Raines Ranch Nubians & Boers

 LINKS ...LINKS...& MORE LINKS!

  Here are a few of our favorite goat sites to visit! (If you would like yours added please e-mail me your addi and I'll put yours on too!!)

~The goatlady sells awesome goat t-shirts and such with supper cute graphics. Some of them can be seen on my web pages such as the adorable lil Nigerian kid in a tea cup on our Nigerian page!

http://getyergoat.com/






http://www.goat-idgr.com

~This is THE SITE to go to if you really want to know about raw vs pasterized milk!
http://www.realmilk.com

~On Mercola.com: The Real Reasons Why Raw Milk is Becoming More Popular http://www.mercola.com/2004/apr/24/raw_milk.htm          

~ Another great source of information on raw milk , Keeping a Family Cow, a fun board to chat with others on too!

http://familycow.proboards32.com/index.cgi
 

~Kiowacreek Toggenburgs in SW Nebraska, Betty has beautiful Toggs!

http://www.freewebs.com/kiowacreek/

~Another nice goat site, they make and sell goat milk soap. Located in rural Alabama, on a very small farm. They currently have 42 goats, boer, nubian and brush, along with their prized Nigerian Dwarfs!
http://www.theuddergoatsoap.net

Fiasco Farm

~We LOVE Molly!! From goat husbandry to cheese making, her site is a wealth of information! http://www.fiascofarm.com

~A great place to find breeders and see pictures of diffrent breeds of goats http://www.goatfinder.com

~A wonderful place for custom web graphics at a reasonable price, plus some free goat graphics too! http://www.griffinhillgraphics.com

~Awsome goat graphics for your web site! Graphics by
Whimsical Artwork�

~Another great site to find breeders by breed and state! http://www.cattletoday.com

If you have an emergency situation with your goats, these are "the people" to call on!! http://www.goat911.com

Griffen Hill Farm

A great site, and a friend of mine, she has fainters, and Nubian goats. Located in Freedom, PA. She also happened to make my cute lil banner on my kids page :0) http://www.griffinhillfarm.com

Double Z Goats

Located in Eddyville Nebraska,  owned by Cristina Kranz and Rick Case. They raise Nubian, LaMancha, working Border Collies and Arabian Horses. http://www.freewebs.com/doublezgoats/

Murray McMurray Hatchery

The one and only hatchery I use to order quality chicks year after year! http://www.mcmurrayhatchery.com 

A great place to find even more goats and farm sites! http://www.farmsites.com

A Little bit about us....

My husband, 4 children (3 at the time LOL) moved to the Sidney Nebraska area in late Feb of 2001 when the hubby got offered a job out here. I immediately went on to owning chickens! Since then we have aquired more chickens (the kids show at county fair each year), turkeys, peacocks, and of course the goats of all colors!

When I decided I NEEDED goats, the first thing I had to do was talk the husband into the whole idea (not an easy task!). One of my biggest agruements was when I found out the whole history on pasterized vs raw milk. I decided right then and there that my children should never HAVE to drink pasterized store bought milk again!(of course we still get stuck with it in the winter time, but Im working on that, and we certainly dont go through much during those times). While at that time I was a stay at home mom, with my 2 youngest children being 3 and 5. I figured the goats could also give us a way of possibly making a little on the side on occasion. Im not going to tell you that 4 years later we're rolling in the dough from goats, we're not! But they have managed to pay for themselves and with any luck at all they will begin to give us extra pocket change as our herd and the quality of our animals grow. If your curious about my comments on the raw vs pasterized milk go to the above area to links. I think you'll find it very interesting!