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Angora Goats for Sale

Fall 2011

We import registered white & colored Angora bucks every two years to expand the

gene pool in Maine for base breeding stock for Angora, Cashgora, & Pygora goats.

Our current buck lines are from Missouri, New York, and Virginia.

Our Colored Angora Goat Breeders Association Herd ID is FFF and our

USDA Sheep & Goat ID is MEX 0020. If you acquire animals with these ID's we are

the flock of origination and can provide you with additional information about the animals.

Indigo	Registered black doe kid from Virginia buck & Maine doe.	$300
Isis	Registered brown doe kid from Virginia buck & Maine doe. SOLD	$300
Isabella	Registered black doe twin kid from Virginia buck & Maine doe.	$300

Rabbits

We raise rabbits for pets and meat. Over the years we have been "playing" with a variety of crosses aiming for easy handling, quick growing, hardy, vigorous, and interesting colored rabbits. Our current breeding stock includes Satin, Creme D' Argent, Californian, and a specialty 5 way mix doe (she has some Flemish Giant and it shows in the ears) . The rabbits are fun, easy, and a great source of meat and pleasure.

For sale: Meat Breeding Stock - Bucks & Does - $20 each

Draft Goats

Our first draft goat was Yin - the first colored kid born on our farm in 1995. Although we thought he was going to be a breeding buck we discovered he had an undescended testicle. We couldn't part with him, but he had to have a job to earn his keep - he became the Public Relations goat by being trained to pull a cart at fairs and festivals.

Since then we have had a variety of goats trained to pull in harness and in yoke. Currently we have a buck team pulling in yoke, a single in harness who is beginning to ground drive and a pair of Boer/dairy cross does beginning in yoke. Hopefully, next summer I will have at least a pair (maybe two) driving a cart. Since Angoras are small I never had goats big enough to drive - finally I do so it's onto the next step!

Anyone interested in using goats for draft - especially in Maine and New Hampshire - for fun, work around the farm, or for exhibition is welcome to contact me. Below is a list of resources I have gathered with links to various sites for more information.

Draft Goat Resources:

Equipment

Hoegger Goat Supply

http://hoeggerfarmyard.com/xcart/

Halters, harnesses, wagons

K-9 Carting

http://k9carting.com/

carts, shafts, team poles

Dog Works

http://dogworks.com/store/

lightweight single & double trees/levelers

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