Livestock
Horses
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Roosters Apache Tears "Baby Tears" Appaloosa mare, 6 years old, has had one foal. For sale
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Snowcap Rooster Registered Appaloosa stallion Sire of Baby Tears and Sage Advice Our mares are bred to him for 2010 foaling |
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R&R Ruby Royale Registered Appaloosa mare mother of Baby Tears DUE TO FOAL JUNE 2010 |
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2 of our Registered broodmares, half sisters "Brandy" on left, "Dixie" on right sired by World Champion Appaloosa TAXMAN Both are bred to Rooster for 2010 foaling
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"Dixie" and her 2009 stud colt "Payback" Payback is developing VERY well, we have kept him as a stallion prospect. |
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Sage Advice Registered Part-bred Arabian stallion 4 years old For Sale |
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Goats
La Mancha
Interested in a 2010 buck or doe kid? Place your tentative order NOW, as the does are due starting mid March, and if not preordered with deposit, all kids will be dam raised this season! La Manchas and Nubians.
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America, being developed in the USA in the mid 1900's, by Eulah Fay Frey. The unique look of the breed, with the tiny ears, and the
steady heavy milk production, combined with the ability to make a good
meat animal as well, has given this breed status among goat breeders
across North America.
We obtained our first La Manchas in 1974, when they were still a very new breed in Canada - the first La Mancha to come into Canada arrived in 1970. We promoted the breed at every opportunity. In 1978 we had the FIRST LA MANCHA IN CANADA to establish a proven milk record, earning her *P in 293 days, with 3.9% butterfat, and 2,411 pounds of milk production. In 1979 she also made her *M at a one day milking competition with 4.9kgs of milk in a 24 hour period. This doe, SLEEPYDALE KAY SE RA*M*P, is the foundation doe for our herd, and most of the La Manchas in our herd today are decended from this great doe. We breed for heavy milk production, show conformation, size, and dual purpose ability. We are stringent in our selection of new sires, and we do cull heavily. Each year we offer a limited number of doe kids for sale, and even more limited number of buck kids. La Mancha lamanchas lamancha goat goats dairy Lamanchas Lamanch |
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Capra Nova Illuminator reference sire producing lovely dairy does, with great conformation. Illuminator himself MILKS ... although we can't even get the cats to drink the milk, wonder why? We have daughters of Illuminator in our herd. COMPANEROS PIERRE -L40039-
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Capra Nova Cadillac reference sire 100% American breeding We have several daughters in our herd, and 2 sons HIGH-CALIBER ACES OVER EIGHTS
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| Bucks for 2010 kidding season |
| Capra Nova Keystone
RICH TAN, LARGE! 2008 BUCK SIRE: CAPRA NOVA CADILLAC DAM: CAPRA NOVA QUICKSILVER Does bred for spring 2010: Capra Nova Amazonia Capra Nova Nightmare Capra Nova Astrix
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Capra Nova Forevermore
SOLID BLACK 2009 BUCK SIRE: CAPRA NOVA DAM: CAPRA NOVA CHARCOAL Does bred for spring 2010: Capra Nova Latifa Capra Nova Hello Darkness Capra Nova Mirage Capra Nova Crab Nebula Capra Nova Night Vision |
| Capra Nova Mr Universe
BLACK, WHITE PATCH ON SIDE 2009 BUCK SIRE: CAPRA NOVA CADILLAC DAM: CAPRA NOVA MOON AND STARS Does bred for spring 2010: Capra Nova Quicksilver Capra Nova Silver Mist Capra Nova Mamba |
Capra Nova Arroyo
SOLID BLACK LATE 2009 BUCK SIRE: CAPRA NOVA KEYSTONE DAM: CAPRA NOVA CHARCOAL |
Nubian
| The Nubian is a well known, well accepted
breed throughout the world. Very distinct, with their long pendulous ears,
and prominent convex (roman) nose, they are also an excellent dual purpose
breed, being both heavy milkers with higher butterfats, and good meat
weights on kids. They are noted for being "vocal", they have
something to say about almost everything...something to consider when you
have neighbours. They are also the most colorful breed in general.
