I have always loved goats. They were my favorite animal when my family visited petting zoos growing up. It was always just a dream for me to be able to have one of my own. When I found out that our 4-H group had a goat club I begged my parents to let me join and just have one goat to show for 4-H. They finally gave in and my dream became reality. My very first goat, Chaos, was bought in March 2003. I loved taking care of him but he was lonely staying in the barn alone and would repeatedly jump a fence that was about five and a half feet tall just to get to me. It was decided that Chaos needed a friend and so that’s what I did. Not only did I buy him one friend, but two, Skittles and Big Red.
I enjoyed showing these three goats all summer. I learned however, that if I kept raising and showing goats, then I wanted to purchase some does that I could have produce babies for me to raise myself and show. I bought five commercial does and went from there. After talking to several different goat producers and not being completely satisfied with the quality of my kids born from these does I decided to go all in and purchase some higher quality does to hopefully help improve my herd.
With the assistance from Leon Werner, Kenwood Farms, Sunman, IN and Lillian Kinsey, Lily’s Wildwood Boers, Sadieville, KY, I got a start with good genetics and my love of raising and showing fullblood Boers began.
After nine years of raising goats I strive through the use of artificial insemination to use the does that stretch back to most of my original stock and improve my herd every year. I have a herd of long, feminine does that I try my best to improve upon every year to be more competitive in the show circuit.
