NUMOOR FARMS

 UPDATED 24 July 2010

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Welcome to our farm! We proudly maintain a herd of Nubian, Nigerian Dwarf, and Kinder goats. We breed for quality udders, production, and breed standards. Our Kinders have been started with top quality Nubian and Pygmy bloodlines. Our Pygmy's have good size, history of easy kidding, and excellent structure. We are proud to have these qualities passed on to our Kinder kids. 

Herd health is our #1 priority. We believe in feeding only the best feed and hay. We fecal our herd at least twice a year and test for CAE biannually. Our herd was one time tested for Brucellosis, Q-fever, and Toxplasmosis before we started milking. Those tests will only be repeated if illness presents itself. We do not test for CL since the blood test is not reliable. We have never had an abscess and we only purchase from abscess free herds that we trust. 

ALL goats are given yearly CD&T immunizations. Kids are started on their series of three CD&T when they are about 10 weeks old. Since we feed our kids 100% goat milk they get immunity from the milk until they begin eating more solids. We recommend anyone buying from us start their CD&T at 6 weeks of age for their goatling's protection. Kids are given a tetanus antitoxin when they are disbudded just for added safety.

After much research we decided our herd would benefit from copper bolusing and BoSe injections. The amounts of each given are not enough to be toxic but they do help maintain herd health and help ensure the health of our kids. We start bolusing and BoSe at 6 months of age . We also provide complete & chelated minerals since they are better absorbed by the animals. Our minerals also contain AC for our bucks. Beware of minerals with a red tint to them. They may have so much iron they block the ability to absorb copper so it becomes useless. Good minerals, like good feed, aren't cheap.

All our goats are free fed a mix of alfalfa and coastal/brome hay. All goats get between 1-3 pounds a day alfalfa pellets depending on their size. Youngsters are fed meat goat pellets until they are about one year old or until they are 60 days in to their first breeding. After researching we feel that the meat goat pellets we feed offer not only cocci prevention, but offer a complete dietary meal for our youngsters & a bit more AC for the growing bucklings. The does in milk are fed a 16% dairy grain mix. It is top dressed with BOSS and calf manna for those who need it. Granted, this feeding regime isn't the cheapest but we have seen some excellent growth in our kids and our dairy does maintain their weight even while milking over 8 pounds a day.

Our milk is tested monthly using the CMT. All our kids are raised on CAE prevention and are socialize quite a bit. They start off in the house for their first few days of life before graduating to kid pens in their barn.  They follow us around the barn while we do chores, go for short walks all over the property, and get to meet the dogs, rabbits, and chickens. All kid pens have playgrounds, spindles, and crosswalks so they get to improve their agility, balance, and just have fun playing. Kids are on milk until they are 4-5 months old. Yes it requires a lot of work but we find the physical/emotional growth to be worth the effort.

We bottle raise all our goatlings and spend a lot of time with them so they are social and very easy to handle. All their milk and colostrum is heat treated even though our herd is healthy. Since does can test negative several times before converting we aren't willing to take any risks with our kids...and potentially yours. The kids are bottle/lambar raised for reasons other than just heard health. Having lived with dam raised goats, and visited herds who dam raise, we find the bottle babies are friendlier to ALL humans. Yes, dam raised kids can be friendly to their owners but our experience is that they are shy when it comes to strangers. Our personal feelings are that goats are prey animals so they are naturally cautious of any potential predator. Some dam raised kids can be  just as friendly as bottle babies, but our experience is that they are few and far between. Since all of our goats have the potential to end up in dairy herds we want them to enjoy all humans not just us. Who wants a milk goat you have to chase down and drag to the milkstand? In our experience it is to easy to miss health issues until they are advanced if the goats avoid human contact. Our bottle babies are taught manners just like any goat. They are taught to love and respect humans so they will lead for anyone, accept/enjoy attention from all humans, and we feel all babies being sold will easily transition in to their new herds.

We also have a few show and meat pen rabbits of various breeds. Our chickens, ducks, and geese round out our farm by producing eggs, keeping insects down, and entertaining us. Oh, let's not forget the mealworms we raise specifically for the chickens!

We're so glad you stopped by!

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