AppleJo Farms Nigerian Dwarf Dairy Goat Kids

AppleJo Farms ADGA Registered

Nigerian Dwarf Dairy Goats

The Nigerian Dwarf Dairy Goat Homestead: Breeding for kids with a higher potential of dairy length and depth of body as well as a capacious mammary system. These qualities produce in kids a higher potential for substantial milk quantity & quality and stronger kiddings when they become adults and reproduce.

47 Blue Ridge Dr.

Eldon, Mo

Goals at AppleJo Farms Nigerian Dwarf Dairy Goat Homestead:

Breeding for kids with a higher potential of dairy length and depth of body as well as a capacious mammary system. These qualities produce in kids, a higher potential for substantial milk quantity & quality and stronger kiddings when they become adults and reproduce.

Providing support before, during and after you acquire goats from us. We want you to succeed! On pick-up day, you will be invited to participate in our (no extra cost) new kid workshop, before leaving. We will teach you how to care for your new kid and how to trim hoofs, give injections, tattoo and castrate if you are getting a wether. Additionally, much education on the care of your goats will be given during this workshop. You will leave with much valuable knowledge of how to care for your new goats.

Who Is Bred For Early 2025 Kids Thusfar:

NOTE: We have at least 9 more does in the line up to be breed for Spring 2025 kids

MENDOTA ACRES ISLE OF SKY ROSE is Expected to Kid: Rose is expected to kid either Feb. 5th or Feb. 24th or March 16, 2025. Rose really puts milk in the jar!

Rose is bred to Tiny Hill Scots Tavish *B Buck Go to Rose's Doe page to see her Kid Reservation availability

Miniview Farm Juju's Jitterbug is Expected to Kid: February 19, 2025. Jitterbug (mega moonspots) is bred to FLAT ROCK'S BERWICKSHIRE CALLUM (silver/blue eyes/DNA tested best cheese making genetics) Go to Jitterbug's Doe page to see her Kid Reservation availability

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SG LITTLE HOOFPRINTS KONA*B Tavish-Tiny Hill Farm*DNA +DAR +DLT

1*M AR2017 LA2017

Kona is bred to *B Tavish-Tiny Hill Farm*DNA

Kona is expected to kid Kona is expected to kid Feb. 28, 2025, or March 22, 2025 or March 30, 2025 & has only waitlist openings remaining.

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Bright Farms MM Tigress Tigger is bred to

FLAT ROCK'SBERWICKSHIRE CALLUM. Tigger is expected to kid March 13, 2025. Go to Tigger's Doe page to see availability for kids.

NOTE: Flat Rock Farm is no longer breeding their silver goats thus having a Flat Rock Buck be sire to the buckling or doeling you purchase is huge, a limited opportunity.



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Mirikoza Farms Caity is bred to

PATS BLACK OAK FARM MCGIBBONY who is a Buck from:

Famous PD1718990 SG LITTLE HOOFPRINTS Kona.

Caity is expected to kid Feb. 26, 2025

Go to Caity's Doe Page to see availability for kids



6. TINY HILL TOBERMORY Elspeth PD2292178 is bred to

PATS BLACK OAK FARM MCGIBBONY who is a Buck from:

Famous PD1718990 SG LITTLE HOOFPRINTS Kona.

Elspeth is expected to kid Feb. 26, 2025

Go to Elspeth's doe page to see kid availability

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Rosasharn's WS Citrine PD2213843 is bred to Tiny Hill Scots Tavish *B Buck *DNA PD2292177 and is expected to kid March 6, 2025 or March 21, 2025. See Citrine's doe page for details and Reservations on her kids.



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Urban Acres SW-PS North Star PD2251564 is bred to FLAT ROCK'S BERWICKSHIRE CALLUM (silver/blue eyes/DNA tested best cheese making genetics)

Bred and expected to kid: March 22, 2024



9. N Goatfarm Udder'ly Classy D2021691 is bred to

PATS BLACK OAK FARM MCGIBBONY who is a Buck from:

Famous PD1718990 SG LITTLE HOOFPRINTS Kona.

Classy is expected to kid Feb. 22, 2025 or March 2, 2024. Classy's Reservations are full, she has Free Waitlist Openings still.



Did You Know?

AppleJo Farms offers Goat Transport for kids purchased by Homesteaders in Missouri and northern Arkansas. This affordable Transport service helps make it possible for many to purchase AppleJo Farms kids and pay a reasonable rate for us to Transport your kids directly to you at your Homestead.

