Willoughby Croft Dairy Goats

Willoughby Croft Dairy Goats We are a performance herd in SW WA committed to raising high quality, Mini Nubian, Nubian, & Nigerian Dwarf Dairy Goats for show & milk. Life is good.

Our main focus is on Udders/milk. We participate in 305-day milk testing, linear appraisals, and local shows. This adventure began back in 1997 when I was living in Spanaway, WA, on 1.5 acres. At that time I had a dozen hens, 6 sheep and an angora goat. I spent my days raising children, caring for my critters, and spinning wool into yarn. My husband decided to turn our garage into a fiber studio t

o give me a place to store my many wheels and newly acquired floor looms. It is at this time that my life made a bit of a detour. Somehow that fiber studio became a yarn shop. Which was soon outgrown and the shop moved to 4631 Pacific Ave.in Tacoma, WA. I was the proprietress of Lamb's Ear Yarn for 12 years. And 12 years in retail is plenty long enough. In 2011, at the age of 52, I was able to retire and return to the farming lifestyle that I love. My life has come full circle. In 2014 I moved to Winlock, WA. I now live in a 1904 converted schoolhouse on over an acre. Willoughby Croft was born. I raise Registered Dairy Goats.

03/26/2025

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Ginger's 3rd freshening udder is a monster. 😘😲 And yes, I scrubbed her teats. Not sure how she managed to get them so st...
03/24/2025

Ginger's 3rd freshening udder is a monster. 😘😲 And yes, I scrubbed her teats. Not sure how she managed to get them so stained up. I'll update her udder pic once I get her teats looking better. 🤭 But man, that udder!!! She was definitely a slow maturing girl...but she's there now! And she has a GORGEOUS buckling available. He has white spats on his front feet....just like his dam. His dad is MDNT WK Lucky Bet. Lucky has put long, beautiful ears and gorgeous briskets on ALL of his kids. I am retaining a Ginger/Lucky daughter and there is another daughter available. Are you looking to improve conformation and udders in your Nubian herd? Maybe grab one of these Ginger/Lucky kids. ;) I'll include a photo of Lucky's dam's udder, in case you need convincing.

Franke Farm B Charlie Caryall's udder is looking great this year. It's her 3rd freshening. I've retained 2 of her daught...
03/24/2025

Franke Farm B Charlie Caryall's udder is looking great this year. It's her 3rd freshening. I've retained 2 of her daughters.

I just edited Dream and Jewel's post with updated udder pics. Taken this morning.
03/23/2025

I just edited Dream and Jewel's post with updated udder pics. Taken this morning.

We're located in Winlock, WA. Exit 63 off I-5. Midway between Olympia and Portland.Due to a leg injury, I am choosing to...
03/23/2025

We're located in Winlock, WA. Exit 63 off I-5. Midway between Olympia and Portland.

Due to a leg injury, I am choosing to reduce my herd a bit to ease my workload while I recover. All of my goats are high quality "keepers", not culls. I currently have two very nice does "IN MILK" available. Both are being milked twice per day. Both have excellent milk stand manners. Very cooperative and easy to handle.

💞You can have milk "immediately".
💞Proof of recent disease testing.
💞Perfect for someone new to milking, as they have great stand manners.
💞Friendly and cooperative.
💞Both have a very QUIET voice.
💞Would be great in any Mini Nubian program.
💞Both udders are "socked on".

First up is:
🩷🩷🩷WILLOUGHBY CROFT HF BEAUTIFUL DREAM
F1 Mini Nubian
Here is her webpage where you can read all about her: https://www.willoughbycroft.com/mini-nubian/mini-nubian-does/dream
🩷Registered with MDGA.
Photos:
1 & 2. Jewel3. Jewel's Reserve Champion.
4. Jewel's extended pedigree.
5. Jewel's first freshening udder.

Also offered:
💜💜💜ROYAL CEDARS CELESTIAL JEWEL
Purebred Nubian (but on the smaller side, perfect for a Mini Nubian program where you want to improve udder attachments).
Here is her webpage where you can read more about her: https://www.willoughbycroft.com/nubian/nubian-does/jewel
💜Registered with ADGA
💜She is on the small side for a Nubian. Very easy to handle.
Photos:
6 & 7. Jewel
8. Jewel's extended pedigree.
9. Jewel's udder.

If you are interested in either doe, please fill out our Goat Questionnaire and we'll get right back to you: https://crazihippichic.wixsite.com/willoughbycroft/questionnaire

We also have goat kids currently available and more on the way shortly. You can see them in our nursery: https://crazihippichic.wixsite.com/willoughbycroft/2025-nursery

03/22/2025

Whew! I need to catch my breath after yesterday. We had 3 does all in labor at the same time and they gave birth back-to-back. It was a ball-a-palooza. Every kid born was a buck. Until the very last one.

