Welcome to Goat Valley!

2012 has started out pretty well, we have 3 does that have earned their milking stars: Sariah 3*M, Val 1*M & Ginger 1*M.  The matings pages have been updated & we will have some Nubian milkers for sale after kidding.

2011 has been a very impressive show season has kicked off our kidding season.  We were able to attend 3 spring show with a total of 9 rings.  Both Patchy & Cinnamon Cookie won
legs during the show in Pa. While Brooke won Grand Championship Showman and Outstanding Jr Youth! We then moved into the Fair shows, at the County fair Patchy won Best of Show, unfortunately the show wasn't sanctioned.  The year finished off at the State Fair, we took does in 4 breeds,

Alpine: Banana Nut, Nubian: Brooklyn, Ober: Brooklyn, & Recoded Grade: Donatella, the kids won each of the Jr Champions & Bariah won Best Jr Doe of Show.  In the Open Show Both Bariah & Brooklyn won Reserve Jr Champion while both Banana Nut & Donatella won their classes.  In Open showmanship Brooke won her class and was recognized during the Championship.

We also participated in both Lineal Appraisal and DHI testing.  Vinnie, Nell & Ginger all went Excellent!  As we start to dry does off this fall watch for those that have earned their milking start.

Both Brooke & Nathan also show Dairy Cattle, at the State Fair Brooke also earned a Master Showman ribbon in Dairy Cattle Showmanship & took her Misty to the All-American Dairy Show.  In the National Premier Jr Dairy Show she participated in the Jr Showmanship contest along with 107 other youths, she placed 5th OVERALL!

With all this unfortunately time was short and the website became out of date, it is currently updated with all new pics, because shows become busy, especially with 2 kids (the human kind) pictures didn't get taken, we finally dedicated a day to re-taking all the pictures, the does aren't clipped (much too cold the end of Sept) and the Does aren't bagged, hopefully next year will be better for pictures.  Mating will be comming as soon as they are finalized!

During the 2010 Brooke's Sadie won her first leg, at the County Fair Nathan won Grand Champion with Sweetheart, and Brooke with Sadie. State Fair honors not only included all entries winning Blue Ribbons, Brooke had the Reserve Champion Dam & Daughter with, next year Nathan will be old enough to join the Brooke at the "Really Big Fair". Both Sadie & Patchy earned their SG status.

The kids have also done very well in Showmanship along with countless 1st place wins in classes, Brooke won the Pa Youth show Jr showman class & Nathan was 1st in the first year showman class at the county fair.  Brooke earned Blue ribbon showmanship honors with her goat & calf at the State Fair!  Brooke went on to the All American Dairy Show & World Dairy Expo, earning Blues in showmanship at both!

At the County fair the kids show market goats, this year they did exceptionally well  Highly Commendable: Nathan & Commendable: Brooke!

WOW! What a summer 2009!  The show season has end we are counting up our ribbons, We finished Brooke's Nubian Buck Vinnie. 
 

First Brooke she decided she wanted a Nubian Doe to add too her zoo, thus Boo's Zoo was created.  Between her goats, Jerseys, Holsteins, Rabbits, & Market Pigs she has a huge collection. She is developing quite a show herd. 

Then came Nathan.  He wasn't happy when the grade doe I purchased for him a few years ago had a single buck. He needed a doeling to show.  He wanted nothing to do with the floppy eared goats. So Dinonate became the home of registered Alpines with the pointy ears he likes.

Then cousin Sarah decided she needed goats too.  She didn't like those floppy eared goats Brooke had so she talked her mom into buying her a Lamancha at the State Fair.  Sarah is the S in Ready SET Goats.  We still have Erika - she decided she liked the floppy eared kids. Ted hasn't establish his bred of animals, he does like pointy ear goats who knows maybe we can collect them all!  Their goats live in Arcade