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Goat Shares, to share Raw Milk and Milk Products Our little mini-dairy is now sharing these wonderful raw milk and milk products with you. Our blog will show you how we handle our milk, our planned bacteria and plate count testing etc to ensure quality milk.  We will also share with you on our blog what the share program is. We strive to feed non-GMO feeds and a minimal of grain.  Quality alfafa and grass are the feeds we use.  In so doing, we are investigating the feeding of fodder that we hope to grow here at the farm. If this fodder plan works, the goats will have added nutrition and fresh greens 365 days a year. We hold a valid Food Handler’s Permit and are very sanitary with our milk Our milk is quickly chilled to Raw to Retail standards to ensure long lasting sweet tasting milk We raise Nigerian Dwarf, Mini Nubian and Nubian dairy goats. Our does are milked 365 days per year We hope to make this a small training facility, also, to teach how to become more self-sufficient Read about what the Utah Goat Share Program is about Secure Your Milk Spot today by email or Facebook Message

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Dairy Goats

Welcome to Northern Dawn Nigerians is; the home strong milking miniature dairy goats.  We are located in Utah County of Utah.  Our herd consists of Nigerian Dwarf and Mini Nubian Dairy Goats

• Dairy Herd Improvement milk tested
• Long Term Milkers of often 15 to 18 months and even close to two years lactation per doe
• Top Ten American Goat Society Milking does
• Advanced Registry American Goat Society and Nigerian Dwarf Goat Association
• High Protein and Butterfat
• People using our milk are obtaining high yields on their cheese and yogurt

My milk schedule leaves a lot to be desired, because of my employment schedule.  We typically milk at 1am and 7 pm, but these does just keep milking and milking

Our Blogs

We are posting our blog postings and hope you will come and participate and enjoy our news and thoughts.

Our Nigerian Dwarf and Mini Nubian Does with milk awards

1. 2011 American Goat Society Top Ten for days in milk 341 days         after a gruelling show in Idaho that was 40 degrees. 
2. She actually went on to milk for 525 days and had to be forced to dry up for kidding
   
3. *D as 1st freshener(One-Day American Goat Society test)
4. Received her Advanced Registry in 305 DHI in 2012 with 760 pounds milk, 6.1% average butterfat and 4.3% protein.

1. 2011 #1 American Goat Society Top Ten on One-Day test for Protein
2. Outstanding Milk Award Certificate
3. 2012 #8 American Goat Society Top Ten on 305 DHI for Protein with 4.5% and 41 pounds protein
4. 2012 received her Advanced Registry Award in Dairy Herd Improvement with 910 pounds milk in 305 days, 6.3% average with 57 pounds butterfat, 4.5% with 41 pounds protein.
5. Milked easily and had to be forced to dry up at 663 days in milk and gave 1470 pounds milk with 93 pounds butterfat and 69 pounds protein
6. Sire: Wind Valley Handsome Hank HMR received his AR +S milking award from his daughter
7. Dam: Wind Valley Shadow Princess Received her *D milking award

 Neightnkevs Izzy AR*DMeets requirements for NDGA *DAR+

Awaiting, and easily qualifies for her MDGA *P in Butterfat and Protein
Qualifies for TMGR *D
Qualifies for IDGR *M-R and *MF-R and *ML-R

 Herd Nigerian Dwarf and Mini Nubian Show Achievements

June 2013 received Grand Champion under both judges
American Goat Society SanctionJudges:

1. Mark Baden
2. Chuck Pedersen

Grandsire Rosasharn FS Hearts D’sire received Reserve grand Champion
under Chuck Pedersen

B) Fall 2012 IDGR Online Show usagoatshow.com Judge: Timothy Flickinger, Grand Champion

Best Udder – Summer 2012
Grand Champion – Fall 2013

Reserve Grand Champioin – Summer 2013
Reserve Grand Champampion – Fall 2013

Summer 2013 Reserve Grand Champion

Goal and Achievements

• Most of our does have easily have proven ‘extended lactations’.  Meaning they easily milk for over a year and often 18 to 20 months
• Most of our does have easy to milk long teats and strong udder attachments
• Conformations that are structurally correct
• Proven dairy goats that will stand by you

Health of our Herd

• We take the health of our herd very seriously
• Regular hoof trimming
• CAE negative testing yearly, if not more often
• We do show, but not very much, to maintain health of our herd.  One never knows what is out there for disease and illness.
• Soon we will be learning how to bacteria test our own milk; something we feel is very important
• In Dairy Herd Improvement Milk testing, there is Somatic Cell Count per doe, monthly. this can give a strong indication if there is mastitis or other problems with the udder
• Soon we will be learning how to fecal test our own herd, at our farm

Breeds We Raise

• Nigerian Dwarf dairy goats
• Mini Nubian dairy goats

Things We can do for you

• Certified Dairy Herd Improvement Milk Tester – we can test your herd’s milk for 305 DHI and/or One-Day testing
• Hope to soon be trained to test bacteria levels in milk, and thus will be able to test yours
• Milk sales

Location

Located in an old 1850’s Utah town; Goshen,  Utah County in Utah