Reservations are FREE
Fall 2024 Breeding Schedule
10/25/24 - Gambit x P16 (Claim To Fame)
10/27/24 - Tiger Beat x Velvet Crown
10/28/24 - Tiger Beat x P50 (Veronica)
10/27/24 - Tiger Beat x Velvet Crown
10/28/24 - Tiger Beat x P50 (Veronica)
BUCK SERVICES
1. Driveway Service:
Stayawhile Farm does on occasion offer "driveway" buck service, HOWEVER, we are only going to be offering DOE KID ONLY SERVICE MEMOS for breedings to Nigerian does! Why do we do this? A significant amount of money has been spent not only on the purchase of some of our bucks, but also in shipping them to Washington, paying for CVIs and labs, DNA, biosecurity testing, and their care. When we spend $2500+ on a foundation buck, we are not going to offer $200 buck service and have the genetics that we've paid so much to bring to our herd undermined by local breeders getting a buckling for $200 that they can now use on their entire herd a few months after being born.
Driveway servicing requires that you keep track of when your doe is coming into heat so that you can bring her to be serviced by our buck for a same day mating. We do not offer overnight care or feeding due to concerns over biosecurity. I also work MWF from 3-9pm so service is not available during those times. If you choose to bring a doe for service, you will be given an ADGA service memo on the day that you bring your doe. All does brought to our farm must be in good health. Stayawhile Farm reserves the right to decline services at any time. If your doe does not settle with the first attempt at breeding, you can bring her back for a second attempt the next time she cycles to try again at no additional charge. PLEASE NOTE: only these listed bucks are available for buck service: Sheriff, Prince, Toby, Starman
Buck service = $200.
If you do not have a buck, it does help to have a "buck rag" (a cloth that has been rubbed on a buck to collect their wonderfully stinky aroma). This rag is best kept in a tightly sealed jar or plastic bag. You can present it to your doe on a daily basis to see how she reacts. Flagging (vigorous tail wagging), mucous discharge, extra vocalizations, swollen and/or extra pink lady parts, riding other goats, or allowing herself to be ridden by other goats, are all signs that your doe is in heat. Does need to be in standing heat in order to be receptive to the buck. Please don't assume you can just hold your doe still and hope that she gets bred. Does can be in heat for anywhere from 12 hours (unusual) to two or three days, with heats much more obvious during the fall, though Nigerians are year-round breeders. They usually come into heat every 18 to 21 days, though some have shorter cycles; if you have a doe coming into heat every five to seven days, that is called "short-cycling" and seems to be caused by either mineral imbalance or ovarian cysts. When this is happening, it is quite unlikely that the doe will settle. FYI: Fat does are harder to get bred. Plan ahead.
NOTE: In order to be fertile, goats need to have a good mineral balance in their systems, with the two most important minerals for fertility being copper and selenium. At a minimum, your doe should have a free choice loose goat mineral available to consume at all times. We prefer Sweetlix Goat Minerals mixed with loose kelp. Our goats won't consume enough of the Purina Goat Mineral to make a difference in their systems. A sheep and goat mineral will not do as there will be no copper in it (toxic to sheep), but goats MUST have copper. Even with a loose mineral available to our goats 24/7, we have found the need to supplement with copper bolusing and BO-SE (a selenium/vitamin E shot) at least a couple of times a year. If your doe has a rough terrier-type texture to her coat, the likelihood of her settling is much lower, as this is a sign of mineral (usually copper) deficiency. It has been my experience that weak heats are also a sign of mineral deficiency, and that as the mineral balance gets better, their signs of heat get much stronger. Another way to judge if your doe is mineral deficient is to look at her tail. Does she have a "fish-tail?" Also, if you compare pictures of her from when she was a kid to how she looks as an adult- is she significantly lighter than she was as a kid? A lighter, rough coat is also a sign of deficiency. If your gold kid is white as a mature adult, or your black doe is turning reddish-brown, there is a really good chance that she needs some extra minerals before you bring your doe to be serviced.
1. Driveway Service:
Stayawhile Farm does on occasion offer "driveway" buck service, HOWEVER, we are only going to be offering DOE KID ONLY SERVICE MEMOS for breedings to Nigerian does! Why do we do this? A significant amount of money has been spent not only on the purchase of some of our bucks, but also in shipping them to Washington, paying for CVIs and labs, DNA, biosecurity testing, and their care. When we spend $2500+ on a foundation buck, we are not going to offer $200 buck service and have the genetics that we've paid so much to bring to our herd undermined by local breeders getting a buckling for $200 that they can now use on their entire herd a few months after being born.
