***We are disease free herd.***
All our senior goats are tested annually by the lab for CAE, Johne's, checked by our livestock vet for CL, and tested every three years for TB & Brucellosis by our livestock vet and the lab.
Please contact us if you would like to see the actual results, we are happy to send them to you.
Our farm policy towards breeding
We believe that especially mini breeds such as Mini Nubians are in the extremely small community. Therefore, unlike the trend in goat breeding world and livestock breeding world, we AVOID LINE BREEDING at Opus 7 Farm as best as we can in order to keep our goats as healthy as they could be.
**Opus 7 Farm is excited to be your goat mentor free of charge.
We are very good at match making for your homestead, farm and ranch needs. Please ask if you have any questions for your herd. We could even ask other goat breeders to do match making for your needs.
All our senior goats are tested annually by the lab for CAE, Johne's, checked by our livestock vet for CL, and tested every three years for TB & Brucellosis by our livestock vet and the lab.
Please contact us if you would like to see the actual results, we are happy to send them to you.
Our farm policy towards breeding
We believe that especially mini breeds such as Mini Nubians are in the extremely small community. Therefore, unlike the trend in goat breeding world and livestock breeding world, we AVOID LINE BREEDING at Opus 7 Farm as best as we can in order to keep our goats as healthy as they could be.
**Opus 7 Farm is excited to be your goat mentor free of charge.
We are very good at match making for your homestead, farm and ranch needs. Please ask if you have any questions for your herd. We could even ask other goat breeders to do match making for your needs.
About our bucklings
At our farm, not all the boys who were born as bucklings would stay as bucklings. We look at each boys with several factors that should stay as bucklings or not.
We look at genetics, breed characters, improvements from dams and sires, personalities, and some icing on the cakes.We do not want to over fill with so-so-grade bucks in the Mini Nubian community. We try our best to provide the high sire quality bucks only to be kept intact.
Our bucklings are all bottle trained while they are with dams during the day. They learn how to behave as goats and what to eat & what not to eat from dams. Because they are bottle trained, they already understand that humans are nice and lovely. Our bucklings are very friendly and will follow you like puppies and enjoy your compony while knowing how to be goats.
Because our bucklings will carry our herd name, we, Opus 7 Farm will give their registration names. We price our bucklings according to what we were able to improve as well as our special service.
At our farm, not all the boys who were born as bucklings would stay as bucklings. We look at each boys with several factors that should stay as bucklings or not.
We look at genetics, breed characters, improvements from dams and sires, personalities, and some icing on the cakes.We do not want to over fill with so-so-grade bucks in the Mini Nubian community. We try our best to provide the high sire quality bucks only to be kept intact.
Our bucklings are all bottle trained while they are with dams during the day. They learn how to behave as goats and what to eat & what not to eat from dams. Because they are bottle trained, they already understand that humans are nice and lovely. Our bucklings are very friendly and will follow you like puppies and enjoy your compony while knowing how to be goats.
Because our bucklings will carry our herd name, we, Opus 7 Farm will give their registration names. We price our bucklings according to what we were able to improve as well as our special service.
What is included with the purchase of O7F bucklings?
Current CD&T shot
(He will need 2nd CD&T shot around 12 weeks old)
Coccidiosis prevention with Deccox
Probios
Fortified vitamin B complex
Disbudded or polled
Tattooed
Freshly trimmed hooves
Collar
In order to adjust to your feed slowly for healthy rumens,
a couple of days amount of
-Hay,
-Goat feed
-Goat milk
We provide “Welcoming Your New Goat” packet with
MDGA registration will be applied once full payment is received. Depending on the timing, you will receive the registration paper which is already transferred to your ownership when it's ready.
Parents’ health tests results,
Parents’ G6S test results,
Signed purchase agreement,
Signed Bill of Sale.
Extra goat health posters
We guaranty their friendliness and good health before the departure.
For out of states buyers, we will help providing CVI from our vet with your expense.
Current CD&T shot
(He will need 2nd CD&T shot around 12 weeks old)
Coccidiosis prevention with Deccox
Probios
Fortified vitamin B complex
Disbudded or polled
Tattooed
Freshly trimmed hooves
Collar
In order to adjust to your feed slowly for healthy rumens,
a couple of days amount of
-Hay,
-Goat feed
-Goat milk
We provide “Welcoming Your New Goat” packet with
MDGA registration will be applied once full payment is received. Depending on the timing, you will receive the registration paper which is already transferred to your ownership when it's ready.
Parents’ health tests results,
Parents’ G6S test results,
Signed purchase agreement,
Signed Bill of Sale.
