Engle Acres

Engle Acres is a small acreage located in central Iowa. Neither my wife nor I grew up raising livestock, so this has been a new venture for us.

I started raising Nigerian Dwarf Goats at the beginning of 2014, when I purchased two. Since that time, I have

05/16/2021

Some promising first freshening udders this year. The does are dam raising and these photos are a 12 hour fill.

Engle Acres O Maykapi
Engle Acres UM Lady Liberty (pending)
Old Mountain Farm Cover Girl
Engle Acres UM Little Bo Peep (pending)

04/27/2021

How time flies. I can't believe these pictures are only one year apart.

01/09/2021

Just a day in the life of delivering a bin full of packages on top of taking care of the kids and Arlo, the puppy. Busy busy!

12/22/2020

Best mouser on the farm! Those "bunnies" better watch out.

12/04/2020

This semen collection of MCH Twin Creeks BH Bay Watch ++*S E took place nearly 16 years ago. Its a great feeling to see motility in these little swimmers.

11/01/2020

There's a full days work in that bucket.

06/04/2020

My fencing partner needs longer legs or a bigger appetite.

05/22/2020

Happy national goat day!

05/09/2020

AVAILABLE KIDS UPDATED (5/26/20)
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🔹️More kids have hit the ground at Engle Acres!

Star 5 Farm Doodlebug x Wood Bridge Farm Unbound Merit
▪️3 does, 1 buck
▫️buck SOLD
▫️doe retained
▫️doe SOLD
▫️doe SOLD

Wood Bridge Farm Pet's Bestowal x Wood Bridge Farm Chipotle
▪️3 bucks
▫️buck retained
▫️buck pending
▫️buck SOLD

Old Mountain Farm Smart Mouse x Wood Bridge Farm Quiet Zone
▪️1 doe, 1 buck
▫️buck retained
▫️doe retained

Wood Bridge Farm Calico Cleo x Old Mountain Farm Okapi
▪️1 doe, 1 buck
▫️buck SOLD
▫️doe retained

Lil Carolina Kids CH Buttercup x Wood Bridge Farm Quiet Zone
▪️1 doe, 2 bucks
▫️Buttercup is available
▫️doe retained
▫️buck SOLD
▫️buck available

Whispering Tales CH Savannah x Wood Bridge Farm Quiet Zone
▪️1 buck
▫️buck not available

Old Mountain Farm Mayday x Old Mountain Farm Okapi
▪️3 does
▫️doe SOLD
▫️doe SOLD
▫️doe retained

Alebar C Cinnamon Spice x Old Mountain Farm Quiet Zone
▪️1 doe, 2 bucks
▫️Cinnamon Spice SOLD
▫️doe retained
▫️buck SOLD
▫️buck SOLD

Wood Bridge Farm Lady Luck x Wood Bridge Farm Unbound Merit
▪️2 does
▫️doe available
▫️doe retained

Victory Farm A Rockabye x Wood Bridge Farm Quiet Zone
▪️1 doe
▫️doe retained

Wood Bridge Farm Forget-Me-Not x Wood Bridge Farm Quiet Zone
▪️2 bucks
▫️buck SOLD

Wood Bridge Farm Undergrad Ace x Wood Bridge Farm Quiet Zone
▪️1 doe, 1 buck
▫️doe retained
▫️buck retained

Engle Acres UM Black Opal x Wood Bridge Farm Quiet Zone
1 buck
▫️buck available

Engle Acres C Leolani (cleo baby) x Wood Bridge Farm Unbound Merit
1 buck
▫️buck SOLD

Engle Acres UM Lady Fortune(lady baby) x Wood Bridge Farm Quiet Zone
1 buck
▫️buck SOLD

Whispering Tales Vivian x Wood Bridge Farm Chipotle
2 does, 1 buck
▫️buck SOLD
▫️doe available
▫️doe available

CH Whispering Tales Ginger Snap x Old Mountain Farm Okapi
1 doe, 1 buck
▫️doe available

▪️Engle Acres M Sierra x Old Mountain Farm Okapi
1 buck
▫️buck available

▪️Whispering Tales Mango Mama x Wood Bridge Farm Unbound Merit
1 doe, 2 bucks
▫️buck available
▫️buck available
▫️doe retained

▪️Wood Bridge Farm Black Diamond x Wood Bridge Farm Quiet Zone
2 bucks, both DOA

▪️Dill's BJ Cherry Bomb x Old Mountain Farm Okapi
1 buck
▫️buck available

*buck only denotes a male, not necessarily that they will stay intact.

