Rock Bottom Farm is a family farmstead located in Richmond, ME. Raising registered Nigerian dwarf dairy goats. Please see our website for more information!
01/10/2026
*Ppssstt* .. 8 weeks until hooves on the ground! ๐
Soon Iโll be fluffing the shavings, hanging the heat lamps and setting up kidding stalls in anticipation!
You have always been extra-generous with the donation of your old towels, and weโre happy to take them off your hands again this spring! We have less use for sheets, big, bulky quilts or blankets, but can make use of smaller throws or fleece blankets (they have come in handy for emergencies where mom might be struggling or when we had a middle-of-the-night barn-floor c-section โ fingers crossed for nothing so serious ever again!). Items can be dropped off here any time! PM if you have questions.
And for those of you already dreaming of goat snuggles - check out our website to reserve your spot! ๐ We cannot wait to see you!
01/05/2026
Need something to look forward to this spring?!
How about spring goat kid snuggles? This will be our 9th kidding season!
Nine years of welcoming you and your family to our barn to snuggle kids, pet mamas and to witness the birth of goat kids.
We have enjoyed seeing you and watching YOUR kids grow up, and hope that you will join us again this season to see OUR kids! ๐
I have posted early-season dates and will add more as they fill up. We expect kids to arrive from early-March through mid-May! If you have a special request, please PM to make arrangements!
Raising Nigerian Dwarf goats for dairy. Fresh eggs. Pastured poultry.
01/03/2026
Look at these two cuties! ๐ซถ๐ฝ
Julia turns 6 this month and Griff will be 2 next month! ๐ค๐ค๐ค
(and yes, the fence needs work, always ๐)
12/30/2025
We have so appreciated all of the Christmas tree donations over the years .. we have always asked for trees that were not sprayed, but with a bit more research, weโve learned that greater than 85% of trees in the U.S. and Canada are sprayed with glyphosate or other herbicides/insecticides (in some areas it is >97%) We understand that you may not know the real origin of your tree, and in an effort to protect our girls and their growing babies โ we are not accepting Christmas trees this year.
We will cut trees from our woods, so they can still enjoy these piney delights.. and we so appreciate your willingness to drop trees in years past! ๐๐
12/28/2025
Back by popular demand .. the 2026 Rock Bottom Farm calendar .. we have a limited supply, but will distribute a few for $20 each. PM or comment below with interest. ๐ฉต
12/26/2025
She was born in July โ but it took a while to settle on a name!
Meet ๐๐ช๐๐ถ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ช๐ป๐ถ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ธ๐ป๐๐ช๐ท๐ช ๐ ๐พ๐ฒ๐ท๐ท โฆ she has her motherโs sweet face and so much wonderful potential for our herd!
SIRE: Moon Station SS Oberon
SS: Castle Rock Sunthin Special
SD: Moon Station Ophelia EEEE93 (only the THIRD Nigerian Dwarf to ever score a 93 on linear appraisal!)
DAM: Haymaker Farm Svitlana Quinn (18th Place Junior Kid at ADGA National Show, Harrisburg, PA)
DS: Haymaker Farm Rebel Hart *B
DD: Old Mountain Farm Mischa Quinn
Zoryana wonโt be bred this season โ but I will be anxiously awaiting her 2027 kids! ๐๐คฉ
12/25/2025
The one thing I really wanted today was a picture of all four boys together. ๐โค๏ธ I knew if I asked them to pose for a picture theyโd make fake smiles .. but this is perfect: all hanging out together, talking snowmobiles and tractors .. sorting new tools and spending quality time together. All I had to do was pop my head out the door and say โsmile!!โ ๐
As the years tick by and I am witness to more and more tragedy in the world, it is moments like this that make me pause and really appreciate everything I have and how much I treasure these boys and the family we have made together.
Merry Christmas, everyone!! ๐โค๏ธ๐
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12/15/2025
Hay. ๐พ
My #1 obsession when it comes to keeping a herd of goats.
Do we have enough?
Can we get more?
How many bales can I stack in the barn?
Was there enough rain?
Was there too much rain?
Does my usual guy have enough?
We use about 500-700 bales most years + Western Alfala, grain, beet pulp, and other additions when does are in milk.
We put up about 300 bales in October (just about the max our loft will fit) and when I checked in about another delivery, learned that *both* hay guys are about out. We picked up just over a month of hay today, refilling the loft, but will have to scramble to secure enough top-quality second cut to keep everyone eating well until the next cut.
Share your hay struggles below!
