Last Updated 04/23/2009

Hi, welcome to Home Groan Acres (HGAS is our registered herd name). We breed and raise Nigerian Dwarf Dairy Goats! Home Groan Acres is located in Salem, Oregon, which is about sixty miles south of Portland, Oregon. Home Groan Acres is just outside the urban growth boundary, where we have just over seven acres. Since we are not raising Nigerian Dwarf Dairy Goats to show or milk for human use, we work toward breeding them to meet the standards of the breed for others to show or to produce milk. To achieve those goals Home Groan Acres has\is formed(ing) our herd, with animals from established herds that breed for show and milk.

We have had our Nigerian Dwarf Dairy Goats since April of 2006 and still have much to learn. However, I have learned the following:

A herd of goats resembles a group of people. Some won’t shut up and there are others that never say a word. Some are bullies, others are wimps. Some you have a hard time getting next too, others you can’t scrape off of you and most of the time you can’t figure out which way you like it best!

Kidding used to mean telling a joke. Now it means sleepless nights and trying to make yourself remember your biology course… which of course is a failure just like the class was when you took it. You see where most other breeder’s say that they are present at all births. You wonder how you will ever get that done because you remember that you did not make your own kids birth. So you come up with the idea that you will bring the doe into the house and put your recliner next to the pen so at least you can say you where present for the birth and hope no one asks you if you were awake.

It is suicide to walk in a herd of goats, especially Nigerian Dwarf Goats. The best you can hope for is to shuffle your feet.

Lastly, I have learned that humans are never ever smarter than these goats!

Home Groan Acres hopes you will enjoy your trip around our Nigerian Dairy Goat Farm.

Please feel free to contact us at 1-503-589-1921 or the e-mail button at the top of this page with any questions or comments.

 

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