Wild Acres Farm

08/15/2017

The Montgomery County Ag Fair, MD meant a lot to our whole family, but for more than 15 years, it was everything to my wife Pam! She loved being there, working their, visiting the people and the animal there.

07/25/2017

Some of Wild Acres Farm's animals went to Christina, which means they show up everywhere! Which included on Fox 5 DC's Zip Trip Friday. WAF Zeva loved all of the attention.

05/02/2017

Hey all. Wild Acres Farm has officially sold the last of our farm stock and we do not currently have any plans on obtaining anymore animals in the near future (with the exception of hens). I want to personally thank everyone who has been apart of WAF over the past 16 years! I grew-up with my 4-H and horse show families and learned so much from the animals and the people. I have never met nicer people in my life than I did through raising animals. The small farm world is a community like no other - from the fair, to horse show circuits all over the east coast, to MareStare, answering our endless questions at all hours of the night, assisting with births (and even saving one of my mares thanks to a telephone call in the middle of the night from Europe!), I truly cannot express enough how grateful I am to have grown up on a farm. I will always cherish the time spent with my mom over 8+ hour drives hauling horses, longhorns, and goats, 3am births, all nighters trying to save various babies, and of course the best week of the year for a 4-Her - fair! She showed horses and lambs along side me in the ring and always worked her magic behind the scenes handling paperwork and keeping track of which pig was next to the wash racks, and always made sure she was ringside when it was my turn to show. My dad built paddocks, even when my bull, Bodacious, was so determined to destroy every pen (and some shelters) we had, he set up extensive cameras throughout the farm so we could watch births not just from the house, but from anywhere in the world (I watched one of our mares deliver all the way from the Galapagos!), he drove the RV all over the east coast so we could have a "home" during shows, and he fed the animals every day when I left everyone for college and adult life - even though he would leave notes such as "Damnit, Jim, I am a computer nerd, not a farmer" on our white boards in the barn. I am truly blessed to have grown up at Wild Acres Farm and to have such incredibly supportive parents. I just wanted to send out a huge 'Thank you!' to every single one of you that has been apart of our farm family. I would not trade a single moment of the blood, sweat, tears, and so much joy that went into WAF. Thank you all!

xoxo,
Jo

03/21/2017

The weather is absolutely wonderful today! We're taking advantage of the warm sun and are out working on some of the paddock fencing. What are you doing on this beautiful day?

03/20/2017

DIY Toys For Goats To Keep Them Busy

Some great ideas!!

Animals require a lot of care and attention, but also dedicated toys and playtime. So while finding the perfect toy for a small pet can be an easy job, when it comes to other domesticated animals, the task becomes harder. For instance, have you ever seen a toy for goats displayed in a pet store? The...

03/18/2017

SOLD!

WAF Monty buckling. Horned with ice blue eyes. DOB 4/21/2016
Sire: Liberty Hills Reaper (MGR B8826)
Dam: Wolf River Sea Salt (MGR B9654)
Not yet registered. Wether.

SOLD!

03/11/2017

SOLD!

And don't forget about this stud. Reaper is considered a silky variety of the myotonic goat with his long, flowing locks. He is a proven breeder and he throws great color in his offspring and tends to pass on those beautiful baby blue eyes as well. He is a great foundation buck for any breeding program!

SOLD!

Liberty Hills Reaper MGR #B8826 (DOB 3/8/2013), buck, horned, ice blue eyes

Sire: Liberty Hills Moonshine MGR #B3356
Dam: Liberty Hills Calamity Jane MGR #A8703

03/10/2017

This is Socks (Fainting Hills Socks), she is a blue-eyed registered myotonic goat doe. She is a proven breeder and a great mama! Miss Socks is looking for the perfect home, how about yours? She is seven years old.

SOLD!

03/10/2017

Meet Pepper (Whitmore Farm Pepper), she is seven years old and one of the sweetest goats I have ever met. She's a registered blue-eyed, naturally polled myotonic (fainting) goat and a proven breeder too. Pepper is looking for a loving home with lots of snuggles and animal crackers!

Sold!

03/10/2017

The beautiful miss Sea Salt (Wolf River Sea Salt), a four year old blue eyed and naturally polled fainting goat doe is looking for a home! She's a registered Tennessee Myotonic Goat and a proven breeder!

Sold!

02/19/2017

A faint by Leaping Lizzie

11/05/2016

Because fainting goats are the absolute cutest... you know you NEED one!

WAF Monty and his mama, Wolf River Sea Salt. (I swear she is smiling!) 😀

10/9/2016 - Monty is now a wether and available for purchase $85.

His dam, Wolf River Sea Salt, is also available for purchase $300. Her sire is Permanent Grand Champion Hillside Acres Dinger, and her dam is Bakken's Farm Midge.

She has not been bred as yet for a 2017 kidding but could be.

11/05/2016

WAF Monty and his mama, Wolf River Sea Salt. (I swear she is smiling!) 😀

10/9/2016 - Monty is now a wether and available for purchase $85.

His dam, Wolf River Sea Salt, is also available for purchase $300. Her sire is Permanent Grand Champion Hillside Acres Dinger, and her dam is Bakken's Farm Midge.

She has not been bred as yet for a 2017 kidding but could be.

