Welcome to Our Nigerian Dwarf Goats!

     See our Fairy Tale Fire Fly Farm goat herd!  Darling, cute, Nigerian Dwarf goats!!  First Kids born in January 2023.  Meet Jewels, and Ruby our does, along with Baron, Our Stinky Billy Goat!!   Our farm  is outside the very, quant,  small town of Folsom LA, where fireflies dance in the night, deer roam freely and dreams are spun in expectant hearts!!

    Introducing You to Nigerian Dwarf Goats:  Nigerian Dwarf Goats ARE a SMALL BREED of Goats... averaging 40 ~ 60 lbs... with some going up to 75 pounds.  (Our herd is on the smaller size end, with does our does approximately 45--50 pounds and with Baron, our herd buck, going about 60 lbs.)   These small goats are the "milk--dairy" version of dwarf goat breeds.  Nigerian Dwarf Goats come in many colors, patterns, etc.  (I will post a link, unrelated to our site, to an outside site for color reference/genetics as I myself, have not had time to make any sort of goat genetics page.)

       http://www.nigeriandwarfcolors.com/nigerian-dwarf-color-genetics.html

      (African Pigmy Goats are the "MEAT" breed version of dwarf goats.)  You can expect ONLY about 25 % of meat from a Nigerian Dwarf Goat, but up to 35--45 % of meat yield from an African Pigmy Goat when cleaned.  WE DO NOT eat our goats and we do not currently have African Pigmies thus, I am going by research and what I've been told. 

      Nigerian Dwarf goats can give 2 to 3 quarts of milk per day... (average milk yield is 2 quarts, remember these are tiny goats).  Their milk is mild and sweet, and averaging 10 percent more protein that many other goat breeds.  

     Life span: is around 15 years. 

     Gestation period is around: 145~158 days (roughly 5 months)

     Breeding Does (Nanny Goats):  Most does can give live birth until they are 8--9 years old... some older, it varies by goat.  Giving birth can be harder on older goats, depending, on care, etc.

     Bucks can breed at 3 months of age but I find most don't until they are closer to 4-5 months. Most does will not breed until 5 to 7 months of age.   I feel it's better to wait until a doe is at least 8--9 months of age, if not a year, to breed her, but that is just my personal opinion.