I knew Nellie was ready to pop. Her kids had dropped drastically so I chucked her in a kidding stall. Skeeter was a semi-permanent resident of the stall next to her. Skeeter, a Nigerian, was on day 152. I had kind of given up on her ever kidding. 🙄

Jewel was on day 151 but she's a Nubian and it really didn't look like she'd dropped, so I left her out with the other does in the main pen. She wasn't very large, and I figured she was only expecting a single, like last year. I watched the 2 girls in the kidding stall on the camera and went about my business. When I went out to give everyone their lunch, as I walked by the goat shed, I saw Jewel standing there cleaning a kid. "Darn sneaky girl". As I got closer, I saw another, drier kid standing back in a corner. Jewel really fooled me this year. Twins. Unfortunately, both bucks. That set the theme of the day.

I got skeeter out of her kidding stall, tossed Jewel and her boys in, and got them all situated. Meanwhile I put Skeeter in the Nigerian pen, and she was very vocal that I was making a huge mistake. She segregated herself and I realized she was FINALLY in labor. So I moved Jewels boys in with the rest of the kids, put Jewel back out with the does, and moved Skeeter back into her kidding pan.

Time to bottle and bucket the kids. As I was sitting bottling the newborns, Nellie stood at the kidding stall door, glaring at me intently. Then she lay down and started grunting. We all recognize that grunt. She was starting to push. I had to stop mid-bottle and go in and help her deliver 2 HUGE bucks. :sigh:. More ⚽⚾🏀.
I finished bottles, got those and the buckets cleaned up, just in time for Skeeter to start grunting. I chucked the loose kids into their stall so I wouldn't step on them in all the chaos, and went in to help Skeeter who was bellowing in pain at this point. Something was awry. A big ol' head was presenting but no feet/legs. I had to go in and fish around for a leg. It took a while to find it but once I did, and had it out with the head, Skeeter felt much better, and we were able to deliver a huge, gorgeous, blue-eyed buck. I didn't mind this one being a buck because I had put that order in with her. 😉 I then reminded her that I'd also ordered up a keeper doeling. I had to run to the house for something and when I got back, there was Skeeter, cleaning my doeling. 😍 "Good girl, Skeeter!"

So, the kid stall grew by NINE KIDS in 2 days. Needless to say, we have a LOT of bucks who will need homes. Discount if brothers go together.

Now that all of the Nubians have kidded, I have made my choice on which doe gets cut from the herd in order to retain a doeling. Jewel, my loviest Nubian doe, is available "in milk".

Shoot me a PM if you are interest in unregistered Nubian bucks/wethers or a lovely Nubian doe to add to your herd or homestead.

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03/22/2025

Buck/doe twins for Skeeter.

So at least one girl today. 🥰

Nothing but ⚾️⚽️🏀🥎 here, so far, today. Nellie just had twin bucks. 🤨Will Skeeter redeem the day? She also appears to be...
03/21/2025

Nothing but ⚾️⚽️🏀🥎 here, so far, today. Nellie just had twin bucks. 🤨

Will Skeeter redeem the day? She also appears to be in labor.

Jewel just surprised me with twin bucks.
03/21/2025

Jewel just surprised me with twin bucks.

Edit: TRIPLETS! She just had another doeling. 😎I can't believe she had 3 in there. 😲Buck/doe twins for Ginger this morni...
03/20/2025

Edit: TRIPLETS! She just had another doeling. 😎
I can't believe she had 3 in there. 😲

Buck/doe twins for Ginger this morning. 🥰

It's day 147 for Skeeter (for reals this time). Come on Skeeter, I am dying to see who you're hiding in there. Plus, we ...
03/16/2025

It's day 147 for Skeeter (for reals this time). Come on Skeeter, I am dying to see who you're hiding in there. Plus, we really need to evict you from the kidding stall. We have 3 Nubian does due this week.

Who is looking for a beautiful Mini Nubian doe "in milk"? My downsizing continues.
03/15/2025

Who is looking for a beautiful Mini Nubian doe "in milk"? My downsizing continues.

Located in Winlock, WA. Exit 63 off I-5. Midway between Olympia and Portland. Due to a leg injury, I am choosing to reduce my herd a bit to ease my workload while I recover. I currently have a very...

Andromeda and Keltie are beautiful BLUE EYED Nigerian Dwarf sisters who are looking for new homes. They can go registere...
03/15/2025

Andromeda and Keltie are beautiful BLUE EYED Nigerian Dwarf sisters who are looking for new homes. They can go registered or unregistered. Discount if they go together. They would be perfect for 4-H projects or for starting your own NIgerian Dwarf herd. They are bottle babies and super friendly.

