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Welcome to our newest endeavor - the Capra Lane Farm blog! Here we will share kidding updates and photos as they arrive,  notices regarding sales of kid and adult animals, showring results and general news from the farm. Beekeeping news and hints from our hives at Nikiforow Apiary, as well as info on goats milk products, from cheesemaking, to recipes to soapmaking. Your comments, stories and feedback are always welcome...

We have been raising registered purebred French Alpines, American Alpines, American Toggenburgs and American Saanens since 2007. We got off to a surprising and interesting start when we received our first goat, a Nubian wether, as a wedding gift! Since I was sure he needed a friend (or two...), within days we added twin French Alpine does to the farm. Luckily, my husband had some experience working on a large dairy goat farm while growing up in Grafton, and I am a big animal lover, so we adjusted to being ‘goat people’ rather well. A pair of bred Toggenburg does soon followed, and with plans for a new barn in the spring of 2008, we added two Saanen kids and two more Alpine kids to our small herd.

 

Since that time we’ve taken advantage of the many resources available, books upon books, our goat friends, yahoo goat groups, and dairygoatinfo.com, and have worked hard to keep a very healthy and happy herd. We try to attend a handful of Ohio shows each year with the help of family and friends.   

 

In 2011,  we will freshen 14 does in Jan-March.  All kids will be raised on strict CAE prevention, bottle-fed heat treated colostrum and pasteurized milk. All kids will be disbudded, tattooed, vaccinated and supplemented with Bo-Se prior to sale.

We are hoping to attend 5-6 regional shows this year, have our first linear appraisal session and to become more involved in our local organizations.

   
Please contact us for additional information, for kid reservations, visits and general questions at capralane@yahoo.com

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