We still encourage all who can make the trip to pick up your kids here at AppleJo Farm to do so as the Free Pick-up-Day Workshop is worth participating in. You will learn how to tattoo and give injections and hoof trim and fully care for your kids as they come home to your Homestead, at NO additional cost to you.

In fact, when you get your AppleJo Farms kids, you also get a Mentor as you navigate your way through the process of learning how to care well for your Nigerian Dwarf Dairy Goats. Caring for dairy goats is much more than providing feed and water, much more. You will need help. From my experience, rarely do you get this type of support when you acquire your goats from sale barns or breeders who do not have a well maintained herd of their own. Best advice: do not cut corners just to get some goats. And not all dairy goats of a breed are equal in how much milk they give either. You know that saying, you get what you pay for, that is almost always true with animals such as dairy goats too. Be wise, be patient, save the funds it takes to buy well in the beginning and all along the way, for your dairy goat journey to succeed. Questions: text first please 417-665-8996

3 Sires Will Be used for Breeding for our 2024 Fall Kids:

#1 Tiny Hill Scots Tavish is a *B buck and his sire is also a *B buck. Tavish is DNA confirmed & has ALPHA-s1 CASEIN A/A variants. A cheese maker! Tiny Hill Farm Nigerians have extremely competitive milking genetics, including two Top Ten does in 2020, 15 Elite goats in August 2023, 14 Elite goats in December 2023, and four ADGA Young Sire Development Program Qualifiers in 2020. AppleJo Farms owns 6 Tiny Hill Nigerians. We will have 3 Tiny Hill Does having babies this Fall. I highly recommend you make a Reservation or at least get on our wait list for these kids as they will go fast!

#2 PATS BLACK OAK FARM MCGIBBONY: son of famous LITTLE HOOFPRINTS KONA #1 in Top Ten MILK PRODUCTION (2130# of milk for the year) AND #1 in Top Ten Protein Production in the nation, 2021. DNA Confirmed. McGibbony also has ALPHA-s1 CASEIN A/B Variants. A and B variants are associated with a high content of alpha-s1 casein in milk. Milk with high levels of ALPHA-s1 CASEIN is said to produce a firmer curd in cheese making.

#3  FLAT ROCK'S BERWICKSHIRE CALLUM: This sire produces Nigerian silvers often as he is a SILVER CHAMOISE WITH BLUE EYES, is DNA confirmed AND has Alpha-s1 Casein A/B Variants associated with a high content of alpha-s1 casein in milk. As noted above, Milk with high levels of ALPHA-s1 CASEIN is said to produce a firmer curd in cheese making. NOTE: Flat Rock Farm is no longer breeding their silver goats thus having a Flat Rock Buck be sire to the buckling or doeling you purchase is huge, a limited opportunity.

2024-2025 Breeding Schedule

Make Reservations Now $200 each kid

Sign Up on Waitlist Free 1st come 1st serve

Contact: applejofarms@gmail.com

Text First: 417-665-8996

Annabel & Tavish Fall 2024 breeding (Flat Rocks Silver + Tiny Hill) silver color genetics + blue eyes possible + milk quantity + milk quality + superior cheese making

Doone & Tavish Fall 2024 breeding (Tiny Hill + Tiny Hill) superior milk quantity + milk quality + superior cheese making

Elspeth & McGibbony Fall 2024 breeding (Tiny Hill + Kona's Son) milk quantity + milk quality + superior cheese making

Callie & Tavish Fall 2024 breeding (Tiny Hill + Tiny Hill) milk quantity + milk quality + superior cheese making

Tigger & Callum Fall 2024 breeding

(Bright Farms/Rosasharn + Flat Rocks Silver) milk quantity + milk quality + superior cheese making + silver blue eyes color genetics

Star & Callum Fall 2024 breeding (Urban Acres + Flat Rocks Silver) silver, blue eye color genetics

Caity & McGibbony Fall 2024 breeding (MIRIKOZA/Dill's + Kona's Son) milk quantity + milk quality + superior cheese making

Indigo & Callum Fall 2024 breeding  (Mendota Acres + Flat Rocks Silver)= trifecta-excellence-Flat Rocks blue eyes superior cheese making buck and Blue eyes chocolate doe (see Indigo's page)

Ellie & Tavish Fall 2024 breeding (Mirikoza/Cedar View +Tiny Hill) milk quantity + milk quality + superior cheese making

Kona & Tavish -FALL Breeding ( Kona +Tiny Hill)= superior dam + sire milk quantity & quality + superior cheese making

Bella & McGibbony -FALL 2024 Breeding

(Kona's Son) multi-color genetics + milk quantity + milk quality + superior cheese making

