Breeding stock for Sale

Angora Goats

Taffeta and her new born coloured doelings, sired by Mahogany.  Born March 27, 2009.	White Angora Goats -- Commercial Pure Breds All kids sired by Pauly, a registered coloured angora buck.  Pauly is 5 years old and retains the ringlet lock structure and softness in his fleece -- an exceptional quality in an Angora Buck.   Or Mahogany, a black angora buck.  Mahogany is 2 years old and has a lovely, ringlet fleece.  Grandson to Noir. Commercial Pure Bred Kids are white but are carriers of colour genetics.   2009 Buck "Beta" (Born March 2009)-- $275 Available now.  Colour carrier. 2010 Bucklings -  $200  (please reserve by June 1) 2010 Doelings -- $150 Available in July 2009 coloured black bucklings, commercial purebred angoras.  $400 each    Only 1 available.  Ready to breed Fall 2009. These are commerical pure bred angora goats -- no papers are available on these animals.
	Saanan Dairy Goats for Sale -- Pure bred  Looking for your own fresh goat's milk?  Do you have family members with allergies to cow's milk?  Our Saanan dairy goats may be the answer.   Saanans give more milk than other dairy breeds and consistently produce milk with a 3.5% butterfat content for cheese or butter making.   Sold out for 2010. Reserve your 2011 kids now. $350 for doelings and $400 for bucklings.  Bucklings must be reserved by June 15.
Wool Sheep Wool x bred sheep (Romney x Cotswold x Rambouillet) Our sheep are bred to grow long lustrous wool that is also soft and rich in colour.  Their thrifty lambs grow fast to a marketable size -- often reaching 100 lb.by October -- on grass, weeds and brush. Their fiber is a handspinners dream -- taking natural dyes with lustre and intensity yet soft, wearable and easily felted. Always dreamed of having your own handspinner's flock?-- Joybilee Farm lambs for sale $150 each.
	No puppies available at this time.
	Dam and Sire of the puppies.  Gelato is a pb Maremma male and Donder is a pb Great Pyrenees Female.  Both are protective of the livestock.  Donder was seen suckling our bottle lamb, Kiwi, this morning.  Amazing mothering instinct!
Amaretto is a 3 year old female llama (born July 2007).  She's been raised with both sheep and goats.  She is showing excellent guarding and mothering  instincts.  In March, she single handedly protected the herd from a male rottweiller dog. She came away with some dog bites but not a single lamb or kid was harmed in the ordeal. Her quick actions saved the flock.   Amaretto is halter trained and easy to handle.  She has a dense, three colour, spotted coat with silky texture and lots of length for annual shearing.    She gave birth to her first cria, Latte, in June 2009 and her second cria, "Tussah" in 2010.  Amaretto has earned a permanent place in the Joybilee Farm herd.  Her daughter, 'Tussah' will be available for sale in February 2011, at weaning, for $500.  (please reserve) ************************* Llamas are modified ruminants.  They eat the same diet as sheep and goats.  They prefer browse to grass and will clean up weeds in your pasture, while your sheep feed on grasses and forbes.  They require a bale of hay each, per week in the winter months, when they cannot graze,  plus about 1 lb. of grain per day during lactation and pregnancy.  A lactating female that is also pregnant may need a bit more grain to maintain her condition.  They also require salt and minerals that can be fed as blocks in the pasture -- same as sheep and goats.   A llama produces a single cria each year.  Llama babies are born during daytime hours and rarely need assistance.  Sheep and goats that are guarded by llamas often time their own births to coincide with the llama cycle, for daytime birthing.  This ends the need for middle of the night barn checks during lambing time, and means increased sleep for the shepherd.  Llamas will need  a few days to bond with their cria before rejoining their flock, but the guarding instinct is enhanced when there is a cria with the herd.	Guardian Llamas for sale Commercial purebreds trained for guarding goats and sheep.   One young male llama (born July 2009)is available -- 'Glory' has been reared with sheep and goats, is well socialized to people and ready to guard your herd.  He should be castrated before taking on the responsibilities of guarding open ewes and does.  $400. Llamas work as a team to protect their flock from predators.  One llama will face the predator and  fight, while the other llama(s) gather(s) the herd together, by dancing around them, back and forth, until they have joined the herd into a tight unit that is easier to defend.   Once the herd is together, all llamas face the predator to defend the flock.  Llamas will defend a flock of sheep or goats from bears, coyotes, stray dogs, cougars or wolves.  They have a strong dislike for dogs, and their relatives and must be introduced to your family pets before they will trust them near their flock.