We live just North of Owosso on the family farm, which was established in 1874 by Eric’s Great Grandfather.  The farm is a Michigan Centennial Farm.

Of the 240 acres we use about 30 for our goats and three Appaloosa horses.  We grow our own hay and hope to someday grow some of the grain that we use.

We enjoy flower gardening and growing our own vegetables.  We also keep a few chickens that supply us with fresh eggs.

Our first goat was actually a wether.  The Clinton County 4-H folks will tell his story for years to come. Eric purchased him for the bargain basement price of $740.00 at the Clinton County fair in 2002. Yes, that’s right, $740.00 for a wether!

The little guy, named Cruise, won Grand Champion Market Goat that year. Annie Brock, the daughter of a very dear friend, had raised this little guy and we were all quite attached and were sure that he was going to be sold and eaten. So, Eric decided to rescue him

Unbeknownst to Eric, he was bidding against a bank. Needless to say, the bank gave up, Eric won and we found out later that the bank was going to give Cruise back to Annie anyway, they didn’t want him, it was just for advertisement.  So, Cruise was renamed Pete.  Pete became a huge, spoiled rotten fellow, that took up space, ate a lot, and YES, we loved him. 

Our next purchase was two young does in September of 2003, and the rest is history. We bred both those does that fall to Karen Ibarra’s buck, Bolt, and got 5 kids. We have only bought two more does since then.

In 2006 we purchased a really nice looking buck, PDGP Half Moon from P&Ds Goat Palace, in Albion, Michigan. Moon’s” first crop of kids hit the ground in the Spring of 2007.  We are happy with his performance. He is a nice looking paint and has a great personality. We have very high hopes for Moon’s offspring.

Our herd consists of both traditional and paints and we are dabbling just a bit in crossing our Boer bucks with Nubian does and Nubian percentage does.