04/28/2020

Polled vs. Horned goats

Since I talked about the unfun task of disbudding, here is a lighter topic on the same subject.

These are buck/doe twins. One is polled (naturally hornless) and one is not. Can you tell which one is polled? If you guessed the first photo, you are correct! See how he doesnt have little cowlicks where one can imagine the horns will grow, and the doe in the second picture does? Also, he has tiny buttons where the horns are located, but growth has not progressed from there. One parent has to be polled in order to have polled offspring.

The dam of these two kids is Old Mountain Smart Mouse. She happens to be polled.

If you're in the market for a buck, he is available. He may be doing another modeling sesh in a future post of available kids so keep your eye out!

04/26/2020

Disbudding goats

I've posted this before, but it's been a couple years and I think it's a good topic. This time we have added a video to go with the process explained in the text. Keep in mind, this is how I do it and find it to be successful. I'm sure there are other methods to use as well. They even have fancy "buck tip" irons!

This is something I wish I could have seen when I first started disbudding kids. My first ones were pretty awful and ended up with scurs (partial horn growth).

Kids begin growing their horns very early in life. One can feel the little buttons form within a few days of birth. Disbudding works best if done before the buds get too large. When using a disbudding iron, the end result should be a nice copper colored ring with the bud popped off in the middle (should look white). The iron needs to stay on the skull for approximately 5 seconds. I twist it a little to make sure I have good contact. When time is up I flick the iron to remove the bud, almost like scraping the bud off with the edge of the iron, but in a quick efficient motion.

Posted in the comments are a few examples of the kids I disbudded today. You will notice the brown buck kid has a figure 8 burned with the disbudding iron. The cells that grow horns form a teardrop shape (much larger on bucks) and must be burned this way to prevent scurs.

Sidenote: There is no downtime after disbudding kids. They are bouncing around as soon as I let them go!

04/24/2020

Krystina is being a real stickler about being "Team No House Goats" this year. This poor guy is stuck watching some Bachelor reality show.

04/23/2020

AVAILABLE KIDS UPDATED (4/26/20)

Brantley has evolved from goat feeder to goat snuggler and loves his new babies! 🐐

🔹️Engle Acres has had an exciting couple weeks of kidding:

Star 5 Farm Doodlebug x Wood Bridge Farm Unbound Merit
▪️3 does, 1 buck
▫️1 buck available
▫️1 doe available

Wood Bridge Farm Pet's Bestowal x Wood Bridge Farm Chipotle
▪️3 bucks
▫️2 bucks available

Old Mountain Farm Smart Mouse x Wood Bridge Farm Quiet Zone
▪️1 doe, 1 buck
▫️1 buck available

Wood Bridge Farm Calico Cleo x Old Mountain Farm Okapi
▪️1 doe, 1 buck
▫️1 buck available

Lil Carolina Kids CH Buttercup x Wood Bridge Farm Quiet Zone
▪️1 doe, 2 bucks
▫️Buttercup is available, Bucks TBD

Whispering Tales CH Savannah x Wood Bridge Farm Quiet Zone
▪️1 buck
▫️1 buck available

Old Mountain Farm Mayday x Old Mountain Farm Okapi
▪️3 does
▫️1 doe available

Alebar C Cinnamon Spice x Old Mountain Farm Quiet Zone
▪️1 doe, 2 bucks
▫️Cinnamon Spice is available, Bucks TBD

Wood Bridge Farm Lady Luck x Wood Bridge Farm Unbound Merit
▪️2 does
▫️1 doe available