We obtained our first Nubians in 1967, lovely big spotted does, from our friend Jeanne Farron of Pixieland herd (now deceased). At that time we loved them, but felt the breed was too fussy for our farm, so they went back to Jeanne. For many years, until her death, Jeanne was an important friend to us, and we assisted her with her Nubians (and other breeds as well), at shows, for trimming, disbudding, "goat sitting" whenever she had to go away. We always admired her Nubians, and kept telling her that we would buy one or two again when we saw the "right" kids in her herd...which we did frequently and those kids she always kept in her herd! We started over with Nubians again in 1995. In 1996 we acquired a lovely young doe kid, Garden Gate Nightshade, from heavy milk and show bloodlines, and to this doe our herd now is all closely related, having daughters and granddaughters as well as cousins in our herd. We also have a very colorful herd, lots of spots and patches, which we like. Each year we offer a limited number of doe kids, and very limited number of buck kids. |
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GARDEN GATE ROYAL DREAM reference herdsire S.S.Sire:Cold Comfort Hawthorne USN578390 |
CAPRA NOVA AGE OF EMPIRES Junior herdsire This lovely young buck is strong, solid, with a lovely conformation. Sired 2 doe kids in Oct/09, both similarly marked, and even more level toplines! Anxiously waiting until we have daughters in milk. Sire: GARDEN GATE ROYAL DREAM |
Katahdin Sheep
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commercial Purebred Katahdin Sheep is bred for all the fine Katahdin breed
characteristics; the quality HAIR coat that fully sheds the winter wool,
the "mutton-free" tasting meat with lower fat content, their
fine mothering ability with heavy milk production, and the early breedback
ability. We also breed for color on our sheep, we love spots...although we
do not select on color over other necessary qualities. While we do
occasionally have lambs available for breeding stock, our focus is on
superior meat lambs
We currently have several bred ewes available for sale. This year we have them bred to a registered Charollais ram, super heavy meaty hind quarters...2009 lambs from same Charollais ram have had wonderful meaty conformation...we have retained several ewe lambs for our commercial meat herd. Please contact for info on the ewes we have for sale. *we also have 1 katahdin X Charollais ram lamb for sale, and 1 fullblood WHITE Katahdin ram lamb available.
We will have commercial lambs and meat lambs available in 2010, order early!
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Llamas
The Llama is a unique creature...able to survive at high altitudes amongst some of the harshest winter conditions habitable, able to be trained easily to serve man as a beast of burden, able to produce a fiber that not only can be spun into fine fabrics, but also sheds water. The Llama is a very special animal indeed. Let me list some of the positive and negative features below:
POSITIVE - the Llama has very low feed requirements compared to many other livestock...you can generally feed 2 adult Llamas the same OR LESS than 1 adult goat
-the Llama is generally a very hardy animal, requiring minimal vet care (if any)
-the Llama is able to take care of itself and protect other livestock that may be with it
-the Llama is LOW IMPACT, does not leave deep footprints or holes in the ground like cattle or horses, so is ideal to pack through wilderness terrain without disturbing the ecology of the area
-the Llama produces fiber that can be used in fabrics, knitted garments
-the Llama is not destructive to fences or farm buildings like horses and cattle can be
-the Llama is a very good mother to its' young
-and there are more positives that can be mentioned
NEGATIVE-the only downside to Llamas is...you cannot keep them in the cities, and you cannot have just ONE! They are like potato chips...you can't have just ONE! Even tho a Llama does NOT require one of its' kind to keep it company, many people keep several.
So what do most folks have Llamas for? I for one, have them because they are regal, peaceful creatures, and are relaxing to be around. Others keep them because they can shear the fiber and make things with it; as livestock guardians for sheep and goats; as companions for horses or other single livestock; and some still breed for the show market.
Almost anyone can work with a Llama, and work with Llama fiber. Coming soon - HOW TO USE A DROP SPINDLE . Check back to see how simple using a drop spindle to spin fiber can be!
And now, a tour of our Llamas
We obtained our first Llama in 1995, a lovely big white female. Was a bit of a "baptism by fire" I'm afraid.....she was in a pen with several other females and 2 males that were 2 years old...I questioned the owner about that, and was assured that "males cannot breed at less than 3 years of age", so for sure the female would not be pregnant. Well... we got her home, and I watched her, enjoyed watching her, as she interacted with my dairy goats. They treated her like a big goat, and she treated them like runty small Llamas, and every one was happy. After a while I began to suspect that she was pregnant - having bred livestock all my life, I could just NOT think otherwise. And I was right. The day arrived...and it was not fun. She was birthing a big cria, and it was stuck! We tried to get her to help her, but she was out to kill....so it took awhile to finally get a grip on her, without injury. Imagine, a BIG Llama making a huge production about a difficult birthing, very vocal and very much unhappy....and trying to get a grip on the cria to adjust it so it could be born...with the mother dancing all over the place. It was the longest 3 hours we had ever spent birthing livestock, but in the end, she delivered a huge male. Both were fine, but tired. Definitely not on the "to do" list for anyone with no livestock experience. And the rest is history....we loved the Llamas, so acquired more... and started raising a few.
Each year we raise a few crias (baby Llamas), and we do selectively breed for color, stamina, sound structure...fiber to us is not a high priority at this time, although we do have some lovely fiber animals in our herd, and raise a few excellent fiber cria each year. We are also working on breeding for large Llamas...we like things big around here. Our herd is now large enough that we can offer several Llamas for sale each year, and below are a few of our current offerings.
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AKIMBO is now coming 3 years of age (Feb), and has been showing guardian abilities. This lovely male is for sale, he is social, and has been gelded. $300 |
We also currently have for sale several yearling males, 2 dark bay,2
light appaloosa spotted, one very fine fibered darker appaloosa spotted
(Talon).
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GYRO Our current stud male, true black with white on legs, face and neck, densely fibered. All our females are bred for 2010 to him, crias should begin arriving in April 2010. Crias should have good heavy fiber coats from this male, we should have appaloosas and blacks. Please contact if you are looking for a young cria in 2010. |
We will have new crias born May/June, sired by Gyro, some may be available at weaning, enquire.