Taylor Made Goats

03/23/2023

This is what kidding in the Taylor Made barn looks like right now!! 🤣
We work all day, to be in the barn all night!! 😭😭
Huge kid explosion tonight.

11/04/2022

Come visit us at the 100 Anniversary of the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto!! The girls are accepting visitors.

09/11/2022

Amazing day for the Taylor Made Herd at the Uxbridge Fair!!
Was so great to have such large competitive Nubian classes at the show today.
Congrats to the competitors on all their hard work and beautiful animals!!
We were so busy we forgot to take better pictures of the girls! 🙈 Next time!!

Best in Show Taylor Made Stella's Stilletto

Ch. Jr doe Nubian Taylor Made Jube Jube
Res. Ch Jr doe Taylor Made Shakra
Ch. Sr. Nubian doe Taylor Made Stella's Stilletto
Res. Ch. Sr. Doe Haldibrook Pamplemousse
Ch. Jr. Recorded Grade Taylor Made Amerulla
Res. Ch. Jr. Recorded Grade Taylor Made Ameretto
Ch. Sr. Recorded Grade Pepperpot Ameteur Hour

08/09/2022

Fresh off the press!!
Proud to announce our gorgeous Saanen buck Capricorn View Arthur's Flash is officially a Permanent Champion!! Thank you to all the Judges who unanimously made him best buck in Show!! He is a special guy! ❤
Looking forward to a gorgeous 2023 kid crop.

06/11/2022

Today was all about the boys!!
We were very happy with all the boys we brought out today. Our Jr. Buck Taylor Made Ragnar was first under one judge and second under the two others. Taylor Made Dynasty and Taylor Made Empire were top of the line also. But I guess we can't neglect our phenomenal Saanen buck Capricorn View Arthur's Flash who took a clean sweep today!! He was champion under all three judges and Best Buck in Show as well under all three judges!!
Fabulous day, great to be out, and thank you to the Mitchell family, our amazing judges, and all those involved with the organization of the show we appreciate all your efforts it was a fabulous day!!

05/11/2022

We love getting good reports from our amazing customers.
These two gorgeous doelings made a long journey today across the country and two plane rides to Grande Prarie, Alberta!!
So glad they landed safely with their new mom and thay they look no worse for the wear!
I think it looks like they have made themselves quite at home with their new family 💕
Thank you Mary for your continued trust in the Taylor Made herd and congratulations on the acquisition of these special girls!

04/04/2022

Auntie Siren giving her niece (Stilletto doeling) some words of wisdom.
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04/01/2022

Very sad day in the Taylor Made barn today.
We had to say good bye to a very special doe. Velvet was a permanent champion and a *M doe. This girl wasn't "just a goat", she was the matriarch of our herd and holds a special place in all our hearts. She was the first face to greet us every morning and the one that demanded her chin scratches first.
Her son Dynasty has made a huge impact on our breeding program and we are lucky to have a few daughters from her so we are thankful to have her genetics still working in our herd.
It's extra hard to say goodbye to the special ones, but we are so thankful for everything she gave to us and our herd.

💗 R.I.P. Velvet

03/20/2022

It's been so busy here in the Taylor Made barn!!!
Sorry to everyone that we haven't posted in a while.... stay tuned for some recent updates.
We hope everyone is having a successful kidding season!
Cheers!

12/29/2021

Kidding season is near!!!
We start kidding in February.
Here is a copy of our matings list.
Please contact us if you are interested in reserving your own 2022 Taylor Made Nubian!!

12/14/2021

Took a few moments to appreciate our resident Saanen buck, Capricorn View Arthur's Flash.
Pictured here in his working clothes it is still easy to appreciate the amazing strong top line, power and style he has to offer. Mike is 6'2" to give you a reference to the size of this awesome 3 year old buck! We are excited to see the babies he will give us this year, especially crossed on our gorgeous doe Pepperpot Ameteur Hour.

09/19/2021

Taylor Made had an amazing day at Lindsey Ex.

Champion Nubian (Best Nubian udder)
Champion and Res. Champion Jr. Nubian
BEST Jr. In show
Senior Champion Nubian
Reserve Jr. Recorded grade
Champion Rcorded grade (Reserve best udder in show)

Thank you to everyone involved with running the show it was a great day Natalie Mitchell Mark Keir , and to our Judge Ed Edward J. Cavanagh.

06/29/2021

Utilizing your dairy goats for sustainable farming.....

With a smaller family farm where we don’t raise livestock on a commercial level, we are always looking for ways that our animals can sustain themselves. After all, there is only so many hours in a day that Mike and I can work off the farm to support our family, let alone all the animals on top of it.
We decided this year to raise some meat animals. We raised 6 Pigs and 125 Quail!!
Pigs were an easy decision… although I don’t think we knew what we had signed ourselves up for in the beginning. LOL
We have a constant supply of fresh goat milk which the majority gets dumped as we don’t have a use for a lot of it. It seemed such a waist to be dumping all that amazing milk our girls produce. We consume some of it, but cannot consume all of it. So the Pigs diet was 50% goat milk provided by our beautiful girls and the rest of their diet is made up of high quality pig grower rations, fresh grass and alfalfa hay. They also had a constant supply of all of our bread, fruit and vegetable kitchen scraps.
We have had the pigs since they were weaned, and we received them at around 65 pounds of weight. In just over three months our pigs gained over 280 lbs in weight and we were thrilled that our first three pigs yielded hanging weights of 282 lbs, 258 lbs, and 239 lbs!!!
It is a great feeling knowing that we raised these animals ethically and with our own and locally sourced feed. Our kids worked hard helping us to feed, clean and do any daily chores needed to raise these animals and I am so thankful for this experience and the lessons they learn that came with it.
Shipping day was especially hard for Josie but I am proud of the care and compassion she showed for these animals right to the end.
Today we finally got to reap the rewards of our work. We brought home our first crop of pork. Check out these beautiful cuts of meat that came from our hogs…. We can’t wait to taste it!!

