Free State Growers

01/06/2020

An active kidding week closing out 2019 and opening 2020.

09/29/2019

The last of the 2019 kids for sale.
2 white doelings (born May) 7/8 Myotonic, 1/8 Boer
1 black/white doeling (born Feb 2019) 3/4 Myotonic 1/4 Boer

02/07/2019

Happy Days!

02/03/2019

Mama's final touch before showing off a new kid.

02/03/2019

Free State Growers

Keeping our information current on both sites.

https://www.fsgfarm.com/

Located in Virginia's Northern Piedmont, Free State Growers raises meat goats, poultry, fowl and bees for production using best management practices to promote animal welfare and soil health. Our market goats are crossbred Boer, Kiko, and Myotonic to pro

02/03/2019

A dipped navel, cleaned up by Mama and ready to nurse again under the heat lamp. Early hours for Dolly's Doeling #1.

02/03/2019

Kidding Round Two started this morning. Three quarter Myotonic. A tri-color doeling and a brown and white buckling.

01/21/2019

Free State Growers

Just updated https://www.fsgfarm.com/

Located in Virginia's Northern Piedmont, Free State Growers raises meat goats, poultry, fowl and bees for production using best management practices to promote animal welfare and soil health. Our market goats are crossbred Boer, Kiko, and Myotonic to pro

01/08/2019

Kidding season has begun with Darla's two bucklings!

12/27/2018

Free State Growers's cover photo

12/27/2018

Free State Growers's cover photo

12/27/2018

Updated photos for 2019. Expect first kids within 10 days.

12/27/2018

Free State Growers

Been updating the website getting ready for 2019 kids. https://www.fsgfarm.com/

A small farm located in Virginia's Northern Piedmont region raising meat goats, fiber goats, layers. The meat goats are crossbred Boer, Kiko, and Myotonic to create a low maintenance goat for the humid

12/16/2018

2 new additions to the farm. Faith and Hope from Faint Away Farm.

03/27/2018

Another batch of kids are being weaned and available for sale. 2 males and 5 females. Sire is Shemp - a registered myotonic and dams are pure Boer or Boer/Kiko cross.

04/11/2017

2017 Kids

04/11/2017

Kids for sale! 10 weeks. Myotonic/Boer Cross. 3 doelings, 3 bucklings.

04/10/2017

Kids for sale! 10 weeks. Myotonic/Boer Cross. 3 doelings, 3 bucklings.

03/17/2017

The 2017 kids have arrived.

03/30/2016

Hog - Bred Large Black (Devon) Sow

She is ours, can be yours. http://winchester.craigslist.org/grd/5514363507.html

Large Black sow. Two years (+) old. Weighs 450-500 lbs. One-time farrow. Bred back and due in May. Sire and litter pictured. https://www.facebook.com/Free-State-Growers-138852822851182 I cannot hold...

03/29/2016

American Guinea Hog Boar

He is ours, can be yours. https://winchester.craigslist.org/grd/5514337862.html

AGH Boar (with papers) previously part of breeding pair for sale. I cannot hold him after receiving first inquiry. First come, first buy. https://www.facebook.com/Free-State-Growers-138852822851182/

02/28/2016

What a weekend, we sold or received commitments on every goat we were selling - even the one with mastitis. All are going to people who want them for their herd, none are going to market!

02/22/2016

Housing for mama-does and kids lit up at night with heat lamps.

02/22/2016

Meat Goat Does & Kids - We Got 'em

Does and kids for sale. http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/nva/grd/5458730232.html

It's been a good kidding season, 10 so far. We've sold several but there are still does and kids available. Our mama-does and their kids are cross bred for vigor, Boer for muscling and disposition,...

02/07/2016

Spent much of the weekend repairing the charged, high tensile fence. Thirty-four inches of snow broke many (many) insulators. We learned too that the charger stopped working and required replacement. Four new ground rods and one, maybe two more to go will improve the fence's functionality considerabley.

02/07/2016

This weekend, buyers stopped by to purchase two bottle babies (their dam wasn't producing milk) plus one more from a set of triplets. Two other people stopped by to buy a package: dam and her two nursing kids.

01/31/2016

Tim's decided to build up his Pecs.

01/31/2016

Four does and nine kids in the kidding barn. Two born last night in pasture need a little extra help staying warm.

01/31/2016

Now three weeks from weaning the piglets are re-introduced to the drove. Their sow wants nothing to do them so they need a home of their own where they can come and go but slip beneath the gate to get away. Mama-sow is amazingly fast and nimble when she wants to keep them away.

01/26/2016

Still plenty of snow on the ground but babies come when babies decide. These are about two hours old.

01/24/2016

. . . and we awoke to a light dusting of snow.

01/10/2016

Day One of weaning - January 10th 2016. Two gilts and three barrows. Devon - Guinea Cross. $75 each.

01/10/2016

Taking advantage of a warm day in January.

12/24/2015

Setting ground rules for getting along: "If something smells bad it has an odor; it is not fowl smelling - okay? If one us is less than courageous at the sight of at the fox, that is being timid - not chicken - understand?"

12/24/2015

FSG partners with Maryly-Made Yarns and Fiber Goods. Orders taken for wool hand-dyed using plants and flowers grown on the farm. Accessory ready made products available too. https://www.etsy.com/shop/marylymadeshop

12/08/2015

Six piglets, Devon-Guinea cross. They'll be weaned and available to buy in early January. A good animal for homestead and homes school farms. Both breeds are characterized by gentle dispositions. Guineas are known for hardiness, Devons (Large Blacks) for pork quality and taste. Both the boar and sow are pasture raised. Mama is seen here in a farrowing hut that she can leave or return to when she wants.

11/07/2015

Nine months old - Boer/Kiko cross. Easy handler, used to people $200.

11/02/2015

Forty pounds of Tom Turkey backed down by a five pound rooster. Sometimes you just have to understand that some beings are simply . . . sensitive. Of all the poultry around the place the turkey is my favorite - I have a stew pot just the right size for a bully rooster. Have another rooster too, don't need two.

11/02/2015

Meat goats getting nudged out by fiber goats; a new FSG enterprise: fiber colored with dyes made of natural items: nuts, berries, flowers . . .

11/02/2015

Should have approximately 300 lbs of pork products back just before T-giving. Very likely too that the remaining gilt is expecting meaning 8 - 12 piglets, perhaps on T-giving day. Those will be Devon/Guinea cross, bred to be docile and a little smaller than a registered Devon. Good hogs for homestead families with limited space and children working with or around the hogs.

10/29/2015

We're selling several meat goats: 4 bred does, 4 doelings, a Myotonic buck and Myotonic/Kiko/Boer buckling to make room for other animals arriving at the farm. The mama goats are due to kid in Jan/Feb 2016. Let us know if you are interested in purchasing one or all of the goats.

06/18/2015

Good thing we put clean water in for her to drink.

02/12/2015

Going to see the Farmland Movie on Feb 24th to support Fauquier FFA. 7:00 pm in the Fauquier High School Auditorium

02/08/2015

We're striving for a Boer, Kiko, Myotonic mix: the Free State Goat - a meat goat with good mothering qualities, efficient size, and good parasite resistance. We're not there yet so we'll have Boer/Kiko does and kids for sale this year (2015).

02/08/2015

Three sets of twins in the first round; three more does for late Spring.