Citrine & Tavish -FALL 2024 Breeding (Rosasharn +

Tiny Hill)  dam + sire milk quantity & quality + superior cheese making

Classy & McGibbony -FALL 2024 Breeding

(N Goatfarm/Dill's + Kona's Son) dam + superior sire milk quantity & quality + superior cheese making

Rose & Tavish- FALL 2024 Breeding (Tiny Hill) multi-color genetics+ blue eyes possible + milk quantity + milk quality + superior cheese making

Jitterbug & Callum -FALL 2024 Breeding (Flat Rocks Silver) moonspots + silver color genetics + possible blue eyes + superior cheese making

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Elspeth & McGibbony-Fall 2024 Breeding (Tiny Hill + Kona's Son) superior milk quantity + milk quality + superior cheese making

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Annie + Callum- Fall 2024 Breeding (double silver + blue eyes + superior cheese making)

Home of the Famous Top 10 Kona Milk Performance Registered Nigerian Dwarf Dairy Goat & many more from Top 10 performance genetics!

Welcome to our homestead, AppleJo Farms, nestled at the doorstep of the beautiful Ozark Hills and Mountains of Missouri. We welcome you to sample and purchase our most luscious and nutritious raw or pasteurized goat milk, whisked into being by our Nigerian Dairy Goats. We also offer farm-fresh eggs from chickens fed with select natural feed, a true delicacy of the Homestead.

We breed from ADGA Registered Top 10 Milk Performance Genetics and sell to Homesteaders at affordable prices. We believe everyone who is willing to work hard at caring for their herd, should have the opportunity to own quality milk producers.

CLICK ON KIDS FOR SALE!

SEND INQUIRIES TO EMAIL:

applejofarms@gmail.com or

Text me: 417-665-8996

2023 began DNA testing on all bucks and does we breed from here at AppleJo Farms and continues into 2024.

Why? DNA verification is a form of quality assurance for the selection of breeding animals. When you buy a kid from AppleJo Farms, you are getting exactly what their Pedigree says you are getting, no guessing!

NEWS:

From ADGA Jim VanDerlinde

Performance Programs Manager

American Dairy Goat Association: DNA RESULTS

Parentage and Genetic Marker results for PATS BLACK OAK FARM MCGIBBONY(ADG33279)
PATS BLACK OAK FARM MCGIBBONY PD2271962 qualifies as an offspring of LITTLE HOOFPRINTS KONA PD1718990 and PATS BLACK OAK FARM SAMSON PD2130910.
The DNA type for PATS BLACK OAK FARM MCGIBBONY(ADG33279) is listed as a permanent record or parentage tested and is now on file in the ADGA database

ALPHA-s1 CASEIN RESULTS for McGibbony: A/B

A and B variants are associated with a high content of alpha-s1 casein in milk. Milk with high levels of ALPHA-s1 CASEIN is said to produce a firmer curd in cheese making.

Phenotype: The gene underlying the production of alpha-s1 casein in goat's milk shows polymorphisms that affect the amount of protein and fat produced. Higher levels of alpha-s1 casein are associated with the best cheese-making.

Please read all about McGibbony, the offspring of famous LITTLE HOOFPRINTS KONA, who also is part of AppleJo Farms herd. Kona (McGibbony's Dam) is #1 in Top Ten MILK PRODUCTION (2130# of milk for the year) AND #1 in Top Ten Protein Production in the nation, 2021.
McGibbony is bred to Jitterbug and Classy thus far for the January 2024 AppleJo Farms kidding season. If solid milking and cheese production and correct confirmation are qualities you want in your herd, please email us to get on their waitlist or make reservations ASAP: applejofarms@gmail.com
Kona's Reservation list is already full, and we are taking Wait List applicants only, for her, at this time.

How Are Goats Available For Sale Here at AppleJo Farms raised?

AppleJo Farms milking routine is in full swing here at our brand new Dairy Barn Milking facility. In most cases we allow our does to raise their own kids, separating them from one another at night once the kids are eating solid feed and giving their kids a morning bottle. This provides plenty of milk for the farm family each morning and, we feel, produces healthier, much more human socialized kids. That being said, not all kids want a bottle. Thus we do not advertise our kids as bottle babies. We try our best to socialize all kids. Please know you will need to continue to work with them, to socialize them, when you take them home. It's the nature of Nigerian Dwarf Dairy Goats.

