Churchville, Virginia • Augusta County

2010 Breeding Schedule

All of the newborns for 2010 have arrived! -- five buck kids and one doe kid (see photos below).

2010 kids will be old enough and fit enough to leave the farm at eight weeks of age (around April 15, 2010). An earlier release date is possible, if the newborn is transferring to an experienced breeder with an existing herd and facilities to care for and bottle feed a newborn.

At eight weeks Swiss Kids will be weaned off the bottle, will have started eating grass and hay and very small amounts of good quality sweet feed and loose goat minerals.

Swiss Kids are tatooed, de-horned and vaccinated (CD-T for enterotoxemia and tetanus) by their adoption and release date. Buyer pays registraton and transfer of ownership fees for each kid adopted, if they want their new kid registered -- I recommend it. These are nominal fees paid to the American Dairy Goat Association (ADGA).

For health purposes and to encourage easy temperament and human bonding, we take all of the new kids from their mothers at birth and put them on an eight week bottle feeding program where they receive their mother’s milk. We have never had a case of Caprine arthritis-encephalitis virus (CAE) in our herd. Bottle fed kids are much easier to handle -- they come to you when called and love every bit of attention you can give them.

We do not ship kids or adult goats. They must be picked up here at the farm. Care must be taken when you transport goat kids. Travel is hard on young goats and can cause illness and even death when appropriate health and safety measures are not taken.

A seventy-five dollar ($75.00) deposit is required to reserve any future Swiss Kid in advance of it’s birth (i.e. 2010 kids). If the kid you reserve and hope for is not born, your deposit is refunded. At the time you make a reservation, you might consider making a first choice and a second choice. We reserve the right to keep any new kid for any reason -- If your selection is effected by our decision to keep a kid, you can make another selection, or your deposit will be refunded -- your choice. Payment in full can be made by check two weeks prior to pick up or with cash on the day of pick up.

Doe	Bred To	Estimated DOB 2010	Buck Kid	Doe Kid
Bobbi	Seabiscuit	February 16	$200	$350
Abbey	Seabiscuit	February 16	$200	$350
Sonador	Seabiscuit	February 16	$200	$350
Jelly	Seabiscuit	February 18	$200	$350

The 2010 Swiss Kids have arrived. Everyone is healthy and happy. From left to right: Hansel (SOLD) and Gretel --both out of Sonador, Wilhelm Grimm (Will) and Jacob Grimm (Jake) both out of Bobbi, Babe out of Jelly, and Rocky out of Abbey.

If you are interested in one of our 2010 kids or would just like to talk about our goats, you can contact us by phone at 540-886-5779 or email us at c3watts@earthlink.net

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Swiss Kid Dairy Goats
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