Driveway servicing requires that you keep track of when your doe is coming into heat so that you can bring her to be serviced by our buck for a same day mating. We do not offer overnight care or feeding due to concerns over biosecurity. I also work MWF from 3-9pm so service is not available during those times. If you choose to bring a doe for service, you will be given an ADGA service memo on the day that you bring your doe. All does brought to our farm must be in good health. Stayawhile Farm reserves the right to decline services at any time. If your doe does not settle with the first attempt at breeding, you can bring her back for a second attempt the next time she cycles to try again at no additional charge. PLEASE NOTE: only these listed bucks are available for buck service: Sheriff, Prince, Toby, Starman
Buck service = $200.
If you do not have a buck, it does help to have a "buck rag" (a cloth that has been rubbed on a buck to collect their wonderfully stinky aroma). This rag is best kept in a tightly sealed jar or plastic bag. You can present it to your doe on a daily basis to see how she reacts. Flagging (vigorous tail wagging), mucous discharge, extra vocalizations, swollen and/or extra pink lady parts, riding other goats, or allowing herself to be ridden by other goats, are all signs that your doe is in heat. Does need to be in standing heat in order to be receptive to the buck. Please don't assume you can just hold your doe still and hope that she gets bred. Does can be in heat for anywhere from 12 hours (unusual) to two or three days, with heats much more obvious during the fall, though Nigerians are year-round breeders. They usually come into heat every 18 to 21 days, though some have shorter cycles; if you have a doe coming into heat every five to seven days, that is called "short-cycling" and seems to be caused by either mineral imbalance or ovarian cysts. When this is happening, it is quite unlikely that the doe will settle. FYI: Fat does are harder to get bred. Plan ahead.
NOTE: In order to be fertile, goats need to have a good mineral balance in their systems, with the two most important minerals for fertility being copper and selenium. At a minimum, your doe should have a free choice loose goat mineral available to consume at all times. We prefer Sweetlix Goat Minerals mixed with loose kelp. Our goats won't consume enough of the Purina Goat Mineral to make a difference in their systems. A sheep and goat mineral will not do as there will be no copper in it (toxic to sheep), but goats MUST have copper. Even with a loose mineral available to our goats 24/7, we have found the need to supplement with copper bolusing and BO-SE (a selenium/vitamin E shot) at least a couple of times a year. If your doe has a rough terrier-type texture to her coat, the likelihood of her settling is much lower, as this is a sign of mineral (usually copper) deficiency. It has been my experience that weak heats are also a sign of mineral deficiency, and that as the mineral balance gets better, their signs of heat get much stronger. Another way to judge if your doe is mineral deficient is to look at her tail. Does she have a "fish-tail?" Also, if you compare pictures of her from when she was a kid to how she looks as an adult- is she significantly lighter than she was as a kid? A lighter, rough coat is also a sign of deficiency. If your gold kid is white as a mature adult, or your black doe is turning reddish-brown, there is a really good chance that she needs some extra minerals before you bring your doe to be serviced.
Reservations
If you see a planned breeding that you like and you would like to reserve a kid, please notify us which goat(s) you are interested in. Kid reservations are free. We will contact the people who have made reservations when the kids are born. Once you have been notified that a kid has been born, a $50 non-refundable deposit is required within 7 days in order to hold the kid(s) until pick up. A $100 deposit is required to hold adult goats. Kids are transitioned to the bottle by 10 days old so can leave at any time after that. We no longer hold kids until weaning. The reservation deposit will be applied to the total cost of the goat. Once the animal is reserved, you have 30 days to arrange for pick-up and finish paying for the animal unless other arrangements are made with us. If a reservation has been made and you simply change your mind about wanting it or you cannot complete payment within the 30 days of putting the deposit down, then your deposit(s) is forfeited. The next person on the waiting list will then be notified that the kid is available. With all breedings, Stayawhile Farm reserves the right for first choice kid, however, we always try to meet the reservations made by people. Please contact us if you have any questions.
We accept Cash, Cashier’s Check or U.S. Postal Money Order, Pay Pal and a Personal Check. Extra costs to buyer are shipping, crate charge, health certificate(s), additional lab testing, transport fees, registration if not done already and/or transfer fees. All kids are disbudded, tattooed prior to leaving with their new owners. Buyer will make arrangements to pick up goat kid(s) within 30 days of making the reservation. After the 30 days, a boarding charge of $3 per day will apply. Stayawhile Farm reserves the right to wether any buckling that does not meet our breeding standards and to sell a doe kid as a pet without papers if said kid does not meet our herd improvement standards. We are not responsible for any sickness, injury, or death occurring after the animal has left our farm, since we cannot control any stress, bio-security (hazard) and or management in their new environment. We cannot guarantee the show career or milk production of any animal. Please inquire if there is a particular breeding you are interested in.
