Our Nubians
Senior Does
Our does from two-year-olds to aged does. We maintain a high-quality show herd of Nubian does that are productive in the milk parlor.
Our Senior does receive daily high-protein alfalfa and 17% dairy pellet as their primary food source. We also use grass hay (sudan) as well as plenty of browse on our property.
Yearlings
Tell While in the past we VERY rarely bred does to freshen at a year old, we are certainly starting to breed more does earlier now.
We decided to put both dry and milking yearlings in one place for organizational purposes.
Junior Does
These are our “keeper” kids from this year. Ideally, we keep around 6 doe kids each year and we usually offer a couple of does as they get older.
We feed free choice milk until 4-5 months old with calf pro medicated added daily until they are eating grain consistenly at which point we quit the calf pro and make a switch to a medicated “show pro” feed. We believe a consistent diet of free choice milk, grain, alfalfa, and grass hay helps build a healthy structured rumen which allows them a lifetime of flourishing.
Bucks
Tell We feel incredibly fortunate to have the bucks we have and the bucks we have used. We focus on the does that are the “prototype” that we want to see our does emulate. Does like CH Pruittville’s Java Chiller E91EEEE, GCH Pruittville’s Snap Dragon 92EEEE, CH Dan-Jud’s Flashy Lady 92EEEE, and most recently, SGCH DKGH Rockin’ Eve have been the focus of our breeding program.
<<< Pictured here is SGCH DKGH Rockin’ Eve (phto courtesy of Greenehaven). She is the dam of GCH DKGH Eve’s Most Wanted Everson and the granddam of Redwood HIlls Event Telluride.
Reference Does & Bucks
These are does and bucks that have made a home at RiverGrace Farm but are either retired or no longer with us. We’ve been blessed to own some truly exceptional animals.
In some cases, these were bucks such as Prince Caspian or Java Americano that were used heavily, sold, but still have offspring in the herd.
Why We love Nubians
We’ve been raising Nubian Dairy Goats since 1992 here in North Texas. They are part of life in many ways. From their unique personality to their distinct breed character and varied color patterns, they really make life fun and interesting.
Nubians are well suited for the Texas summers and various winter cold fronts that dip into the single digits. It’s not uncommon here to have 100 degrees of temperature variance within a few months of each other. But rain, shine, heat or cold, Nubians perform well in their environment.