Located in Winlock, WA. Exit 63 off I-5. Midway between Olympia and Portland. $50 discount if you buy both, together. They are sisters and very bonded. 🤎 WLOBY Croft SE Andromeda 🤎 Nigerian Dwarf...

03/07/2025

Due to this darn leg injury I really need to downsize to ease my workload while I recover.

I'm starting to think about who stays and who goes. If you're looking to add a doe "in milk" to your farm, shoot me a PM.

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Today I trained the kids to their new buckets. This morning they were clueless but by lunchtime they had it down.
03/06/2025

Today I trained the kids to their new buckets. This morning they were clueless but by lunchtime they had it down.

With all the chaos of this kidding season, I needed to find a way to make things a bit easier on myself. In the past I'v...
03/05/2025

With all the chaos of this kidding season, I needed to find a way to make things a bit easier on myself. In the past I've used one of those charts to help me figure out how much to feed bottle babies. And it's worked fine. But this year keeping track of 3 different sizes of kids, born at all different times was getting to be overwhelming. I had read posts from those in the camp of "using the charts starves kids". Now I don't believe that's true, since my kids have always grown well. Still I was curious. What if I fed all the kids, 3 times a day, and let them drink as much as they want?

That's what I've been doing the past couple of days and the kids seem to be doing great. All are very energetic. I go out 3 times a day and go through all 8 kids, one by one, and let them drink their fill. Right now 8 kids (2 Nubian, 2 Mini Nubian, and 4 Nigerians) share 3 bottles of milk, 3 times per day.

Somehow I had 2 possible kidding dates down for Skeeter. As huge as she is, I felt confident the first date was correct....
03/05/2025

Somehow I had 2 possible kidding dates down for Skeeter. As huge as she is, I felt confident the first date was correct. She would've been due the same date as Charlie. But Charlie kidded a week ago and Skeeter is still big as ever. 🤣 She's got to be due on the second date. Here is the updated kidding schedule for our 8 remaining pregnant moms.

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***PENDING*** On 2-18-25 Johnson FF DR Betty gave birth to twin bucklings to kick off our kidding season. This was her first freshening, and she sailed through with ease. Both boys were delivered "nose over toes". This morning, I hand milked Betty for the first time, and she acted like she's a veteran milker. Didn't so much as flinch. I'm loving her FF udder. Her skin is so dairy soft, and her orifices are nice and open. She is an absolute joy to milk. Betty will be on milk test. Both boys will be seeking new digs as unregistered/pet wethers. The black one has moon spots.

The doelings aren't sure what to make of their first snow experience. Willoughby Croft Dairy Goats

One last bonfire for the season.

The senior does enjoying a bedtime snack. 🥰

Ginger is so shiny. 😍
Ginger is so shiny. 😍

Last call for bids on our Mini Nubian auction doe! https://www.willoughbycroft.com/home/goat-auction-for-pnwmdgc

Here's an updated video of our 2024 PNWMDGC Mini Nubian auction doeling, WLOBY Croft AB Precious Pixel. She will come with a registration application to the MDGA - Miniature Dairy Goat Association I caught a couple of mistakes in the video. Apparently, I can't talk and think at the same time. 🤣The club is the Pacific Northwest Mini Dairy Goat Club . I forgot the word MINI. Also, the online auction ends at midnight of May 30th...not May 31st. If you'd like to bid on Pixel, here's the auction page: https://www.willoughbycroft.com/home/goat-auction-for-pnwmdgc She can be picked up the day of the show...or you can pick her up in Winlock, WA, within 2 days of the show.

Look who's out enjoying the sunshine. 🥰

My view as I sit in my barn feeding a billion (okay 8) goat kids.

This muddy, misty morning.

A quick video of our current nursery. Excuse the mud. It's a PacNW thing. Goldie is still not too sure about playtime. She'll warm up to it. Tobey is available. He's the Chocolate guy with solid ears.

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This adventure began back in 1997 when I was living in Spanaway, WA, on 1.5 acres. At that time I had a dozen hens, 6 sheep and an angora goat. I spent my days chasing kids, caring for my critters, and spinning wool into yarn. My husband decided to turn our garage into a fiber studio to give me a place to store my many wheels and newly acquired floor looms. It is at this time that my life made a bit of a detour. Somehow that fiber studio became a yarn shop. Which was soon outgrown and the shop moved to 4631 Pacific Ave.in Tacoma, WA. I was the proprietress of Lamb's Ear Yarn for 12 years. And 12 years in retail is plenty long enough. In 2011, at the age of 52, I was able to retire and return to the lifestyle that I love. My life has come full circle. In 2014 I moved to Winlock, WA. I now live in a 1904 converted schoolhouse on one acre. Willoughby Croft was born. I raise high quality registered Mini Nubian Dairy Goats, Crested Cream Legbar and American Bresse Gauloise Chickens. Life is good.