Swampy Knoll Farm

05/29/2022

We opened up a brand new pasture for the goats. It took some convincing to get them down the new long alleyway. They were happy to have new brush and grass to eat.

05/29/2022

Atley wants to think he is a lap dog…

05/29/2022

The dogs and goats like to help when we move the chicken pen that is in their pasture.

05/29/2022

The meat chickens are getting big! It is fun to listen to them learn to talk.

04/23/2022

Mini Sannen/Nubian doelings born 3/29. Sannen/Nubian dam and Nigerian Sire. Millerton PA

04/23/2022

Mini oberhasli babies born 4/3. The one with the white on her head is a doeling the other is a buckling looking for new herd. Oberhasli dam and Nigerian sire.

04/02/2022

Flopsey and her 2 girls are doing well. Got them out with the herd for few minutes this am but the babies were not impressed with the electric fencing.

04/02/2022

Meat goat babies looking for new home. Born 1/21/22. White is a male(40#) and brown a female(32#). The dam is a boar/Nubian cross and the sire is a sannen. They are eating hay and grain and we are just starting to wean them from mom.

03/31/2022

Here is a video of the babies jumping around the aisle way

03/31/2022

Flopsey (saanen/Nubian doe) had two baby girls on Tuesday. This is her first time kidding and when I fed her dinner she didn’t look close so i left her in the main pen. A few hours later we heard some baby sequels and when we went out there were 2 new babies running around the pen and Flopsey looked a bit surprised at what had happened. We put her and her babies in one of the kissing pens and she has taken right to being a mamma. Both babies will be looking for a new farm. They are sannnen/Nubian/Nigerian crosses so should stay small.

02/12/2022

We have 4 meat goat babies. They are 3 and 5 weeks old and already over 18-25 pounds. (Born 1/8 and 1/22) The 2 by the hay manger are looking for a home. They are boer/saanen crosses.

01/12/2022

Babies are doing well. Mamma has been struggling so we have been bottle feeding them. They certainly know who brings the food and are very friendly.

01/08/2022

The first kidding of the season is always the hardest. You forget how it should all go and try not to get involved too soon. We were lucky today. We waited a long time to help out and ends up the baby was backwards and bent in half so his side between his ribs and his butt was trying to come out first . I was able to get him readjusted and pull him out backwards and amazingly he and his brother are both doing well! Boar/saanen crosses.

07/19/2021

Sale pending: Millerton, PA: Mini saanen female born 4/18/21 (sannen dam and Nigerian sire - both ADGA registered) looking for a new herd.

05/01/2021

Sold: This bonded pair of lawn mowers are still looking for a pet home. Cinimin and her wethered son Cumin would make great pets. Grade Nigerian dwarfs (Millerton, PA)

05/01/2021

We moved the meat goat babies to a new pen and they are enjoying their own bale of hay. Not the best way to serve it up but works for the few months till fair.

05/01/2021

Hope was happy to have the fresh grass too!

05/01/2021

We let the does out in the “chicken pen” to mow down the grass. This is where we put the meat chicken tractors each spring and the best grass on the farm! The meat birds ar going out on it this weekend so wanted to give the does a chance to trim it down.

05/01/2021

Sold: We have 3 saanen/Nigerian babies looking for homes. One doeling with red collar and two males. (Millerton, PA 16936)

04/09/2021

Edited: we decided to keep them to take to fair as our market goats

Boer/sannen cross males (and a female not pictured) still looking for new homes.

04/09/2021

Yesterday was a busy and somewhat stressful day on the farm. Lucy had a single doeling around 2:00. She was a big baby and we had to help her out. Lucy wouldn’t settle down and was talking and panting and pacing all night. She would quiet when we went in and yell once we left. Talked with the vet and goat mentor. Gave banamine and vit b and probios. She settled down over night and mom and baby are doing well this am.

Around 2AM Nessie had 2 bucklings. She was in the maternity ward and her mamma Nelly helped clean the babies (I was not sure if that would lead to a bad situation with them both trying to claim the baby-anyone have experience with that?) mom and nannies are in their own pen now and all doing well

All 3 saanen/Nigerian crosses will be available.

04/03/2021

Mother/daughter pairs in the maternity ward. Nelly and Nessie and Lila and Lucy. The relationships between the does in our herd continues to amaze me. These mother/daughter pairs lay with each other at night in the barn. One of these mammas (Lila) is retired but we still put her in to keep her daughter company.

I am really looking forward to seeing what Nelly has as we bred her to Luke who is also out of Lila. Lila scored great at our linear appraisal a few years ago but we had to retire her after issues with ketosis and triplets that really affected her body. We learned a hard lesson with Lucy. She was one of the triplets and we didn’t feed her grain through her first winter. She was still small this fall when we wanted to breed her so we chose to breed her to a Nigerian so she would have smaller babies. I am excited to see what she has too!

04/02/2021

Sold: Recent dairy goat babies. Lilac and baby are looking for a home together. Crezzie is available and Cecelia might be available with her.

04/02/2021

4 boer/saanen crosses (Vickey is the only female). All weighed in between 22-27 pounds at 4 weeks. Looking for a new home...would make a good 4H animals.

04/02/2021

Babies first time out with the herd

04/02/2021

Hope rolling in the snow.

03/31/2021

Iliac (mini Nubian) had one doeling last night. She looks just like mom and they are both doing great. Mom and baby will both be available.

03/29/2021

Meat goat kids playing

03/29/2021

Maggie was acting as baby sitter for the meat goat kids this weekend. They are growing well and weight 20-30# each at 4 weeks. They are available. One doe and 3 bucks.

03/29/2021

Cecelia had one doe today. Mama and baby are doing well. This doeling will be available.

03/13/2021

Fixing fence...and baby goats

02/23/2021

Today was a busy day! Both meat goats had their babies at lunch time! Daisy (green collar with white spot on her head) had 2 bucks and Vivian had a doe and a buck. They were all 8-9# babies! Luckily Brett is still working from home so he and the kids were here to help the mammas and I watched them on the barn camera from work lol. The babies are boar/saanen mixes and are available.

02/11/2021

Snow Flurry. ADGA registered saanen doe. Born 5/2017. Bred to a registered Nubian buck and due 4/4. CAE cL and johanes negative herd. Located in Millerton, PA (north central PA).

01/13/2021

Tonight Cole was up in the hay loft getting ready to throw down a bale of hay. I was waiting in the pen to move some of the the flakes to the other feeders. I had to laugh as the girls all stood there looking up at where the hay should fall down! They knew what was happening!

12/15/2020

This bonded pair of grade Nigerian dwarf goats are looking for a new home. They would make great friendly pets. Cinimin (near the fence) is an 8YO doe and Cumin (in the door) is a 4 YO wether. They are used to living in with a herd of 18 goats and 2 Great Pyrenees dogs. Millerton, PA

11/06/2020

Breeding season has started on the farm. So far we have mini-Nubians, Nigerians, mini-Oberhasli and “Snubian”(saanen-Nubian) crosses due starting the end of March!

10/24/2020

Hetty - the female Great Pyrenees we kept from Hopes liter this Spring. She is doing great!

10/24/2020

Does looking for new herds Millerton PA

10/24/2020

10/24/2020

Mini Nubian - Lilac - looking for a new herd