Victory Farm A Rockabye x Wood Bridge Farm Quiet Zone
▪️1 doe
▫️Doe retained

Wood Bridge Farm Forget-Me-Not x Wood Bridge Farm Quiet Zone
▪️2 bucks
▫️Reservations filled

Wood Bridge Farm Undergrad Ace x Wood Bridge Farm Quiet Zone
▪️1 doe, 1 buck
▫️Reservations filled

🔹️Upcoming kidding pairs due in the next couple of weeks:

▪️Wood Bridge Farm Black Diamond x Wood Bridge Farm Quiet Zone

▪️Engle Acres CAL Cherry Blondie x Wood Bridge Farm Quiet Zone
▪️Engle Acres UM Lady Fortune(lady baby) x Wood Bridge Farm Quiet Zone
▪️Engle Acres UM Black Opal (diamond baby) x Wood Bridge Farm Quiet Zone
▪️Whispering Tales Mango Mama x Wood Bridge Farm Unbound Merit
▪️Engle Acres C Leolani (cleo baby) x Wood Bridge Farm Unbound Merit
▪️Whispering Tales Vivian x Wood Bridge Farm Chipotle
▪️CH Whispering Tales Ginger Spice x Old Mountain Farm Okapi
▪️Engle Acres M Sierra x Old Mountain Farm Okapi
▪️Dill's BJ Cherry Bomb x Old Mountain Farm Okapi

04/21/2020

My farm hand definitely knows he gets paid by the hour.

04/10/2020

Kidding pens are up, and they are looking like Fort Knox! Hopefully all the hard work pays off. Wood Bridge Farm Pets Bestowal and Star 5 Farm Doodlebug are in the kidding pens now. Today is day 145 for them both. Judging by their ligaments, I'd say Bestowal will start off the kidding season this year.

03/30/2020

Dad came up with a great idea to repurpose pallet racks to make kidding pens. Ain't no baby sneaking through these bad boys! Krystina is working hard, and I'm hardly working.

01/03/2020

Well we have procrastinated long enough. Posted below is the breeding schedule for 2020. Kidding should start around April/May. We pen bred everyone this year so we don't know exact dates. The buck is listed at the top of each list. The does below his name are the does bred to that buck. If you're interested in any kids for 2020 please PM us! More information on the goats can be seen on the website.

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Wood Bridge Farm Quiet Zone (buck)
Victory Farm A Rockabye
Wood Bridge Farm Undergrad Ace
Wood Bridge Farm Black Diamond
Old Mountain Farm Smart mouse
Dragonfly AV Eszti
CH Whispering Tales Savannah
Engle Acres O Maykapi
Old Mountain Farm Covergirl
Wood Bridge Farm Forget-Me-Not
Lil Carolina Kids CH Buttercup
Alebar Cinnamon Spice
Engle Acres CAL Cherry Blondie
Engle Acres CAL Stella
Engle Acres CAL Rosa
Engle Acres O Zora
Engle Acres UM unnamed
Engle Acres UM Lady Fortune
Engle Acres O Panda
Engle Acres UM Black Opal
Engle Acres C unnamed

Wood Bridge Farm Unbound Merit (buck)
Whispering Tales Mango Mama
Wood Bridge Farm Lady Luck
Wood Bridge Farm Pets Legacy
Engle Acres C Leolani
Star 5 Farm Doodlebug
Old Mountain Farm Ginni Quinn

Wood Bridge Farm Chipotle (buck)
Whispering Tales Vivian
Wood Bridge Farm Pets Bestowal

Old Mountain Farm Okapi (buck)
CH Whispering Tales Ginger Spice
Engle Acres M Sierra
Wood Bridge Farm Calico Cleo
Old Mountain Farm Mayday
Dill's BJ Cherry Bomb

12/25/2019

Merry Christmas from Engle Acres! 🎄🐐🎅

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7286 150th Avenue
Indianola, IA
50125

Website

http://www.engleacres.com/

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