Hey! I’m Emily Reed. Nice to meet you! I breed a few kinds of goats, ducks, chickens, and turkeys. I am an ADGA Plus member located in Silex, MO. I started with goats in 2020 and have really developed my breeding program after loving the world of goats. In 2023, I signed up for my first year of milk testing and linear appraisals. It was a HUGE learning experience. RedHorseValley MKN Blizzard earned a Bronze JUJU for butterfat with the ANDDA with me only milking her once a day half the lactation. It was eye opening, and I decided milk testing is a must. 2024 lactations are still going, but the girls are doing wonderful. I have multiple goats going for 900+ lb lactations. I had 3 goats appraise 87 in 2024, and am very excited to see how my younger girls do. I bought Tanky for swimmers and will be trying to see if I can figure that out for AI.

 I am very proud of my stock and hope to make the best breeding decisions for them by embracing their best traits and selecting sires to take my girls closer to my goals of goats with high production, butterfat percentage, and conformation. Our Nigerian Dwarves and Nubians are registered with the ADGA. My Mini Nubians are registered with the MDGA. I plan to also collect my bucks in 2025 and may offer straws from them later. You will likely be able purchase straws to AI your does if any bucks catch your eye!

I enjoy breeding quality poultry as well. See my Lavender Ameraucanas, Welsummers, Silver Spangled Appenzeller Spitzhaubens, and Double Laced Barnevelders. My Welsummers are from very nice quality dark egg laying lines comparable to dark producing Marans. Someone has won Reserve Grand Champion with a Spitzhauben hen from me.

I might not always have kids available. Feel free to ask! While I aim for high quality goats, my goats also make great pets and walking buddies to well researched owners. I will be selling males as pet quality wethers unless they are excellent sires that I would use in my own breeding program. That means only my best will be going as registered bucks, and most will be companions. Goats are NOT a good impulsive buy! They need a companion goat and should not be kept like a dog. Most of my goats are show quality and carry the potential of good production. They are sold up to date on CDT (if old enough), disbudded, and tattooed (if old enough). Most wethers will be too young to band here and sold as bottle babies. I may begin banding all wethers to be before they leave here. Wethering them will make them far better pets and is up to the responsibility of the buyer. I will band any bucklings 8 weeks old or older going as wethers. I can work with a buyer for transportation. Some options may be more affordable than you think! I can hold goats until 8 weeks with a deposit, but I prefer to sell kids as bottle babies because I have so many kids. See my kidding pages and for sale page for more information!