Cole’s Ridge Farms

08/30/2026

Updated 8/30/26. Reach out if you have questions or interest in kids next spring. With the opening of and focus on the creamery, we will not be retaining many kids here. Happy breeding season!

08/30/2026

“the last project” is what we say every time we expand our goat housing lol. However, every project seems to lead to another in order to make things more efficient here. Happy to give our bucks a much needed upgrade with an attached courting yard for date time!

08/27/2026

Three of our biggest Divas in the barn decided to synchronize natural heats. Dallas x Vero, Alice x MEA Riptide ai, and Camargo X Mai Tai ai.

08/24/2026

A busy weekend on the Love Boat and going to be a busy January !

08/23/2026

08/21/2026

Our first AI of the year went great despite the extreme heat here. This doe has had quite the year!
4*M GCH Coles-Ridge Vero Shannon Elite 97%. 🤞

https://genetics.adga.org/PlannedPedigreePrint.aspx?SireNum=N002172583&DamNum=N002291671

08/20/2026

Thank you Karen Krohnert-Mahling for working with us on getting some merchandise for our little retail store on the farm. Great color contrast.
GoatShirts.com

08/19/2026

**August is National Goat Cheese Month! An appropriate month as the summer forage abundance gives goats varied diets, producing especially flavorful milk.

We are so close to being in production we can taste it!

Spending some time on product development in the creamery this week. We didn’t have to change much on our Hammill Spring Feta except adapt our process in a new space. Looking forward to finalizing a few other products we will offer from Cole’s Ridge Creamery! https://www.facebook.com/share/1EEHA1nPpT/?mibextid=wwXIfr

08/19/2026

Another hot and humid day in the forecast today. Feeding, watering, milking, breeding, and cleaning is usually finished mid morning which provides a couple hours of browsing time before the extreme heat sets in. Our breeding plan this year includes 24 to 30 does tentatively and we are 7 breedings in so far. Will start confirming our first pregnancies next week. Hope everyone is staying cool!