under constuction and I will be adding pictures of our does (as soon as we get the scanner fixed!), as well as more links and a sale page. The "Personal Page" currently is still being worked on, but you can check out the goat-oriented links and the does' pedigrees. There is also an information page for anyone who is getting started in goats, is thinking about it or is just interested in learning about these wonderful animals. Sorry, but the info page is not yet finished! I will be adding lots more stuff to this website soon, so keep checking back! Oh well, the goats want their supper, so I guess I'd better go(or else they'll probably tear the barn down!). Hope you enjoy your visit!

Links

My Personal Page

An Introduction to Dairy Goats - Facts & Info

The Does


You can e-mail us, or contact us at:


greenfire farm
2767 State Route 56
New Marshfield,OH 45766
USA
(740) 664-4028

This site last updated 1/10/02

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