06/26/2016

2016 Fainting Goat Kids

06/26/2016

And the kids pictures are FINALLY posted! 😀

06/26/2016

Happiness is ... Goats! 😃

They just make me happy! 😍

06/26/2016

They just make me happy! 😍

04/23/2016

Finally got a good picture of the doeling 😀 love love love the babies!

04/23/2016

We've welcomed two sets of twins over the last couple days at Wild Acres Farm 😃 ....

Pretty sure the white tri-colored and eye patch with icy blue eyes is naturally polled. His twin, white with tan markings, also has the beautiful blue eyes but thinking he'll have horns.

The cinnamon brown with white and black markings buck stuck his tongue at me! Lol! The goof! 😝 His twin is the only doeling in the group. She is a fawn coloring with white markings. Both have brown eyes and will be horned. More pictures will be posted later ...

08/19/2015

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Tom and Sage participating in the obstacle course at the Montgomery County Agricultural Fair! 😀

Tom took Sage thru the obstacle course. When he fainted going up the steps, it really screwed up his time.

05/05/2015

Psssstttt! I have something to tell you!

05/04/2015

I know there is a Bar around here somewhere! Here milky milky milky!

05/04/2015

Newest member of the Wild Acres Farm family! Beautiful little chestnut (at the moment) filly!

And now the challenge: A name with a Z in it that can be associated with Star Wars :) "May the Fourth be with you!"

05/04/2015

JUST BORN, I mean JUST! A new baby girl!
More information and more photos coming (and yes, both Mom and Baby are for sale, just contact us if you want more information).

04/21/2015

Congratulations, Pahl's Hogs and Goats! so excited for WAF Flint! An awesome new home for him 😄

WAF Flint, our new buck, is here!! This handsome boy is absolutely beautiful and muscular. I can't wait to see his future kids 😊

04/16/2015

2015 Fainting Goats for Sale

03/25/2015

Honeybun is in active labor! :) Yay! Praying for healthy baby doelings!!

03/18/2015

Twin! Tri-colored, blue eyed and (sigh) another buck

03/18/2015

Newest kid on the block! All white, blue eyed, buckling! Sire: Liberty Hills Reaper and Dam: Wolf River Sea Salt ... Waiting to see if she as another in the wings

03/16/2015

Meet Socks' newest babies. Pam let me name them, so being a Trekkie and wanting to honor Leonard Nimoy, I decided I had to name one Spock and the rest followed that theme. So meet; Mr. Spock, Capt. Kirk and Nichelle (after Nichelle Nichols or Lt. Uhura).

03/15/2015

"Mommy, The ground is too wet!"

Poor Socks! She is really WHITE and tan EXCEPT when being used as wagon! What a good mama 😀

03/15/2015

2015 Fainting Goat Babies

02/25/2015

Oh my! Soon, Socks, soon! 😁

02/21/2015

More new baby goat images from today.

02/21/2015

Another visit from our local red fox...can you spot him? I had to chase him off because I did not want him so close to where the new baby goats are.

02/20/2015

3 new baby goats were born today. Here they are just minutes old.

12/01/2014

The Goat Duplex (we call the "Taj Mahal") is open for business. Although we still have some minor work to do, like wiring the extra lighting and outlets, we have opened the area to the goats. They can enter the upper level deck and house from the back stairs or the front stairs. We added an under cover feeding area under the bridge leading to the back stairs. Both upper and lower lodging areas can open on both ends to allow for easy cleaning (I'll have to take photos with those open at some point). The top roof has "skylights" to allow natural light in.

10/17/2014

We have been working on a new goat house the has some how turned into a duplex with a wrap around deck, skylights and it's own top floor rear entrance. We added a bridge and stairs to the rear paddock that allows those goats to use the top of the house and the bottom is used by the goats in the front paddock.

08/19/2014

Old MacDonalds Barn, Montgomery County Agricultural Fair

Thank you everyone who came to visit all the critters at Old MacDonalds Barn at the Montgomery County Agricultural Fair last week! We had just about perfect weather the whole week and our fainting goats and miniature horses loved meeting everyone! We'll be back next year with a new group of goat kids! :) Have a wonderful year everyone!

We are an agricultural education display designed to help educate the public about the connection between farm animals and the rest of the world.

08/16/2014

Jeanette loves the Maryland-National Capital Park Police and their horses! She saw them while at at the Montgomery County Ag Fair, MD in Gaithersburg, Maryland.

08/14/2014

Nap time for the kids :) Perfect weather to visit the fair! Come on down and meet everyone

08/14/2014

Congratulations, Tom and Beth! New owners of WAF Sage and WAF Cayenne!

08/09/2014

WAF's Fainting Goats - mamas and the papas

08/08/2014

The Montgomery County Ag Fair, MD runs from today (opens at 3pm) and goes through Aug 16. I know Jeanette is excited about it, are you?

08/08/2014

Fox 5 DC & MyFoxDC Holly Morris FOX 5 DC visits our Wild Acres Farm fainting goats and miniature horses at the Montgomery County Ag Fair, MD with Old MacDonalds Barn, Montgomery County Agricultural Fair ’s Kori Praniewski. Are you going to the Fair this year? Come by the Barn and say "Hi"!