Critterhaven Farm Breeding Schedule
Updated 2-23-10
We are finished with kiddings until Spring 2010. At that time most kids born, doelings and bucklings, will be sold. If you wish to be on a particular kidding reservation please email. Once listed the kids usually go fast especially the doelings.
PRICES SUBJECT TO CHANGE AND ARE POSTED ON NON KIDDED DOES FOR ESTIMATES ONLY. Once a doe kids and the price is posted, that price goes into effect and is firm.
All kids will be kept here at the farm until at least 12 weeks of age unless you have bottle raised before and prefer to get your kid after they have received mom's colostrum.
All of our registered babies are AGS/NDGA registered and will be sold registered. You will only have to fill out the transfer paper. Therefore we will be naming the kids unless you notify us that you have a name you wish to use.
All registerable doelings will be retained, then we will evaluate and offer bucklings to the individuals who have expressed interest on our yahoo group. Do not expect kids to be available long term. This season looks to be exceptional and by the response I imagine we will sell out quickly. Our bloodlines are truly unique and exceptional this year with some of the oldest and best lines around.
ALL BABIES EXCEPT WETHERS WILL BE SOLD REGISTERED IF FROM REG. PARENTS. YOU HAVE THE OPTION OF HAVING YOUR WETHER REGISTERED OR NOT. A REGISTERED WETHER CAN STILL BE SHOWN. HE JUST CANNOT BREED.
These dates are approximate. My Yahoo Farm group will be notified first of any kids as soon as they are born, then within a week they are posted to the other groups and on various places on the internet.
We reserve the right to retain any kid at any time up til the time it is picked up for the future of our herd. Absolutely NO baby will be sold until it is determined it is fit to go to it's new home.
You can verbally reserve your choice of breeding at any time but no money will be taken until the kid is actually here. Upon evaluation of said kid you will be notified of availability of the breeding of your choice. At that time a 50% non refundable deposit is required to hold your baby until pickup and at that time the remainder of the balance must be paid by CASH only at time of pickup at the farm.
Babies MUST be picked up within 2 weeks of them being able to be sold. In other words if they are weaned at 12 weeks you have til they are 14 weeks to pick them up. No holds past the two week mark. If for some reason the baby has to stay here due to your circumstances, a $2 per day feed/board charge will apply.
If a buyer wants a vet check, testing, or health certificate, this can be done in advance at the cost to the buyer. Our goats are guaranteed to be healthy upon the sale of the animal. We cannot guarantee the health of an animal once it leaves our possession. Please understand that a move on a new kid is stressful, and be aware of the problems that may arise once you get your kid home and be prepared for every possibility at that time.
We are only raising Nigerian Dwarf goats now, and no longer raise mini Nubians.
Our babies are dam raised if at all possible. We do however provide the dam raised babies with a special milk formula or their dams' milk in one bottle a day for a few weeks in order to more socialize them and in case of emergency allow them to know what a bottle is. Our babies are handled daily, removed from the herd at night, and in the morning returned to the herd. This allows them to still like people but also be a goat, and it gives the moms a rest overnight! We believe it is important that they have the herd mentality, even the bottle babies.
All of our pregnant dams are given CD/T and Selenium shots one month prior to giving birth. The kids receive a CD/T vaccine at disbudding, then again two weeks later. We treat at 2 weeks old with Baycox as a precaution, then again at 2 weeks later and every 2 weeks until they are 12 weeks. Further treatment may continue if we feel the need. We will tattoo them prior to the sale. The moms are also dewormed after they give birth. All bucklings still intact at 12 weeks will be wethered unless being retained in our herd or an exceptional potential for a herdsire.
Our Herdname is now the same with NDGA and AGS: CritterKidz
And with AGS it is CritterZFarm
Prior to 2009 it was NDGA = "Critterhaven" and AGS = "CHaven"
All kids will be registered as such with each registry. All registereable kids will be named prior to leaving the farm and registry papers (if in hand) given to new owners with transfer forms. This is to insure all of our registerable goats are registered in a timely manner and it will also save you the fee of registering said animal.
BE - Blue Eyed Retained Reserved Polled ND-Nigerian Dwarf SOLD Available
Backgrounds in grey means doe has kidded
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Auralia-ND
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Lancelot (P)
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June 20, 2010 |
All doelings retained Polled possibleReservations now |
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Paris-ND BE
Will breed her to Spot Spring 2010 for fall babies, then retiring
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Lancelot (P)
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Spring 2010 |
One Doeling retained BE possible Polled possible Reservations now |
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Boogie-ND Mix (nonreg.)
Will breed her fall 2009 for spring 2010 kidding
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Spring 2010 |
Reservations now being taken |
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Sierra- ND
Will breed her fall 2009 for spring 2010 kids
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Spring 2010 |
BE possible Reservations nowbeing taken
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Storm- ND
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Kidded Feb. 23, 2010 |
Kidded with twins, stillborn buckling
Doeling retained CritterKidz SS Tinkerbelle A2
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Crystal BE ND
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Lancelot (P)
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June 2010 |
BE possible Polled possible Reservations now
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Lady ND
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Lancelot (P)
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Spring 2010
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All Doelings retained Polled possible Reservations now
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Esther ND
Will breed her fall 2009 for spring 2010 kids
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March 24, 2010
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All Doelings retained BE possible Reservations now
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Ruby (non reg.Nubian)
photo courtesy of Suns Wakin Up |
Infinity J/K Ko-ach (Nubian)
photo courtesy of Suns Wakin Up |
April 12, 2010
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All Doelings retained Reservations now
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Iggy BE ND
Will breed her spring 2010 for fall 2010 kidding |
Casper BE Polled
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Fall 2010 |
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Breaking Dawn - ND
Will breed her fall 2010 for spring 2011 kidding |
Casper BE Polled
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Spring 2011 |
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Ella (non reg ND)
Will breed her fall 2010 for spring 2011 kidding |
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Spring 2011 |
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Hannah Montana - ND
Will breed her fall 2010 for spring 2011 kidding |
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Spring 2011 |
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Eclipse - BE ND
Will breed her fall 2010 for spring 2011 kidding |
Casper BE Polled
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Spring 2011 |
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Polly - BE ND
Will breed her spring 2011 for fall 2011 kidding |
Casper BE Polled
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Fall 2011 |
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Magic (non reg. ND/Nubian)
Will breed her spring 2011 for fall 2011 kidding |
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Fall 2011 |
No money will be taken until a baby is born. You will be notified as soon as a baby of your choosing is born and at that time in order to reserve your baby you will need to pay at least 1/2 down. Reservations are first come first serve based on the date of the call or email and as to which breeding you would like a baby. If you reserve babies and then do not follow thru on purchases up to 3 reservations your future reservations status will be eliminated. Only those who follow through on purchases will be allowed to continuously reserve.
Do NOT insult me by offering lower than the prices listed. We spend time AND money with our babies and our breeding animals and do not sell below average stock. There are plenty of flea markets and sale barns in the area with fair to average stock for you to purchase at low prices. Our animals are carefully monitored for disease, do not come into contact with other goats, and are medically treated if necessary for any and all illnesses. We pay anywhere from $300-$400 for our breeding does and bucks at initial purchase. Therefore we feel very confident with the pricing of their kids. Sorry to be so firm, but we've had buyers offer $50 for a triple reg. doeling before. We will not accept such offers for our quality stock, whether registered or non registered.
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I have too many people emailing me so I do not keep a want list for people. If you want to be notified of when babies are born or be first to know, then you need to join the group. They are given first choice on what is born. A few days after I post to my group I then post to the general public of availability of babies.
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