Dakota Ridge Farm

Dakota Ridge Farm ADGA Nubian dairy goats in windy South Dakota. Our focus is on show goats with correctness, gentle temperaments and high milk production.

June milk test, in the books!These young does!! 🥰I have to admit, I was apprehensive about having several first freshene...
06/11/2026

June milk test, in the books!

These young does!! 🥰

I have to admit, I was apprehensive about having several first fresheners this year. I imagined milking time being chaotic, with low yields and kicked pails.
I misjudged my girls; They have far exceeded my expectations and I couldn't be prouder of them.

They have all shown a tremendous will to milk. They meet me at the gate and run to the milk room, where they jump up and stand quietly without even being tied.
Yields have also pleased me, with all but one FF doe exceeding 8-9 pounds a day.

Chiffon (pictured) milked 9.5 pounds at 29 DIM.

05/29/2026

PSA: If you are a goat and you are in labor it is very important that you dig a hole through the fresh shavings your human has provided so that you can give birth on the dirt below.

05/11/2026

Happy Mother's Day!

A few minutes before midnight on Mother's Day, Chiffon delivered triplet does. A great ending to a holiday celebrating mothers.

Chiffon is a dearly loved homebred first freshener who birthed quickly and easily. She freshened with a beautiful udder. We could not be happier!

Hello! This page has a lot of new followers so I want to say welcome and thank you! If you're new here, we are Dakota Ri...
03/08/2026

Hello!
This page has a lot of new followers so I want to say welcome and thank you!

If you're new here, we are Dakota Ridge Farm in northeast South Dakota. We raise purebred Nubian goats for milk production and show.

A bit about us: We were already happily homesteading when Audrey announced that she wanted "a few goats" for milk, yogurt, and cheese.
Nubians were the first (and really only) choice because Audrey had some experience with them from childhood and was completely in love with their floppy ears.
A dear friend gifted us the cutest little brown doe with long airplane ears and a mischievous personality. Two more young does joined us from another farm and we rejoiced to have goats!
Then we got another... and another .... and another ...

Fast forward to today; We still homestead and also have an assortment of cattle, horses, poultry, orchard, and garden; But the goats have become our main focus and passion. We homeschool our five children and they are very involved in the farm.

When asked "Why Nubians?" the answer is still their floppy ears, but also so much more. We love Nubians for their rich sweet milk and their loving personalities. Our goats are bred for production and show, but are also dearly loved like family members. Our emphasis is on breeding goats that display breed character in temperament and physical correctness, with high milk volume and butterfat.

We show, participate in DHIR, and are signed up for linear appraisal.

We are glad you're here and invite you to follow along with our farm and goat-y shenanigans.

Immediately after the quads were fed and settled, Bambi had a pair of buck/doe twins (It was kind of them to time it so ...
03/05/2026

Immediately after the quads were fed and settled, Bambi had a pair of buck/doe twins (It was kind of them to time it so conveniently).
The big boy needed help navigating his massive shoulders, after which his mama glared at me. Sorry Bambi!
He's big, made up of handsome masculine rolls, and always hungry!

Last night, at 151 days gestation, our first freshener Cricket gave birth to quads. We already knew Cricket was special....
03/05/2026

Last night, at 151 days gestation, our first freshener Cricket gave birth to quads.

We already knew Cricket was special. Her pedigree is stacked with productive goats and her dam is an especially high volume doe, so we knew Cricket has a genetic leg-up on production. She's also an incredibly sweet and mild girl who is a pleasure to have in the barn... and pretty to look at.

The first kid born was a doeling who looks like a Cricket copy & paste, which is neat.
The next kid was tiny and seemed to be dead, but I'd seen her hooves moving when they first appeared so I was determined and managed to resuscitate her. She went into my shirt for warmth until the birth was over.
Next to arrive was a beautiful solid mohagany buckling. I was overjoyed because I love that color and was hoping for a buck to retain.
Last, but certainly not least, the biggest kid of all, a completely spotted buckling joined the party amidst squeals of delight from my daughter and I.

When a young FF carries quads to past her due date without any ketosis and births them with ease (I just had to catch them), she earns a lot of respect. If she can milk as well as she gave birth she will be a barnyard rockstar! ✨

Well done, Cricket!!

Hanging out with some of the girls in the maternity pen. Does move in groups of two or three with similar due dates to a...
02/27/2026

Hanging out with some of the girls in the maternity pen.
Does move in groups of two or three with similar due dates to a maternity pen a few weeks prior to kidding.
Here I run fecals and gradually increase their feed. They get their vaccinations and receive extra monitoring and attention as we await them giving birth. They stay there until they are settled into a milking routine.
I find that they handle the transition better in pairs or small groups than alone. (Obviously this only works with does who get along, but since I don't keep bullies in the herd, it's never been a problem.)

Bree and Cricket are full of Dantés babies and due any day! Cricket looks like she's OVER being pregnant. (I understand!) 😅

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Stockholm, SD

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