All animals that leave our homestead will be healthy and disease free. Due to the nature of goats, risk of loss transfers to new owners once the goat leaves our custody. If an animal was purchased and happens to die before it leaves our farm the money will be refunded.

All goats registered will be tattooed, bucklings (not wethers) will have DNA submitted. All kids are disbudded. If you prefer your goats with horns, a nonrefundable payment of the full purchase price must be received before disbudding date, which is usually around 2 weeks old.

Our adult goats are annually tested for CAE and Johne’s. We have never had a positive result and will be happy to show you results from our most recent tests.

All of the goats at Thyme & Timber are quality bred dairy goats. While we strive to produce goats for betterment of the breed, not all goats will meet our high expectations. This is may be obvious at an early age. Most times, you will not know the quality of the animal until it has matured. For does, you often won’t know until after they freshen. For bucks, after their daughters freshen. In the case of a buck, his proof of quality is in the daughters he throws. Ideally, consistent, beautiful daughters with full udders out of different dams. When purchasing a young goat, there is no guarantee it will be great quality. Therefore, we cannot make any guarantees, either expressed or implied, regarding physique, show quality, fertility, or udder quality.