Health Requirements:
The health of our livestock is very important and we will take all precautions to prevent any unnecessary exposure. A physical exam will be conducted of every animal staying at our farm and we reserve the right to refuse services.
Types of Breedings
Guarantee
Registering Offspring
Liability
We care for our boarders as if they are our own and provide updates to their owners during their stay with us as time allows.
Although every reasonable precaution will be taken to ensure the safety and well-being of the Doe, Big Dream Acres shall NOT be liable in any way for illness, injury, or loss that may occur while the Doe is boarding at our farm.
The Doe owner is not liable for any illness, injury, or loss caused to the Buck by the Doe during services.
The health of our livestock is very important and we will take all precautions to prevent any unnecessary exposure. A physical exam will be conducted of every animal staying at our farm and we reserve the right to refuse services.
- Doe must be healthy, in sound breeding condition, free from infectious, contagious, or transmittable disease.
- Doe must be CAE, CL, and Johne’s tested Negative within the last 6 months and a copy of results must be provided BEFORE arriving on our farm.
- Doe must be clear of “sore mouth”, any type of fungus, lice, or any abscesses.
Types of Breedings
- Driveway Breeding (Schedule permitting) – If your Doe is easy to tell when she is in heat we can schedule a “driveway breeding”. If you bring a Doe that absolutely will not stand for our Buck, we will not force her, and will ask that you bring her back when she is receptive or choose the boarding and pen breeding option. Due to schedule restriction we are only able to schedule during weekends so this will not be available for most does.
- Boarding and Pen Breeding- You can opt to leave your Doe for an extended stay to breed several times. Does usually come in to heat 21-28 days apart so we usually keep a Doe 3-4 weeks to make sure she “settled”.
- All fees are expected to be paid in cash only prior to breeding. There will be no refunds if the Doe does not settle (see guarantee).
- Stud fees vary based upon individual Buck and are listed with Buck information above.
- Basic boarding fee is $2.00 per day per Doe. This fee includes daily maintenance/observation, paddock to graze, access to shelter with video surveillance, fresh water, free choice loose mineral (Sweetlix 16:8 Meat Maker ), salt block, free choice coastal hay, and once daily grain mixture (Producer’s Show Goat, 14% Sweet Feed, Black Oil Sunflower seeds).
- If you require your Doe to additionally be fed Alfalfa hay daily boarding fee is $3.00 per day.
- Due to our limited time schedule we are unable to provide daily milking.
- If you are unable to provide proof of pregnancy via bloodwork or ultrasound and would like confirmation we offer the service of drawling blood and sending for pregnancy test. The sample can be drawn 30 days post buck removal. The fee for this service will include test fee plus shipping and will be decided at time of contract due to lab fees possibly changing.
Guarantee
- This contract does guarantee a pregnancy but, does not guarantee a “live kid” from this breeding.
- It will be the responsibility of the Doe owner to supply proof of non-conception from this breeding within 90 days from the date of this contract to receive the right to rebreed privileges.
- Should the above Doe not conceive from the first breeding, the Doe owner may elect to rebreed the above Doe in the next cycle or during the following season with breeding fee being credited. The above Doe may be rebred a maximum of 2 times (3 total breedings) then the Doe owner will be required to substitute the above named Doe for an approved substitute Doe with breeding fees being credited.
- Should the above named Buck die or become incapable for service during the breeding period of this contract, the Doe owner may elect to breed to an alternate Buck at the farm with breeding fees credited toward the breeding fees of the alternate Buck.
- It is understood and agreed upon there will NOT be any refund of money to the Doe owner for ANY reason and any failure of conception MUST be settled with the above stated rebreed policy.
- It is agreed should the Doe be sold or change of ownership after being serviced by the Buck, the pregnancy guarantee and rebreed privileges will no longer be valid.
- We cannot guarantee the future health of kids from this breeding.
- We cannot guarantee the kids from this breeding will be of show quality, breeding quality or of specific height.
Registering Offspring
- We reserve the right to decline registering the offspring due to genetic flaws of the Doe (example- multiple teats, or teat defects)
- We reserve the right to register doe offspring only
- For Doe owners interested in registering offspring an American Dairy Goat Association (ADGA) service memo will be issued within one week after the Doe owner has provided proof of pregnancy via bloodwork or ultrasound OR notifying us Doe has given birth.
- We request to be notified of offspring’s numbers, color, sex, eye color, and whether polled or horned for our Buck records.
Liability
We care for our boarders as if they are our own and provide updates to their owners during their stay with us as time allows.
Although every reasonable precaution will be taken to ensure the safety and well-being of the Doe, Big Dream Acres shall NOT be liable in any way for illness, injury, or loss that may occur while the Doe is boarding at our farm.
The Doe owner is not liable for any illness, injury, or loss caused to the Buck by the Doe during services.
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