Shipping: We can easily ship out of Seattle to anywhere in the US. Two 4-7week old kids can fit in one size #300 dog crate. Cost to ship averages $75-100 for crate, $100 for health certificate, Lab work (ie TB and Brucellosis) costs depend on the type of tests required for importation to your state, $300-$400 for flight, and $50 for transport fee to airport from farm. Periodically, we can help with transport down I-5 south toward CA or along I-90 heading east toward Iowa in the spring.
Helpful Links & Information
- FiasCo Farm - a great site for goat information of all kinds.
- Nigerian Dwarf Goat Association
- CRWRC's goat program - please consider donating a goat to someone in need
- Article on the benefits of raw milk: http://www.naturalnews.com/031586_raw_goats_milk_health.html#
- Information on Color Patterns and Color Genetics: http://www.nigeriandwarfcolors.weebly.com/
Services We Provide
Buck Service - $200 see buck page (scroll down past bucks)
Disbudding - $30 (Must bring bucklings within 7 days of birth and doeling within 14 days. Plan in advance!)
CD&T vaccinations - $10 per shot
Deworming - $10
Wethering- $20
Tattooing - $20
Hoof trimming instruction - $20
Cocci prevention/treatment (Toltrazuril) - $10 per treatment
Drawing blood - $10 per goat if you provide the supplies. $15 per goat if we provide the supplies.
Drawing blood instruction - $25 (30min). You bring the goat.
Disbudding
Stayawhile Farm uses a 1/2 inch Rhinehart iron to disbud kids. In order to prevent scurs, kids must be disbudded as early as 2-3 days if they are born with horn buds that are already erupting. Buck kids are all burned with a figure 8 pattern to prevent scurs. Buck kids must be done from 2 days to max 2 weeks old. Doelings can be brought from 7 to 21 days old depending on horn growth. Kids tolerate disbudding much better when it is done early. If you are thinking of having us do the disbudding for you, please let us know so that we can plan to get it done early. If you've purchased a kid at another farm and they develop scurs, the scurs can MAYBE be reburned depending on how bad they are.
CD&T vaccinations
2 cc usually giving at 4 wks, 8wks, 12 wks, and yearly after that. Can be given subQ or IM.
CD&T antitoxin
2cc giving IM or SQ. This is given to kids prior to disbudding if the dam did not receive a CD&T vaccination 4 weeks prior to giving birth to prevent tetanus. It is also used in conjunction with cocci meds on kids that have extreme cocci issues. There is some research that it can be helpful in an emergency abomasal bloat situation, however, please read the article on our helpful links about bottle feeding kids.
Deworming
We have on hand the following dewormers: Oral Safeguard, Eprinex pour on, Valbazen, Ivomec Plus, Zimecterin, and Cydectin. Both the Ivomec Plus and Valbazen can be used to treat for barberpole worms. Cydectin can be used to treat liver fluke. Valbazen and Cydectin should not be used on pregnant does.
Wethering
Stayawhile Farm uses the banding method to wether our bucklings. We have found that if it is done properly, it does not cause the kid much pain at all and is an easy way to guarantee that both testicles were done. We wether our bucklings between 7 weeks and max 12 weeks of age. Older bucklings will not fit in our bander and so cannot be done after that. Also, standard size kids need to be done at 7 weeks as they grow too large to fit in our bander very quickly.
Hoof Trimming Instruction
Trimming hooves is not a difficult job. However, if done improperly, your goat can develop hoof problems that effect their stance and health. Get instruction on how to do it properly from the start and never run into problems in the future. You are welcome to bring your goat to us for trimming if you don't have the proper equipment, if your goat doesn't stand well for you, or you just need to learn how to do it because you're new to owning goats. Please do NOT bring your goat to us if you have neglected hoof care for months and you suspect that your goat has hoof rot.
Cocci Prevention/Treatment
When the coccidia that are inside a goat's intestinal tract get out of control, they can cause damage to the GI tract which results in scours (diarrhea). All goats have some coccidia in their system. Coccidia only causes coccidiosis when their numbers become so great that damage is done to the host. Stress and poor sanitation are the primary causes for coccidia numbers to suddenly grow out of control. Coccidia have a life cycle similar to parasites. Older goats have built up resistance to the coccidia and are not usually bothered by them. Young kids and goats that are suddenly stressed are prone to problems with it. Many drugs such as Sulmet or Corid have been the go-to standard for both cocci prevention and treatment. These drugs, however, require a 5 day course of treatment that we find to be considerably time consuming and costly when you have 25+ kids on the ground to treat. They also do NOT kill the coccidia. The only drug that actually kills the coccidia is Baycox (Toltrazuril) which is what we now use if we cannot get scours to stop using ScourHalt. Toltrazuril is given only ONE time given as early as 2 weeks of age and then repeated every 2 weeks until weaning if needed. Please ask us if you have questions regarding our cocci prevention program.
