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WELCOME to my farm. My name is Vicki McGaugh, and I have bred and raised Nubian dairy goats, from a commercial dairy to my now smaller show herd, with milk and soap sales, since 1986. I started the herd as a young stay-at-home mom. Although the focus was as a small 4H farm, with the demand for milk and exports of dairy stock, and our love of showing, the farm grew quite large. As my daughters graduated from high school, went to college, and had children of their own, I stopped milking commercially and now keep about twelve milkers, sell milk locally, show a little, appraise, and soap. Click the soap button to see Nubian Soaps goat milk soap. I am located north of Houston, Texas, in the beautiful Sam Houston National Forest.
Herd health is of the utmost importance. I started feeding 17% alfalfa pellets when I became unhappy with the keeping quality of the local alfalfa hay. The milkers are fed grains, whole oats, barley, corn and a supplement pellet for more protein on the milk stand. I have worked hard on the mineral program for the milkers, which includes Bluebonnet's Tech Master Complete, containing kelp and yeast. Selenium injections are given twice a year to the adults and to infants at birth, and I copper bolus our herd twice a year.
New for 2012 and with CAE negative herd tests dating from 1998, I will be using raw colostrum and raw milk from my own CAE prevention raised milkers. I will pull at birth and raise on heat treated colostrum and pasteurized milk only kids with deposits from those asking for this special attention. I will still be raising kids on bottles and lambars. I take special care of worming and cocci treatments due to living in the south, using prevention on kids and fecal sampling adults. Since the onset of testing for CAE and culling back in the early 90's, I have not had any chronic or contagious health problems or diseases. The whole herd also tested negative for sub-clinical staph mastitis the last six years.
I ELISA CAE test colostrum on each doe that freshens here (PAVL), with many years of negative tests from (WSU) I use these labs mostly for sales now, when a customer asks for testing through them. I now use biotracking.com so I can blood test for CAE and for pregnancy at the same time each fall.
To place an order for animals for March please email or call. I am accepting deposits for the 2012 season, which will not only contain bucklings and doelings, but also some milkers. Because I have not shown or appraised in a few years all doelings and bucklings born will be $400. The young milkers for sale are an excellent choice for someone wanting nice clean does who are milk stand ready. Milkers come with their ADGA paperwork, a current CAE test, and are priced at $500. Another service we offer is our $100 soaking wet buckling sale, where locals or those willing to drive out, can pick up purebred bucklings out of our first fresheners for $100. They are sold with their applications of registry. Call and get put on the list, I do not take deposits on these bucklings. They must be picked up by the weekend after they are born. We do not ship these bucklings.
I am very excited to be using my new junior herd sire, Lynnhaven KB The Watchtower (Hendrix) once again Lynn Flemming of Lynnhaven Nubians came through for me with a simply wonderful buck out of her beautiful CH Lynnhaven FS Portia. I also purchased back Lonesome Doe Three Pt One Four (Pi) out of our lovely SGCH Saada Sweet Shoofly Pie 91EEEE.
Phone calls, e-mails or snail mail are always welcomed from those wanting more information, extended pedigrees, breakdowns of appraisal scores, or to just talk goats. Most photos will be of normally milked out does, and only show pictures will have more than 12 hours of milk.
A deposit of $100 will hold the goat of your choice. The deposit is not refundable if you simply change your mind. It is cheerfully refunded if I can not fill your order. I reserve the right to retain any kid that I need as a replacement. Shipping is easy via Houston Intercontinental Airport; flights are running in the $240 range, $35 for health certificates and $40 for kennels (I can purchase you one here or you can ship me one, your choice). A contract will follow your deposit that explains my guarantee in detail.
Vicki McGaugh
550 Dogwood Road
Cleveland, TX 77328
Phone: 281-592-3039
vickilonesomedoe@hotmail.com
vicki@lonesomedoenubians.com
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Always feel free to call, email, or visit my forum at dairygoatinfo.com Thanks for your interest in Lonesome Doe Nubians.
03/20/2012 CAE Test results for the milking string.
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