Who We Are

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Who We Are

We are a small hobby farm, working towards the best we can be every day. We are focused and dedicated to raising quality Myotonic goats.

When we started we knew were interested in the MEAT breeds but were not sure what breed to start with. So, we started out with a few of the three "meat" types, Kiko, Boar, and Myotonic. But we have since fallen for the Myotonic goat. You may noticed we have cut back on our commercial stock and have and continue to replace these does with registered Myotonic goats. Check back with us to see our new stock as they come in periodically.

We belong to the following registries at this time.

Around our Farm

Below you will see pictures of our largest pasture area at this time. We will call this Pasture1. You will see our shelters, and different angles of the paster.

These shelters are closed in more in the winter. We always block the North and West winds.

A good winter picture

This shows how dry and well these shelters work.

Yes this was after the blizzard we had.

However, I wanted to give you some other ideas on what the pastures looked like and these were good.

This is up over the hill.

As you can see everyone has plenty of space.

This is a little less the mid way looking to the back of this pasture.

This is from the same spot looking to the front/feeding area of the pasture.

This is in the back of pasture 1.

Here king or queen of the hill is often played. As you see it is also good for those lazy days.

We have areas set up to feed our LDG's.

In this photo Tristin is showing us how this works. This cuts back on unwanted mouths in the food.

Buck Pen 1

We now have the buck pen done! The back and front yard is free to grow again. Here are the pics of the pen. This pen opens to a pasture for grazing. The boys are very happy to be able to see out. We will be moving and chaging the shelter a bit but you get the overall idea of how the boys live when not with their girls.

This area here opens to the pasture.

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Above --

Spock giving his love.

To the left --

To ensure safety of our Goats, we have quality LGD's (Livestock Guardian Dogs).

Our Feeding Program

Here at Gray Robin Ranch we were able to get a mix that had been put together just for Meat Goats. We have modified it for our farm and have seen great results. Recently. thanks to our friends at Bending Tree Ranch, we have added a great new mineral tub. This is allowing our goats to get the extras they may need during kidding season and other seasons year round. Below is the tub and how we were taught to put them out to prevent waste and sticky kids. As you can see Dams waste no time to start the new licks.

The below picture is what feeding time looks like at Gray Robin Ranch. On a heavy beaten area you will find a feeding bowl for everyone and there is always an extra just in case. We keep plenty of space between everyone to avoid hoarding of bowls. This is our largest pasture right now. (Pen 1)

Around our Farm

Below you will find photo's of pasture 2. This is our smaller pasture. You will also see a piece of one of the two spring fed ponds we have in our pastures.

This is from the front of the pasture looking out.

This is not as far over as this pasture goes, but it gives you an idea of the layout.

Yep this one is recent too. I decided to add this.

As you can see this pasture is not as small as one might think.

The girls in pasture 2 having a run around.

Here is another LDG feeding pen.

We have since designed it so our LDG's can cross from pasture to pasture.

Here, Callie shows us a lesson to our first pen.

When a hole is cut to low, goats can enter. So we select who stays in this pasture.

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Gray Robin Ranch * Serving NW AR/NE OK * US *