Dusty Rhodes Miniatures

14/09/2025

🥳🤩It rained bouncing BABIES at Dusty Rhodes Miniatures!!!!!!!!

After 2 years of planning, building and careful selection and care of our current herd, we are delighted to announce we have completed our first kidding season. What a wild ride!😳

We put 3 of our age and line appropriate girls in with LaFamilia Jimmy Hendrix (P84.87) and once he worked out what to do, he sure let his freak flag fly.

Welcome to the family:

Dusty Rhodes Marilyn Monroe P74.47
Dam: Claybank Lilah P64.06

Dusty Rhodes Betty White P80.72
Dam: LaFamilia Karen Carpenter P76.56

And Twins:

Dusty Rhodes Joan Rivers P86.97👫
&
Dusty Rhodes Humphrey Bogart P86.97 👫
Dam: LaFamilia Carly Simon P89.06

The mamma's are doing great, the babies are bringing an abundance of joy and Jimmy...well he doesn't care, too busy eyeing off our does that will soon be old enough to play with the boys too... but he has to share next time and give our other bucks a chance.😉

Many thanks to our friend Mel from LaFamilia Pygmy Goats and friend Claire Robinson (who just happens to also be an awesome vet) for the many hours they sacrificed to calm and guide us as we worked through our first-time-kidding nerves!

31/08/2025

Hey you... we have some exciting updates to share... stay tuned 😉.

15/08/2025

Someone was left unnattended, unsupervised, innocently browsing favourite FB pages... we don't name and shame here, but that person found pictures of gorgeous little triplets and in particular an adorable buckling... you know the inevitable series of events that occur from there when one falls in love...🙄🙄🙄🙄
At the end of July we welcomed our little (and we mean little!!!) King Peter (LaFamilia Peter Parker- Buckling - P90.62%) to the Dusty Rhodes Miniatures family.

Peter is our most affectionate goat. He comes running for cuddles before he'll come running for some pellets mix or lucerne. He has formed a wonderful relationship with Claybank Floyd (Nicholson River Soaps) and young Myall Forest James (Myall Forest Stud - Nigerian Dwarf & Pygmy Goats).
Floyd, as reliable as always with our babies, loves running around the yards and playing with our little king and giving him comfort when needed.
Peter's desire for affection has also rubbed off onto young James and he now loves his rubs too...
Peter is also VERY vocal, even giving Carol a run for her trophy as our loudest goat.

Thank you to our trusted friend and breeder, Mel at LaFamilia Pygmy Goats for her ongoing efforts in strengthening bonds between breeders.

Welcome, Peter!!...but sshh🤫🤫🤫 (the babies are sleeping 😉)

05/03/2025

Love Nicholson River Soaps ! Highly recommend!
Even our feed storage shed smells amazing just storing our Nicholson goodies there 🥰!
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That’s a win!

27/02/2025

Amidst the whirlwind of yard work, mob rotations, and construction projects, we've found a moment of calm and excitement to welcome Young James (Myall Forest James Fischer-Harris - Buckling - P70.3%) to Dusty Rhodes.

James has already been with us for nearly a month, and in that time, he's proven to be a delightful addition. He has a gentle nature and a calming presence that we've all come to appreciate. We've enjoyed getting to know him, helping him settle in, and sharing his love for lucerne and hand-feeding.

Some of our other little ones were very curious upon James' arrival...of course.

We're incredibly grateful to Emma at Myall Forest Stud - Nigerian Dwarf & Pygmy Goats for entrusting us with James and for her continued support as he transitions into the Dusty Rhodes family.

Welcome, James!

09/11/2024

We won't add to our Dusty Rhodes Miniatures family for one breeding season, we said 😒 ...just to be sure, we won't even look obsessively like a stalker at our trusted breeders socials, we said 😒 (as a goat lover this is reeeeealllly difficult)...at the end of kidding season and when we thought it was safe to come out from under the covers, we high-fived, we marveled at our will power🙄, we had resisted the temptation🙄 we all feel when our hearts are won over by a little adorable pygmy baby (or 5)!

And then...🥰😍🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐😍🥰

One would be forgiven to think the LaFamilia Pygmy Goats family had indulged in a fair amount of tv streaming during COVID lockdown with a particular theme threading through their babies this breeding season of binge-worthy TV series...and with that we welcome from LaFamilia with love and excitement:
LaFamilia Bonnie Bennett (The Vampire Diaries) P88.28% - from quads;
and twins:
LaFamilia Carol & LaFamilia Maggie P78.90% (The Walking Dead)...cannot tell them apart yet! Maggie is very shy but curious and Carol seems to be just as brave as her namesake (or is it the other way around?).

Carol, Maggie and Bonnie are all incredibly well adjusted and have slotted themselves into the family with ease just as with our previous LaFamilia babies. A credit to Mel & Linc! Your care for your pygmy's is evident!

We also welcome the delightful (and wonderfully vocal 😉)
Claybank Elvie P83.20% & Claybank Sylvie P74.21% to our Dusty Rhodes family.
Elvie is just the sweetest and will leave food to follow you everywhere and Sylvie gives the most amazing snuggles and kisses. Our Claybank Boer Goats babies from last year are so affectionate and it's no surprise these bebe's are too. It is easy to tell how loved Claybank kids are before they come to you.

Thanks again to LaFamilia Pygmy Goats and Claybank Boer Goats for trusting us with your little ones.

12/03/2024

Our beautiful boys are maturing delightfully! Otis Redding (wether), Axl Rose and Jimmy Hendrix (bucklings). 🥰🥰🥰.
Our other lovely wether Floyd refuses to leave the girls paddock 🙄 and we don't have the heart to move him and has been dubbed the princess of Dusty Rhodes Miniatures 👑. More pictures with the princess to come.

24/12/2023

Have a great day with love from the Dusty Rhodes Family! ❤️

, Dusty Rhodes Miniatures

21/12/2023

Just in time for the holiday season and rounding out our final little additions at Dusty Rhodes Miniatures for 2023 is the delightful young LaFamilia Axl Rose P83.59%.
Axl settled in right away with his other LaFamilia paddock mates Jimmy and Otis and likes to let us know very loudly every morning that he made it through the night. 😄
He definitely got the attention of all the girls upon arrival! Not yet girls, not yet! 🛑

Welcome to the Dusty Rhodes family Axl! 🎸🌹

Another thank you to Melissa at LaFamilia Pygmy Goats for still putting up with our endless questions, your friendship, trusting us with your babies and welcoming us so warmly to be part of your LaFamilia family.

12/12/2023

Goat therapy is the best kind of therapy for some 🥰🥰🥰

30/11/2023

Afternoons with the babies 🥰

15/11/2023

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