Hoggardens is located in
beautiful south central Kentucky, just outside Liberty, Kentucky.
To avoid some confusion with the name of our farm, we have no hogs.
Hoggardens actually stands for Heirloom Organic Gardens. We
raise registered Nigerian Dwarf goats and Nubian dairy goats and
sell raw goats' milk. We have a closed herd that has tested
CAE-Negative. All of our kids are disbudded and hand bottle
raised, which makes them extremely people friendly. Our philosophy
is to raise easy to handle, healthy and hardy dairy goats. We mix
all of our own food and produce our own organic hay. All of
our food is corn and soy free. We are a small farm that practices
sustainable agriculture.
We decided on the Nubian
and Nigerian Dwarf breeds of goat for several reasons: they
produce the richest milk of the dairy breeds, their temperaments make them
easy to handle and they make excellent mothers. We practice rotational
grazing on remineralized organic pastures. We do not show our goats
but a number of our customers have shown our goats with excellent results.
Our excess raw milk
is available virtually year round since we stagger our kidding seasons
so that we have our own supply of year round milk. We handle our
milk with the utmost care since we personally consume it. We are,
however, required by Kentucky State law to label all of our milk “for livestock
use only”.
This kidding season starts March 2008 and
will hopefully end in July 2008. Deposits are required to hold your choice of
kids or to reserve kids from a specific doe.
Since Hoggardens is a family
run operation, meaning just the two of us, please call ahead if you wish
to stop by and see the kids or need milk. We have free range eggs
for sale as well. When we have the time, we also have goats’ milk
soap for sale as well as heirloom, organic vegetables.
We update our blog as often
as possible but a current list of goats and kids available for sale
will be posted here.
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