Thanks for your interest in Dry Creek
Acres Toggenburg and Nubian Dairy Goats.
We're located in Sioux
County, Iowa - just 5 miles east of the Iowa-South Dakota border near
Hudson, South Dakota...about 45 minutes from either Sioux Falls, South
Dakota or Sioux City, Iowa.
We started raising
dairy goats in 1994 in Sanborn County, South Dakota. We had a nice pasture
and got 4 crossbred does. We bred them to a Togg buck and liked the
temperament and appearance of the kids. Later, we bought a Nubian buck and
fell in love with those gorgeous ears and noble head.
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One of our long-eared
Nubian does. |
The early years were
invaluable, learning about basic management, nutrition and health needs of
dairy goats. We're proud that in our herd today, we have descendants of
our original does!
We've been to
ADGA Nationals in 2003, 2006, 2007 and 2008. Each time, we've had does
in the championships lineups - and earned many nice ribbons. In our years
of showing, we've finished 21 permanent champions and earned many
Best-of-Breed, Best-in-Show and Premier Breeder/Exhibitor honors.
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A treasured memory is
our November 2006 to NAILE - the North American Internationals Livestock
Exposition - in Louisville, Kentucky and we were thrilled to show the
Toggenburg Senior Grand and Reserve Grand Champion and
Junior Grand Champion.
We have participated
in ADGA's Linear Appraisal program for six consecutive years. We're proud to have earned many overall "excellent" and 90+ scores. We
highly recommend Linear Appraisal, and believe that it is the single best
tool for evaluation and improvement of our herd in the past six years. |
Dry Creek Acres wins
Herdsmanship at the
Nebraska State Fair |
In
January 2009 our entire herd was tested CAE Negative through
BioTracking Labs of Moscow, Idaho. We practice strict CAE prevention,
feeding all kids heat-treated colostrum and pasteurized milk by bottle and
lambar-bucket. We enjoy the healthy and loving kids this method of
kid-rearing produces.
We list our bred does
by age (first-fresheners are last). Go to
www.adgagenetics.org to
research pedigrees by typing in the ADGA registration number, then click
on names for more detail. Click on Linear History for more LA
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Verbena winning Best Senior Doe in Show
at the WI State Fair in
2009
and the trophy we brought home! |
Please reserve kids by clearly stating your 1st and alternate
choices. We don't ask for a deposit - but contact you when kids are born.
You have three (3) days to confirm if you will take the kid and promptly
send 50% of the price and arrange pickup (at about 4+ weeks of age).
Otherwise, we contact the next person on the list. Any costs of delivery
or health papers are your responsibility and in addition to the kid
prices. We abide by the Recommended Trade Practices as contained in the
ADGA Bylaws, Article XIX. We're often willing to "meet" you for
delivery of a kid - for gas money - if we can work out the details. |
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Kid prices start at $250 and up to
$600.
You'll find planned breedings and
month due elsewhere on this website. If you wish to reserve a kid, please
contact us for a price list. Prices are very reasonable considering the
investments made in our high-quality stock, showing, linear appraisal, and
the highest quality of care and management. As you are aware, prices of
feed, hay and fuel continue to rise, and these costs must be taken into
account. We give discounts for multiple sales and for 4-H'ers - please
feel free to ask. After freshening, we always ahve some milkers
available for sale - let us know if you're interested.
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"SOAKING WET" BUCK KIDS:
Some folks newer to dairy goats look
for a good quality buck so that they don't have to arrange for stud
service. A limited number of quality buck kids
are available at a low "Soaking
Wet" Price (depending on breeding) if you pick up the buckling within
6 days of birth and hand-raise the buckling yourself.
He'll be tattooed, disbudded, CD/T
vaccinated, and have a filled-out registration application ready to send
to ADGA. If you're interested in a "Soaking Web" buck kid - let us
know right away. |
One of our 2009
bucklings who has gone on to a new home. |
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We love visitors!
Let us know if you would like to visit
Dry Creek Acres and we can set up a time convenient for both of us. And if
you're too far for a visit, give us a call or e-mail so that we can
discuss your needs. We look forward to hearing from you! |
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Dry Creek Acres Dairy Goats
Joe Skoda & Melissa O'Rourke
Rock Valley, Iowa
Phone 712-476-9288
Email:
drycreekacres@hotmail.com
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