Goat Sales Policy
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New Owner Information

Thank you for your interest in our goat herd. We wish you the best in your future goat endeavors. While we'd love to be able to provide you with a new goat, we realize not all goals align with ours. If you are looking for something we don't have, please contact us anyway. We'd love to give you recommendations of other farms all over the US who may have something you are looking for. 

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If you see something you'd like more information on, let us know! We do not allow visitors, but are happy to talk goats via texts, Facebook messenger, or phone. We are also willing to video chat or take extra pictures/video (within reason, if time allows). 

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Reservation Lists/Available Goats

Please feel free to contact us if there is a specific goat(s) or a goat from a specific breeding(s) you are interested in. A $100 deposit will hold your reservation until after birth. If a kid of the correct sex is not born, you can choose to move your reservation or receive a refund. Reservations are made by sex only. Color, eye color, horned/polled, etc is not a valid reason to pass and receive a refund.  If you do not want to reserve a kid/kids in advance, our Facebook group, Crosby Lake Farm, will provide the most up to date information regarding what is available. We do not keep generic waiting lists. 

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Deposits & Payments

To reserve an available goat, you must put down a nonrefundable deposit. Deposit amounts vary depending on what is being purchased. Deposits hold available goats for 7 days. Deposits can be sent by Venmo or PayPal. Our Venmo is @TamaraLake and our PayPal is crosbylakefarm@gmail.com. Payments must be sent friends and family ONLY. If they are not, they will be refunded. Please do not send payments without communicating first. By sending a deposit, the buyer agrees to all policies found on this site. ​

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We reserve the right to cancel a sale if Crosby Lake Farm decides to retain a kid or decides the potential buyer is not a good fit. If either occurs, all payments will be refunded immediately.Kid P

Kid Pickup & Transport

Bottle kids must be picked up in a timely fashion. The timeframe for pickup will vary kid to kid but will be explained to you in writing before we accept a deposit. Age is a factor, and every available kid's expected pickup timeframe will be different unless reserved from birth. We do not under any circumstances bottle raise kids until weaning for buyers, however there are times where we may have slightly older bottle kids nearing weaning age we have decided not to retain. We are willing to work with transport for goats of any age if arranged in a timely manner. We are directly off of I95 in Walterboro, SC and can meet for pickup easily. ​

 

Kid Feeding

Bottle kids will go home on goat milk, cow milk, or a combination of the two. You will be given enough of what is being used (if it's anything other than whole cow milk) to slowly transition to the milk of your choosing. Our first choice is goat milk, with cow milk coming in at a close second. We do not recommend replacers of any kind or goat milk from untested animals. If you choose either of those options, we will not be available for advice on further care. We use red Pritchard teats and/or human baby bottles with an x cut in the nipple and suggest buyers having both on hand when bringing home goat kid(s). We warm milk to above 100 degrees before feeding unless otherwise noted. 

 

When buying a bottle kid, please follow our directions exactly. Some goats go home eating more than others, so there is not a one-size-fits all description of how to feed bottle goat kids. Typically, Nigerian kids work their way up to at minimum 32 ounces per DAY, divided between 2-4 bottles depending on the availability of the buyer. Mini and standard Nubians may eat 2-3 times that amount. No matter how much the kid is eating when it leaves the farm, the buyer needs to be sure to make any changes SLOWLY over time. Any abrupt changes will cause unnecessary stress to the kid.​

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Disbudding & Tattoos

Kids will be disbudded before leaving. If you'd like your kid(s) horned, you must pay for them in full (nonrefundable) before their disbudding timeframe. Some of our goats are polled, so sometimes we have polled kids available. Occasionally, a kid we have marked as polled will grow horns. PLEASE CONTACT US immediately if this occurs. Tattooing is the responsibility of the new owner, typically.

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Registration

Registration will occur online only. No paper applications will be given. If you are not an ADGA member and would like registration, you must become a member and provide us with a member number to transfer ownership and register the kid(s). The registration will be placed in the new owner's cart within 30 days of pickup and paid in full. The new owner is responsible for all charges incurred for registration/transfer and must checkout within 30 days. Crosby Lake Farm is not responsible for submitting registration papers more than 60 days after pickup. Please be respectful of our time and effort.

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Naming Registered Kids

At Crosby Lake Farm, we have themes and requirements for naming goats. Buyers may name their kids unless we have already chosen a name. Generally, we will require you to follow a theme. There are 13 available spaces after our herd name for the name. The name MUST be chosen and approved before registration can occur. We reserve the right to overrule any name we deem inappropriate or not thematic. 

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Kid Pricing

Registered kids are $450-$900. We will not sell a doe kid, as a pet, "without papers", and at a discounted rate unless she has a conformational defect, in which case the cost of the kid will be $250. Please do not tell us you "don't need papers" or "don't care about papers". We do not discount goats for someone not wanting papers. While we do offer pet wethers often, we do not offer pet quality does or bucks to be used for breeding at a discounted rate. Prices listed are non-negotiable unless otherwise noted. Any buckling purchased at advertised price can come with a wether if requested at no charge, depending on availability. 

