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Mending Wall Farm
P.O. Box 722
Assonet, MA. 02702
Phone: (508) 644-5088
Mending Wall Farm
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Family owned since 1948
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Consultation; Consultation/help is free. We love to help people start out in their lives with Goats. We will try to answer your questions to the best of our ability. The only question we will not answer is “Which Breed should I get?” We do not claim to be experts and we are not Veterinarians. But having been around Livestock for more than a half a Century and raising Goats since 1991, we have seen quite a bit. Here at Mending Wall Farm we strive to raise healthy, happy and just plain good Goats.
Sales and Deposits: A non-refundable 50% deposit will hold any goat that is for sale. All Goats are to be paid in full before they will be allowed to leave Mending Wall Farm. Deposits may be made by Cash, Money Order or Check.
Final payments may be made by Check or Money order if there is ample time for them to clear. All final payments made on the day of pick up will be in Cash only.
Goats, being a herd animal, do not thrive on their own. We will not sell you just one Goat unless you already have Goats at home.
Horns: With our two breeds of Goats we have two standards regarding horns. Please read the following carefully.
Nigerian Dwarfs; All Nigerian Dwarf Kids will be Disbudded at an appropriate age. There is one exception to this. That exception is if you place a 50% non-refundable deposit on the Kid and tell us that you prefer the horns to be left on. Our Nigerians do have polled bloodlines. Whether they are born polled or not is not up to us.
Tennessee Fainting; Fainting Goats will not be Disbudded.
Weaning: We Dam raise all of our Kids. Kids will not leave Mending Wall Farm until they are weaned. The exception to this is bottle babies. Kids will not be taken from their mothers just to make them a bottle baby.
Weaning for Nigerians averages between 8 and 10 weeks of age. Fainters are usually weaned at 12 weeks of age.
Registration: All Nigerians will be registered, or be able to be registered, with both the American Goat Society (AGS) and the Nigerian Dwarf Goat Association (NDGA). All Fainters will be registered, or be able to be registered, with The Myotonic Goat Registry (MGR).
Transportation: We do not deliver. Pickup will be at Mending Wall Farm at a prearranged agreed upon time. We expect our buyers to make their new Goats safe during transportation.
We request that the buyer use a animal crate large enough to accommodate the size of the Goat that you are transporting or a stock trailer/truck with a cap. If your goat will be outside in a truck bed we ask that you use a animal crate. We will not allow a goat to leave Mending Wall Farm if the buyer intends to just tie the goat in the back of a truck or if it is loose in the vehicle. The Buyer is responsible for any and all testing, shots or requirements that may be needed for interstate transportation.
Stud Service: Our Stud Service starts on November 11th (Veterans Day) and ends on Martin Luther King Day. The cost is $125.00 at time of arrival for a breeding, which includes room and board for up to 63 days. Not to exceed before or beyond the dates above. We also require a recent Negative test for both CAE and Johne's. The 63 days makes sure the Doe goes through 2 complete cycles while she is here if she does not settle during her first cycle. This room and board breeding will come with a guarantee of pregnancy. If your Doe does not get pregnant you may bring her back the following season. Driveway breedings are available but not recommended. There is no guarantee on this type of service. A service memo will be giving at the time of pickup. Dropping off and picking up of Goats will be at a prearranged agreed upon time. Unless prior arrangements have been made, any Doe left here beyond Martin Luther King Day will be subject to a $5.00 per day room and board fee. Also, any Doe left for more than 30 days beyond Martin Luther King Day will become the property of Mending Wall Farm.
