Golden Valley Goats

15/08/2026

It makes me very happy to see how loved Milkshake & Mousse are at their new home at Fig Tree Farm. I know they’ve joined a happy safe forever home.

31/07/2026

Meet Buttercup and her mum Clover. I’ll get a better photo of Buttercup later. Clover is about 4 years old and is well under knee high. They’re a bit unusual. Our other kids are black, grey or caramel and many of our goats have the traditional black face masks, and white patch on their poll.

Pygmy goats originated in Africa but Australian Pygmy goats are all derived from Pygmy genetics taken to and further developed in the USA. White goats like Buttercup wouldn’t be acceptable there.

In Australia most of our Pygmy goats have been crossed with Australian minis - it’s helped us avoid having too much inbreeding. Hence we sometimes get a more diverse colour range and while they’re not traditional Pygmy colours, we know that Buttercup and her mum Clover are mostly Pygmy genetics and it’s the colour part that’s come from the non-Pygmy side.

Even though Buttercup and Clover aren’t traditional colours they’ll be staying in the herd as they have plenty of other good attributes and Clover frequently wins in the show ring over more traditionally coloured goats. It’s extremely difficult and time consuming to change poor conformation but colour can change in one generation so to have goats who kid easily, have a cobby build, good conformation and sweet temperaments will always be my top priority. Colour is a much simpler project.

28/07/2026

Two of our sweet wethers who are now old enough to leave for their forever homes. They've had two vaccinations, been disbudded and wethered. They just need their ear tags in and a few more cuddles before they can go. Very few of our kids are bottle fed, but both mothers were dropping weight (they're from different dams who each had twins) despite regular additional feeds and these two happily took to having supplementary bottles from just over 3 weeks old.

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28/07/2026

Kidding season has started! We've had 5 does kid so far this year and all of the 12 kids have been very impressive. That's 3 sets of twins and two sets of triplets.

Here's a couple of the doelings I will be keeping so far - they're not the greatest photos but anyone who's had goat kids knows how difficult it is to find them in the right pose for a photo.

We've used 4 different bucks this year - Narion Nico (by Little Roulette's Stetson), Narion Giovanni (by Gypsyville Grindr), Narion Thomas (by Trinity Toby) and Buccanwood Tonka (by Pine Creek Tanzanite). This has provided some beautiful genetics to work with and makes waiting for kids to arrive even more fun.

We have 8 more does to kid over the next fortnight.

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21/07/2026

Not everyone wants to see goats during kidding, but this is for those who are interested. Cleo’s twins were born on Friday 17th July 2026.

21/07/2026

Cleo the Pygmy doe giving birth to her twins at Golden Valley Goats near Brisbane

12/07/2026

Two of our lovely little wethers who were born a couple of months ago. They’ll go to their new home soon -just one more vaccine and ear tags to be put in and then they’ll be ready for pick up day.

11/07/2026

11/07/2026

I’m enjoying the Queensland Garden Show at Nambour this weekend and I found this gorgeous goat sculpture. She even has udders.

06/02/2026

On Saturday we exhibited 12 goats at the 150th Stanthorpe Show. I was proud of all of them. It was a huge show with hundreds of goats on the grounds for both the AAMBGS show and the BGBAA National show.

As happens often when growing goats, they hit some awkward growth stages just as you plan to take them out.

Bronte, the 7 month old caramel doeling pictured here went from very stocky a few weeks prior, to looking like I'd stretched her legs. At least her back stayed level and the judge still really liked her and saw past the growth stage. She was awarded the Champion doeling in the 6-12 month class. Her half sister Tinkerbell (not pictured) won the 0-6 month doeling class.

Golden Valley Matilda also impressed the judge, despite being a little lighter in build than usual owing to just weaning triplets. She's a little long in the leg and the judge would have preferred her to have more of an angle in her hind legs, but overall she looked good. That is a Nigerian Dwarf pictured in the background, for those who are wondering.

Giovanni was just himself - sporting his distinctive musky fragrance and stained front legs that he has worked so hard to achieve. He was a little tired, having spent all of Friday night chatting up the does in the surrounding pens and keeping the humans awake.

Every Pygmy class we entered was well supported with plenty of entries which is encouraging for the future interest in the breed, but also far more satisfying than when you find yourself in a class with only a few other goats.

Overall it was a busy, fun weekend. The goats performing well was just a bonus.