Our herd is comprised of all registered purebred French Alpine does, almost all from Munchin Hill stock. We currently have 18 mature does, 3 doelings and two bucklings and 4 mature bucks. We welcome close to 40 kids each season. We start taking orders for doe kids, buck kids as well as meat wethers in January. Call or email me for a chart of availability and prices. All but the few we will be keeping, need to be off the farm by early to mid March. I need the milk for cheesemaking and just don’t have the resources needed to raise that many babies well.
We test annually and our herd has always tested negative for CAE, Johne’s disease and brucellosis.
The goats are on multifaceted parasite management program that includes us of Bioworma – that utilizes a micororganism that feeds on the barber pole larvae to reduce pasture load, scheduled access to pasture, and immune boosters as well as selective breeding for parasite resistance. The girls are fed high protein hays – alfalfa, orchard grass/clover, and oat hay, a mixed whole grain ration during milkings, and free choice goat minerals and Icelandic Kelp as a supplement.
Munchin’ Hill Lilly was one of our two foundation does. She was a steady contributor to the herd and faithfully gave us three babies each year. Lilly lived out her full life, dying at age 19! A solid milker, Lilly is the namesake for our Chevre cheese – Lilly’s Chevre.
Behrmann Farm Patience was another of our early does who found her way into a special place in our hearts. She lived out her retirement years here on the farm, and passed away in 2021.
Munchin Hill Carte Blanche, another foundation doe is a sweet calm happy doe who steadily gave us14 or so pounds of sweet milk day after day. She, along with Munchin Hill Polly Vue are happily living out their retirement here on the farm.
Licorice is a solid black doe currently claiming the title of Herd Queen – and we retained a lovely little doeling from her this season. Licorice has been our most parasite resistant doe, so we are excited to pass on her robust genetics. Licorice leads our herd of 18 milkers – with three of the 18 dry for the 2024 season. Velvet and her daughter Calico, Anne Bolyne and Queen Isobella, are all from the line of Munchin Hill Alouette. Mercedes, Aspen, Cadillac, and Beamer are all offspring of Munchin Hill Carte Blanche. Cleopatra, Clarinet, Nellie Blye, Cygnus and Gemini are from our Munchin Hill Passion Line. Lark is a lovely doe out of Munchin Hill Polly Vue, Shortbread, another great milker with tremendous capacity and Sequin hail from our Munchin Hill Kava stream. Also in the milking herd we have a doeling that is a Alpine Nubian Cross Foccocia bringing our milking herd to 18.
We retained a doeling out of Clarinet by Caboose this year, a doeling out of Queen Isobella by Texas along with the doeling from Licorice also by Texas so are excited to see how they grow out.
Our Bucks include Lord Macbeth – out of Cadillac and Munchin Hill Eros, Munchin Hill Texas, Summit – a buck out of Aspen and Taurus (a Carte Blanche boy) and Caboose – Carte Blanche’s Last off spring and Casanova (Passion Boy). Retained for our breeding program this year include a boy out of Velvet by Texas and a boy out of Mercedes by Texas.