(Pic is Elijah, excited about old tractors and ready to load the trailer!) ๐
12/14/2025
I donโt confirm all my girls, so this will be my last confirmed pregnancy post (if a doe doesnโt come back into heat, I know she is bred), but Phay is still owned by Stacey, so we peeked to see if there were kids for both of us. ๐
And yes!! It looks like there are at least two kids in there! ๐คฉ This is a super-exciting breeding that has the potential to entirely transform my herd:
1) Aberama is a gorgeous buck, with a *super-impressive* pedigree.๐
2) Phay is a *dream goat* for me, and is likely the new foundation for my herd. Phay is a Old Mountain Farm Swift Impala daughter โ- my *favorite-ever* Old Mountain Farm doe, second only to her dam Gazelle.โค๏ธ
Thinking pink! ๐
12/12/2025
Lana is confirmed! ๐ค
Lana is a beautiful, super-sweet doe from Stacey at Haymaker Farm .. I have admired Staceyโs herd from afar for years .. thinking her goats were out of reach financially, until she offered up a buckling that fit my budget! .. and the rest is history! I am so honored that she trusted me to take care of Lana, and that she continues to offer mentorship and her expertise. I cannot wait to see these Lana & Virgil babies!! ๐ค
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Both aspiring farmer's with many ideas for hobbies and projects, Scott and Melissa joined forces in 2015. With four boys between the two of them, they set out to embrace this crazy life; following Scott's motto: "Today is today!"
โScott works full time for the City of Hallowell as Police Chief. Melissa is a Nurse Practitioner at the Richmond Area Health Center.
โScott's interests include composting (everything!), vegetable gardening, metal work, tumbling stones, re-purposing discarded furniture, photography, searching for lost treasure on abandoned properties and collecting rocks and fossils along the river banks of the Kennebec, kayaking, bikes and camping.โ
Melissa enjoys flower gardens, small craft projects, canning, animal care taking, collecting rocks for gardening / landscape designs, baking, camping and accompanying Scott on river trips or any other adventure he can stir up!
|| Chickens ||
The gateway animal. At first it was just for the joy of collecting fresh eggs at the end of each day. Then came the endeavor to humanely raise chickens for our dinner table.
Currently, we raise Red Rangers for meat, and choose not to medicate the birds we will eat. We feed our meat birds a good-quality, high protein chicken feed, offer plenty of kitchen and garden scraps and the whey leftover from the cheese making process. Since moving to Richmond, we have started working on plans for pastured chicken and will offer a chicken co-op for 2019 (message us for more details!).
โOur laying hen flock is quite diverse. Some of our favorites are Araucanas / Ameraucanas, French Black Copper Marans, and Orpingtons. This will be the third year we have hatched out own chicks. Keep an eye on our Instagram and / or pages for pictures of our egg rainbow!
|| Maple Syrup ||
โScott's venture into "sapping" eventually led to the purchase of an evaporator and a passion for small-scale maple syrup making. From mid-February through early-April you can catch a glimpse of wood smoke and white steam pouring from the roof of the sap house, with Scott inside, stoking the fire and watching the sap boil. Bottles feature the "SMACK'S" label, representing "Scott Mac & Kids", the sugary-sweet start-up for Rock Bottom Farm. The kids play an integral role in the collection of hundreds of gallons of sap throughout a season. You can usually find them hanging around the sap house, chopping wood for kindling or throwing snowballs at each other. Each season we produce enough syrup to supply our family for the year, and a little extra to share with friends and family. We hope to continue to grow this part of our homesteading adventure.
|| Goats ||
โGoats joined our farm in June of 2016. Melissa had an interest in raising dairy goats, inspired by an undergraduate college term spent in Namibia at the Cheetah Conservation Fund where she worked on a project to promote the use of livestock guarding dogs on rural farms to protect sheep and goats from predators, with the primary focus on preventing the killing of cheetahs. Fast-forward nearly a decade: the opportunity to have goats was within reach, and Scott said "go for it!". We started our herd with two Nigerian Dwarf does from Sunflower Farm in Cumberland. We now have a herd of 14 registered Nigerian Dwarf goats! Kids will be for sale in the spring.
|| On the Horizon ||
โWe moved our operation to a larger property in fall 2018 after stumbling on a 200-year-old farmhouse with 27 acres of land. We have plans to continue our expansion and would like to introduce a farm stand in the summer of 2019 to offer fresh fruits, vegetables, goat milk products, and eggs to our community. We've got grand ideas, and hope you'll follow along and join us when you see something exciting!
After all, small farms cannot make it without the support of the community!
