Eriphos Farm

 "Where Every Animal Is Special"

Goats

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We began raising goats in 1997 when Teri, our youngest child, was found to be allergic to cow's milk. We started with a grade Alpine/Nubian cross doe who was an excellent milker. Our next addition was a registered Nubian buck, The Schenck's Sir Napoleon Jr., who became our foundation herdsire and can still be found on our Nubian does' pedigrees. After acquiring Junior, we began raising purebred registered and percentage Nubian goats. We hand-milked the does and bottle raised all kids. When Junior died, we bought a new buck, K-Judel Mighty Nero, a nephew of Junior's. Nero can also be found on many of our does' pedigrees. Due to changes in the goat market and with our older children out of school and into college, we found that we did not have the time to direct attention to our dairy goats and switched our focus to Boers.

We currently run a small herd of does. We focused on Fullblood show stock for a few years, but with Tora in vet school, we decided to switch to a more self-sustaining herd. Our does are mainly commercial and percentage girls, but we always use a Fullblood buck. We are concentrating on raising show wethers for Teri and are trying to create a herd of goats that thrive on less hoof care and deworming.

Pets

Minnie (not for sale)

    Minnie is a dwarf pygmy doe. She was born May 5th, 2004. She is a caramel headed white. Minnie serves no purpose on our farm other than a great pet. She weighed 1.7 lbs at birth and was a triplet to normal sized sisters. She had to be tube fed for a week and lived in our house for a month. She is now about 14 inches tall and a fat 35 pounds. She has been spayed. She is our resident pet.

Serious Crush

Crush is a December 4th, 2009 wether, bred by Lazy Raven Ranch in Woodhull, IL. He is out of Serious Damage *Ennobled* and is a grandson of Collateral Damage *Ennobled*. He was one of Tora's market wethers for the 2009 season.