Offer- Trade Goat Boarding for Goats

We may have to move out of our present house and rent for a while. In 3 years, we are building a new house, and I will want a few of my goats back. I would like to trade boarding of 4-6 Nigerian Dwarf does for about three years for ownership of the remainder of my herd, a guard llama, and all of their supplies.

Here is what you would receive:

• 6 Nigerian Dwarf does which you would keep, 4 of which are breedable, of these 4, 2 are trained milkers.

• 4 breedable Nigerian Dwarf does which I would want back in 3 years, but you would get to keep any of their offspring produced while in your care. 2 of these does are trained milkers, 2 are yearlings which have not yet been bred.

Of the 10 does, 5 are bred and due in March-April (see kidding chart below); 4 to a colored Angora buck (to produce Nigoras) one to a Nigerian Dwarf buck. I would ask to keep up to 2 doe kids from all of the kids produced this year (should be 10-15 kids total.) You would get to keep the rest of this year’s kids plus any other kids produced while the goats are in your care.

• 2 Nigerian Dwarf bucks.

• 2 unregistered but purebred from registered stock silver reverse badgerface Angora buck brothers

• One neutered, registered guard llama who can be haltered and led and loves the goats.

• A wide variety of supplies, including:

• Corral panels
• Dog runs
• Shelters
• Waterers
• Feed buckets
• Milking stand
• Dehorner
• Kid holding box
• Tattoo set
• Hoof trimmers
• Ritchey nipper for neutering buck kids
• Kid feeding supplies
• Halter and lead rope for the llama

What I would require from you:

• Must live in Southern California, preferably in San Diego County
• Must live in an area where country regulations allow livestock
• Must own property, not rent, and no plans for moving out of the county in the next three years
• Must presently own and breed goats, or have owned and bred goats for a significant amount of time in the past- aware of the work involved and the needs of goats
• Financially stable
• Signing of a contract to protect all of us
• Demonstration of adequate facilities
• Agreement that none of these goats or their offspring will be used for food, or sold to someone who will use them for food
• Must take all 10 does, the 2 Nigerian Dwarf bucks, and the llama (the Angora bucks and supplies are optional)
• Provide your own transportation for the goats and llama
• Allow periodic visits

More specifics:

• I would ask that the does that I want back not be bred to kid in 2010 (but you may breed them for kids at any time before then). I would be reclaiming them in approximately April of 2010 but reserve the right to claim them earlier if needed- I will give you as much advance notice as possible. I also ask that these does be bred no more often than once a year.
• If significant vet care not related to breeding is needed for any of the does I want back, I will pay for it.
• If one of these does dies from any preventable cause, I would reserve the right to pick a replacement doe.

About the animals:

See the individual web pages for each animal on the "Our Bucks" and "Our Does" pages.

Bucks-both are bottle-raised, easy to handle, and friendly

Foxcroft School’s Out for Summer- 4 year old buckskin and white, blend of Goodwood and Starbuck lines

Piddlin’ Acres Binkster- buckskin and white, very compact, has produced show-winning daughters

Does you would keep

Sunrise Farms RP Princess Jellybean- Small, compact chocolate doe with blue eyes.  Has kidded twice.

Bruno’s DH Miss Kitty- Our herd queen. Chocolate and white big, rangy doe. Has not been fertile here, although has kidded in the past.

Foxcroft Strange Magic- 4 year old mahogany buckskin doe, has kidded twice, trained milker. Bred to Bono.

Foxcroft Rescue Me- 5 year old buckskin doe, very friendly, has kidded four times but has problems if unattended during delivery, should not be bred again.

Foxcroft Twentieth Century Fox- 3 year old extensive white spotted doe (looks pure white). Has kidded twice. Trained milker with very high yield; has a lopsided udder from first year’s kidding. Bred to Bono.

Foxcroft Venus and Mars- 2 year old chocolate buckskin doe; will be a first freshener this year. Bred to Bono, daughter of Jellybean.

Does I will want back

Foxcroft Up on Cripple Creek- 2 year old buckskin doe, has kidded once, has been milked but not for long,  bred to Binky, daughter of Rescue.

Foxcroft Turn the Page- 3 year old black and white doe, has kidded once, has been milked but not for long, bred to Bono,

Foxcroft White Rabbit- 1 year old extensive white spotted doe, not bred, daughter of Fox

Foxcroft When Doves Cry- 1 year old roaned buckskin with blue eyes, not bred, daughter of Rescue.

Angoras

Foxcroft Bono and Foxcroft Usher- 2 year old brother silver reverse badgerface bucks, not tame, small with nice fleece

Llama

Murph- chocolate light-wool neutered male llama with white blaze, friendly but does not want to be petted, can be haltered and led, can be trimmed if in a chute. Loves the goats and is protective of them.

If you are interested in this offer, please email me and I will send you an application form. We are hoping to find a new home for the goats before kidding starts.