Extra goat health posters
We guaranty their friendliness and good health before the departure.
For out of states buyers, we will help providing CVI from our vet with your expense.
Pending
Dam:
Blackberry's BSN Opera Diva *D (Queen x Nick)
|
Sire:
Opus 7 Farm CJ Korsakov M
(Cadenza x Jackson) |
What do you do BEFORE bringing your first goats to your herd?
First of all, you need to know this!
Goats cannot live alone. They are herd animals so they need at least 2 goats preferably around the same age. When you start planning to bring your goats to your place, you need to prepare your new goats' living space.
1) Goat shed/ house without draft but with good air circulation.
2) Nice bedding on the ground
3) Safely fenced outside area
4) Water bucket, loose mineral feeder, safe hay feeder
5) Bottle feeding set
6) Basic medicine
7) Goat vet's contact number
8) If you can, have a mentor who can answer all kind of questions
That's basically all you need to have to start with. You can purchase most of these things at your local feed stores.
I will break things down to explain:
1) Goat shed/ house without draft but with good air circulation.
Goats hate being wet. They need to be out of rain or snow. So you will nee to think about long winter months that they be stuck inside the shed. From there, think about the size of the shed for your place. They could catch cold if there is a draft. make sure there is no draft.
In the hot summer, they will need a good circulating air. That means, the shed has to have a way to be able to open and get nice fresh air.
2) Nice bedding on the ground
Goats wee and poop a lot. They wee and poop everywhere. Their contaminated ammonia smell could trigger sickness easily. So it's important to keep the bedding clean and smell free.
Bedding needs to be absorbent and easy to clean. Also needs to be cheap.
We like using wood shavings on the dirt floor with sprinkles of PDZ.
3) Safely fenced outside area
Goats love the other side of the fence. Period. It's always greener the other side of the fence. They poke through their head somehow to reach out and get stuck often. In order to prevent this kind of tragedies, your fence openings need to be small enough that their head cannot go through.
Goats are pray animals. They even don't have upper front teeth! So we need to protect them from predators that your area might have.
For examples: We placed electric fence around the perimeter. We also have a guard llama to watch for coyotes.
4) Water bucket, loose mineral feeder, safe hay feeder
Goats need fresh water everyday. They drink often 24 h a day. I like to put several buckets full of fresh water and clean twice a day for them. Goats need specially formulated goat minerals. It should be "loose" not a block. Goat mineral has copper in it. Goats need copper for their body. (Lamas and sheep don't need copper) Goat mineral feeder needs to be high enough so their poop won't go in to spoil it. As we discussed about fencing, goats like to get into small spaces and get easily stuck. We have heard so many sad stories with non- goat-proof- hay-feeders.
No net hay feeders. No medium opening hay feeders. A hanging hay feeder could be dangerous.
Round bail feeders need to be securely supported. Goats need hay 24h. You will top up the hay feeder twice a day.
5) Bottle feeding set
It would be very convenient to have several sets so you don't become bottle cleaning mistress.
https://opus7farm.weebly.com/bottle-feeding-for-kids.html
6) Basic medicine
It is so hard to find knowledgable goat vet near you. Worse, goats are like little children. They get sick or have emergencies right at the most inconvenient times!
So it's important to educate ourselves to be a good protector for them.
I created a page for my medicine cabinet in this website. Pink colored ones are we use quite often.
https://opus7farm.weebly.com/medicine-cabinet.html
7) Goat vet's contact number
As I have mentioned above, goats get sick or get into trouble at the most inconvenient time.
It's important to have a vet who is knowledgable about goats as your big supporter.
Make sure to line up a vet and keep the # handy.
8) If you can, have at least one mentor who can answer all kind of questions.
This is one of the most important things I have learned being with goats. We learn so much from experiences. If you can find a mentor who could walk through any questions and concerns, you would feel so comforted. Try to find great mentors!
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What do you do AFTER bringing your first goats to your herd?
Check the paperwork from our farm in the
"Welcoming Your New Goat Packet”
-Make sure that goat is healthy by checking his
-FAMACHA,
-Temperature (between 101.3-103.5F)
-Skin condition,
-Nose
-Urine & Feces
Give free choice of water,
loose goat minerals,
our hay / your hay : 8 / 2 ratio for the first day
Bottle milk at the right time
1/2 cup of our goat feed + sprinkle of your feed
Nice absorbent bedding,
Draft free, nicely air circulating shed
(You can quarantine him as well)
Examples of transportation
Please make sure to send us the planned transport setup photos to be agreed by us before the transport.