Sale Terms and Conditions for Dairy Goats 

Thank you for being so interested in our dairy goats. We love that others see value in these beautiful animals and are excited to help you find the joy we have felt through breeding our goats. We are excited to find good homes for them. This requires that we get to know those we sell too. When you contact us about a kid or adult goat, we will ask A LOT of questions.  

Questions to expect: What are your goals for the goat — milk or show? 4H? Brush eater? Where will the goat be living? What other animals do you have? Have you had goats before? Etc… The reason is that we want to fulfill your goals, and if we sell one of our goats, it will be healthy and safe with you and FOR you! If we don’t have just the right match for you, we can refer you to someone who does. If you are a first time goat buyer, Goats are HERD animals and need ATLEAST one other goat for companionship (no your horse, sheep, cat or rooster won’t do the trick) A good saying “Goats are like potato chips, you can’t just have ONE!”

We take reservations for breeding each year.  Reservations for unborn kids are free and are first-come, first-served. As soon as the doe has kidded, we will notify those with reservations whether their request can be fulfilled.  We make our selection of whom we are retaining at 2 weeks of age. If the reservation can still be fulfilled, we require a 50% deposit immediately for the kid reserved.  Buyer will forfeit the deposit if they change their mind for any reason or fail to pick up the kid at the arranged time. If this happens, the kid is placed back up for sale.  We will refund in the case of the death of the kid, or the death of the kid we were retaining, and choose your reserved kid.  Mountain Green Homestead reserves the right to retain any kid from any breeding. You may also transfer the deposit to another kid if this case arises.  100% of the sale is due upon pick-up of the kid. Transport is at the cost and responsibility of the buyer unless otherwise arranged!  We are willing to meet at our discretion on a case-by-case basis. CVI or OTHER BUYER-REQUESTED COSTS ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE BUYER. 

We ask for a 50% deposit down on any adult goat if you are not able to make the full payment. Buyer will forfeit the deposit if they change their mind or fail to pick up the goat at the arranged time.  We reserve the right to make any further financial arrangements per individual transaction.  Adult Goat will not be released until full payment has been collected.  Registration papers and vaccine records will be released at the time of sale.  Any does sold bred are guaranteed to be bred at the time of sale via a positive blood test. This can be done no sooner than 30 days after breeding. Seller has no control over abortion, absorption, or loss of fetus. Any kids who are the result of a doe purchased bred MUST carry the “Hillside Acre” herd name on their registration papers. 

Kids can be sold as bottle babies, 1-5 weeks old, to those who have the means to keep them healthy, or we keep the kids until they are 9 weeks old and weaned before being released.  Most bucklings born will be sold as wethers, and they will be banded at 9 weeks of age.  Kids released at 9 weeks of age will be UTD on vaccines and dewormed. Registered kids will be released with Tattoos, Pedigree, and ADGA papers (at least a temporary paper if ADGA is slow) upon full payment of the sale. Wethers or pet quality/non-breeding goats are sold, NO registration papers will be released or given to the Buyer at any time. All kids will be disbudded at 1-2 weeks of age. We are not responsible for redoing disbudding if needed after the sale is complete, especially on bucks and wethers.  An informational packet is given at the time of sales, especially for a “new goat family”.  A bill of sale is presented to the Buyer at the time of pick up. 

Once the goat or kid leaves the farm, all sales are final; NO further guarantee of health or quality is given or implied. All goats are sold as healthy when they leave the farm.  Our farm is tested bi-yearly for CAE/CL.  Buyer has the right to review current blood test results, DHI milk test results, and Linear Appraisal scores.  

We are happy to help with any questions you may have, especially to the “new goat families”

***By contacting us, this means that you have read and agreed to understand these Sale Terms and Conditions for Dairy Goats***