Disbudding - $30 (Must bring bucklings within 7 days of birth and doeling within 14 days. Plan in advance!)
CD&T vaccinations - $10 per shot
Deworming - $10
Wethering- $20
Tattooing - $20
Hoof trimming instruction - $20
Cocci prevention/treatment (Toltrazuril) - $10 per treatment
Drawing blood - $10 per goat if you provide the supplies. $15 per goat if we provide the supplies.
Drawing blood instruction - $25 (30min). You bring the goat.
Disbudding
Stayawhile Farm uses a 1/2 inch Rhinehart iron to disbud kids. In order to prevent scurs, kids must be disbudded as early as 2-3 days if they are born with horn buds that are already erupting. Buck kids are all burned with a figure 8 pattern to prevent scurs. Buck kids must be done from 2 days to max 2 weeks old. Doelings can be brought from 7 to 21 days old depending on horn growth. Kids tolerate disbudding much better when it is done early. If you are thinking of having us do the disbudding for you, please let us know so that we can plan to get it done early. If you've purchased a kid at another farm and they develop scurs, the scurs can MAYBE be reburned depending on how bad they are.
CD&T vaccinations
2 cc usually giving at 4 wks, 8wks, 12 wks, and yearly after that. Can be given subQ or IM.
CD&T antitoxin
2cc giving IM or SQ. This is given to kids prior to disbudding if the dam did not receive a CD&T vaccination 4 weeks prior to giving birth to prevent tetanus. It is also used in conjunction with cocci meds on kids that have extreme cocci issues. There is some research that it can be helpful in an emergency abomasal bloat situation, however, please read the article on our helpful links about bottle feeding kids.
Deworming
We have on hand the following dewormers: Oral Safeguard, Eprinex pour on, Valbazen, Ivomec Plus, Zimecterin, and Cydectin. Both the Ivomec Plus and Valbazen can be used to treat for barberpole worms. Cydectin can be used to treat liver fluke. Valbazen and Cydectin should not be used on pregnant does.
Wethering
Stayawhile Farm uses the banding method to wether our bucklings. We have found that if it is done properly, it does not cause the kid much pain at all and is an easy way to guarantee that both testicles were done. We wether our bucklings between 7 weeks and max 12 weeks of age. Older bucklings will not fit in our bander and so cannot be done after that. Also, standard size kids need to be done at 7 weeks as they grow too large to fit in our bander very quickly.
Hoof Trimming Instruction
Trimming hooves is not a difficult job. However, if done improperly, your goat can develop hoof problems that effect their stance and health. Get instruction on how to do it properly from the start and never run into problems in the future. You are welcome to bring your goat to us for trimming if you don't have the proper equipment, if your goat doesn't stand well for you, or you just need to learn how to do it because you're new to owning goats. Please do NOT bring your goat to us if you have neglected hoof care for months and you suspect that your goat has hoof rot.
Cocci Prevention/Treatment
When the coccidia that are inside a goat's intestinal tract get out of control, they can cause damage to the GI tract which results in scours (diarrhea). All goats have some coccidia in their system. Coccidia only causes coccidiosis when their numbers become so great that damage is done to the host. Stress and poor sanitation are the primary causes for coccidia numbers to suddenly grow out of control. Coccidia have a life cycle similar to parasites. Older goats have built up resistance to the coccidia and are not usually bothered by them. Young kids and goats that are suddenly stressed are prone to problems with it. Many drugs such as Sulmet or Corid have been the go-to standard for both cocci prevention and treatment. These drugs, however, require a 5 day course of treatment that we find to be considerably time consuming and costly when you have 25+ kids on the ground to treat. They also do NOT kill the coccidia. The only drug that actually kills the coccidia is Baycox (Toltrazuril) which is what we now use if we cannot get scours to stop using ScourHalt. Toltrazuril is given only ONE time given as early as 2 weeks of age and then repeated every 2 weeks until weaning if needed. Please ask us if you have questions regarding our cocci prevention program.
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Nigerian Dwarf Dairy Goats
Poulsbo, WA
(360) 779-5608
Nigerian Dwarf Dairy Goats
Poulsbo, WA
(360) 779-5608