Thank you to our goats who supplied our pigs with fresh quality milk, and for their kids; the profit we made from our sales will buy us enough hay to feed all of our livestock for the next year!
So while we wait for our quail and final hogs to be ready for harvest, we will enjoy our first batch of pork and be thankful for the animals that have put food on not only ours, but our friends and family’s plates, and have paid their way so we can afford to keep these animals that are such an important part of our lifestyle.

06/07/2021

Just received this in the mail today! 🤩🤩🤩
Very proud of this doe and all the accomplishments she has brought to our herd. Congratulations Velvet!! 🥰💕

05/08/2021

Always enjoyable milking with views like this!! 😍😍
CH Herd of Gold Black Velvet *M fourth freshening 5 year old
Taylor Made Stiletto first freshening 2 year old

The girls are working hard even though we have no where to show it off!!
We will try to update our page with some more pictures of all our hard working girls.

03/13/2021

We like to feed our kids to meet their individual needs!! With 21 hungry mouths that can be challenging and time consuming!! So Mike designed the "T***y bar 10 000" 😆😆.
Anything to make our lives easier and more efficient is always welcome!!

03/06/2021

Let's talk about Whey!!!

Curds and whey is the generic name given to curdled milk, which separates into lumps of cheese called curds and a liquid called whey.

Did you know you can tell alot about the quality of your cheese and the health and diet of your animals based on the colour of your whey??
Do you know why cheese is orange???
Previously throughout history cows and goats were raised predominantly on grass pastures and not in barns or feedlots. These animals milk tended to be richer in colour from beta-carotene in the grass they eat. So, when the orange pigment transferred to the cow or goats milk, and then to the cheese, it was considered a mark of quality.

Have a look at the pictures of my whey during my cheese making from this year (first picture) and from last year (second picture). Notice the huge difference in colour? This year's whey is bright yellow while last years is milky colored!!

Last year we struggled to find quality hay for our goats. They were still fed a premium ration and grain diet, but the hay was not as lush and grassy as we would have wanted... This year we were fortunate enough to put enough gorgeous lush grassy hay in our barn for the year. We also started supplementing our milking does with high content alfalfa hay and soaked alfalfa cubes. On top of quality hay we feed a custom ration made specifically for our herd to provide a balanced diet to ensure our girls were getting everything they needed to look their best and most importantly milk to their fullest potential!!
Highly Yellow whey is a direct result of a rich, grass diet!!
Some sources suggest that extremely yellow whey can also indicate a high casien protein content in the milk.
It is desirable to have high casien content in your goat milk especially for cheese makers. Casien helps form large plum curds!! Casien is also very high in amino acids and is a desirable health supplement in human diets!

It just goes to show you.... you are what you eat!!! It's so important as a producer that we do our very best for our animals, because we expect a lot from our stock, so we need to feed them optimally to get the most out of them.
It's amazing to see the difference diet has made on our own herd. We have always prided ourselves on the quality of care we provide our animals, but it just goes to show you how important a quality forage is in a dairy animals diet.
The proof is in the whey!!! 😆

01/25/2021

When you're born to stand out!!

Our Saanen doeling Taylor Made Debut standing out in a pen full of colour!! 🐐💕

📷: Stephanie Moir

01/11/2021

Always happy to welcome clean results!! We are happy to report a clean herd, and all of our expectant mommas are reported negative for CAE!

12/08/2020

Exciting news!!
It's always nice to wake up to a message like this from the Canadian Goat Society!!
Our beautiful doe Herd of Gold Black Velvet has earned her *M on her last milk test with 20.31 points!! She is also a Permanent Champion. This doe has earned a place of honor in our herd the last few years proving herself to not only be beautiful 😉 but a hard working member of the herd!
Her son Taylor Made Dynasty (by Haldibrook King Candy) is our current Sr. SIRE and is an integral part of our breeding program currently.
If you are interested in adding some Taylor Made Genetics into your herd please contact us today! We pride our selves in striving to produce quality animals that are versatile, beautiful enough to be a showstopper but hard working, quality milking animals!!
Congratulations Velvet once again for making us so proud to have you in our barn, and becoming a matriarchal figure in our herd!! 💕

11/15/2020

Big news!!!
The Taylor Made herd and Vervoort family are moving to a new farm!!
We are re locating to a lovely new farm in Erin!!
We will be moving to our new farm the beginning of December, just in time to get everyone settled and ready for our kidding season to start in February.
Please stay tuned for news about our move and we look forward to sharing our new barn with you all!

11/10/2020

Kids, kids, kids!!!

It's an exciting time of year...
We are happy to announce our does are confirmed pregnant!!
We are now taking deposits on 2021 buck and doe kids.
Please contact us if you have something in mind or would like a list of the mateings we have available.

09/29/2020

Taylor Made Genetics featured on the cover of EastGen's most recent dairy goat proof sheet!! This is two of our home bred buck kids resulting from an AI breeding we did from EastGen goat semen.
Taylor Made Dynasty (Haldibrook King Candy x Herd of Gold Black Velvet, perminant champion) is now one of our senior bucks and is an integral part of our breeding program currently. We are very proud to have these genetics in our herd!