Willow Creek Farm

Willow Creek Farm started in the spring of 2022 with two bottle babies and a badly fenced quarter acre. We had read every book about dairy goats and still learned most of what matters the hard way: that fences are suggestions, that a Nigerian Dwarf in milk can outsmart a latch, and that once you have tasted fresh goat milk in your coffee there is no going back.

Today the herd is seven strong. We breed a small number of does each fall for kids that arrive between February and April, and we keep the program deliberately small so every animal gets real daily attention. Our does are milked through spring and summer, and Nigerian Dwarf milk is the reason we fell in love with the breed. It is rich, sweet, and so high in butterfat that our first batch of chevre felt like cheating.

Health comes before everything else here. The whole herd is tested every year for CAE, CL, and Johne's disease, kids are disbudded and started on their CD&T schedule before they leave, and we manage parasites with fecal egg counts and FAMACHA scoring rather than routine deworming. We are happy to walk any new owner through all of it.

Kids from Willow Creek are handled from the day they are born. By the time they are weaned they come when called, stand for hoof trims, and assume every human is there to scratch their ears. We think that is the best thing we can send out into the world.