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Wethers

Wethers are fixed male goats and make the best pets. They are $150 each. If they are bottle kids, they are intact when sent to their new home. It is up to the buyer to contact us to make arrangements when the buck is of age to be wethered (approximately 7 weeks old). If the buyer does not contact us in a timely manner and the buck becomes too old to wether by the banding method, then the buyer will have to make other arrangements. 

 

A buck sold as a wether is never intended to be used as breeding stock and we are NOT responsible for the animal if you choose to keep it intact. There will be NO replacements given if a buck sold as a wether cannot reproduce. If you are looking for a breeding animal, we suggest choosing an available registered buck.

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In the rare case we have available dam raised wethers, they will be banded before leaving the farm.

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Guarantees

Registered goats sold by Crosby Lake Farm should not have any teat or testicular defects. If one is missed or shows up later, we will replace the goat after the return of the original goat's registration and within 18 months of purchase.

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Registered goats sold by Crosby Lake Farm should not have any fertility issues. If suspicion arises, veterinarian examination is necessary. If sterility is confirmed, we will replace the goat after the return of the original goat's registration and within 18 months of purchase. Current owner is responsible for vet costs.

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Registered goats sold by Crosby Lake Farm should not have any serious anatomical defects, such as a heart defect. If suspicion arises, veterinarian examination is necessary. If a defect is confirmed, we will replace the goat after the return of the original goat's registration and within 18 months of purchase. Current owner is responsible for vet costs. 

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Refunds are not provided. If the desired available replacement costs more than the original purchased animal, the buyer is responsible for any additional charges. If the desired available replacement costs less, the buyer will receive a credit. 

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Guarantees apply to the original purchaser only. If Crosby Lake Farm's buyer "A" sells their goat to buyer "B" before noticing any defects that would warrant replacement, then buyer "B" then has an issue, no replacements will be given.

 

Guarantees apply to registered goats only. Unregistered goats have no guarantees. 

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Any transport/boarding costs related to the cost of purchase are not refunded or replaced. Replacement animal must be picked up in Walterboro, SC or put on transport in Walterboro, SC.

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Since management plays a large role in creating a thriving, correct dairy goat, we do not replace for other issues. Conformational correctness and showring success is never a guarantee. 

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We make no guarantees on height.

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Currently, we do not have herdwide test results for CM. As of March 2026, we will replace any goat within 18 months if it is found to have two copies of the gene. Carriers are not replaced. We make no guarantees on carrier status unless they are tested or can be determined clear by parentage. Our policy on this may be modified as time goes on, but we will always replace an affected goat. 

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CH is a big topic, as it should be. We have never had a homebred case of CH, that we are aware of. We do not replace for CH unless it occurs within the first 18 months of life. Management can and does cause CH to occur, therefore, we cannot be responsible for it as we do not have control of how others manage their herds. 

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Disease Testing

All goats over one year old are tested approximately once a year for CAE and Johnes. We have maintained a negative herd for 12+ years. Test results are always available upon request. 

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General Goat Care

When taking bottle kids (or even adult goats) home, it would be best to keep them in a small, escape proof area for the first few days until they are acclimated to their new surroundings. Stress is a serious health concern for goats; minimizing stress levels is key to good health.

 

For basic adult goat nutritional requirements, we suggest a pelleted goat feed and alfalfa pellets fed daily and mixed in equal parts. There are lots of other things you can purchase to add and make a ration that suits your animals' needs. As time goes on, you will have to research and feed what works for you in the amounts that work for you. All goats need clean, fresh hay at all times. Water is a necessity. Even kids on a bottle at a few days old need to have access to hay, feed, and water.

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Here at Crosby Lake Farm, kids are given access to free choice medicated goat pellets until they are too big to fit into a creep feeder area. This usually happens anywhere from 6 to 9 months old. 

 

Goats also need minerals. Any loose mineral specific to goats is likely acceptable. Blocks should not be used as a main mineral source. We supplement with selenium and copper; both can be purchased through Jeffers and other places online.

 

We also suggest you have dewormers and a coccidia treatment on hand prior to bringing a goat home. Lots of times, goat kids will need a coccidia treatment of some sort before they are weaned. Most coccidia medications are prescription only so be sure to take that into consideration. 

 

If you are buying a wether, please be sure to provide adequate minerals that contain ammonium chloride, as well as feed that contains ammonium chloride. This is the best way to prevent urinary calculi. Please research this if you are not familiar with it. Do not feed corn or a general all stock.

 

Occasionally, goats get lice. This usually happens in the spring but can happen anytime. At Crosby Lake Farm, we use a permethrin-based fly spray applied down the spine or injected ivermectin. While they can be life threatening if not treated, it is normal. External parasites can come in on straw, bedding, shavings, or other goats. Do not be alarmed if you notice lice on your goats, but treat them as soon as you see them. We recommend checking for lice at least twice a month during the Winter/Spring, and at longer intervals during the warmer months.