New Testing is being done on all of AppleJo Farms Goats. Each goats DNA is used to perform this very important test to find out what variants our milk contains of Alpha-S1 Casein

What is Alpha-S1 Casein

The gene underlying the production of Alpha-S1 Casein in goat's milk shows polymorphisms that affect the amount of protein and fat produced. This test detects variants known to be correlated with high and low production levels of alpha-s1 casein.

Phenotype: The gene underlying the production of alpha-s1 casein in goat's milk shows polymorphisms that affect the amount of protein and fat produced. Higher levels of alpha-s1 casein are associated with the best cheese-making, and research suggests that low levels may be associated with reduced milk sensitivities for some people.

Variants:

E, F, N = associated with low content of alpha-s1 casein

A, B = associated with high content of alpha-s1 casein

Questions always welcome!

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2024 AppleJo Farms'

Homestead Goals & News For the Season

I'm so proud of all of you Modern Homesteaders! People ask me why I have invested so much effort and money in such top quality goats when I don't show or put them in performance programs at this time. Here's the reason. The time and expense involved in participating in those excellent programs, will take away from accomplishing my chief goal & focus. This is to support Homesteaders like you! I want all of you who have the need for a highly productive dairy herd to be able to afford to buy them at a reasonable fair price and flourish under your care. To do this, I need to be here at AppleJo Farm tending to the daily needs of our herd and the Homestead, spending resources wisely. The results are worth it! Kids available from our breeding are robust, human socialized, with higher volume & quality milk production & show potential. All of that and more, available at an affordable price for many Homesteaders.

2023 was all about finding the very best genetics in specific Dams and Bucks which have an outstanding record in Performance Programs such as the ADGA Top Ten Performance Breed Leaders List. These are leaders in Milk Production, Butterfat Productions and Protein Production. Also, other Performance Programs and ADGA National winners have factored prominently in my search of bucklings and doelings to add to my new herd in 2023. We now have top milk performance does having kids available. Put your Reservation or Wait List request in now to be notified when kids arrive!

To be on a specific does kid Reservation list, a $200 per kid, non-refundable deposit needs to be made at the time you make your kid choices.

New for 2024: AppleJo Farms will be offering Goat Transport for kids purchased by Homesteaders in Missouri and northern Arkansas. This affordable Transport service will help make it possible for many to purchase AppleJo Farms kids and pay for us to Transport your kids directly to you at your Homestead.

We still encourage all who can make the trip to pick up your kids here at AppleJo Farm to do so as the Free Pick-up-Day Workshop is worth participating in. You will learn how to tattoo and give injections and hoof trim and fully care for your kids as they come home to your Homestead.

Just as promised:

Welcome AppleJo Farms new Herd Sire!

Black Oak Farms McGibbony!

McGibbony WAS Born Sept 23, 2022 at Black Oak Farm to the current #1 Doe Breed Leader ADGA SG LITTLE HOOFPRINTS KONA 2021 PERFORMANCE BREEDLEADERS:

#1 in MILK PRODUCTION + #1 in PROTEIN PRODUCTION

McGibbony is the last kid to leave Black Oak Farm as Pat Christopher has retired now.

More AppleJo Farms News!

New Herd Arrivals!

From Tiny Hill Farm in Milton Mills, New Hampshire:
PD2292180 TINY HILL ISLE OF MULL DOONE
PD2292179 TINY HILL GALLOWAY CALLIE
PD2292178 TINY HILL TOBERMORY ELSPETH
PD2292177 TINY HILL SCOTS TAVISH
Here's why I chose these Tiny Hill Nigerian Goats from does on the ADGA elite list, to be the foundation of the new AppleJo Farms Nigerian Dwarf Dairy Goat Herd:
"In 2022 we had ten does on the ADGA elite list. We’ve got dairy stars for days, and all our our bucks are *B with daughters, sisters, or both daughters and full sisters on test. We’ve got two ADGA Young Sire Development Program Qualifiers, and in 2020 we had two ADGA Top Ten does."

New to Goats? Need Help Identifying Goat Health Concerns & how to care for them? The Informational Pages Below are packed with must learn Goat Care. Feel free to print them off and to email me with questions: applejofarms@gmail.com

Nigerian Dwarf Dairy Goat Doelings and Bucklings For Sale

AppleJo Farms is an

ADGA Registered Herd Name

Contact me: 417-665-8996 by first texting.

ADGA AppleJo Farms Registered Nigerian Dairy Goats are also Registerable with the American Goat Society (AGS)

Member of American Dairy Goat Association
Member of American Goat Society
Member of American Nigerian Dwarf Dairy Association
Member of Southwest Missouri Dairy Goat Association

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