Nubian Goats

Nubian dairy goats.  For more info about our farm, find us on Facebook by searching for: Cranky Pants Ranch

2017 Kidding Season!

Kidding season is here. Taking deposits on Nubian Dairy goat kids.  ADGA registration.  Contact me for more information.

Nubian Goats for Sale in Central Texas

We have a number of quality Nubian Goats for sell this year. Eligible for ADGA registration; comes with application for registration. These have been handled and are friendly with people and dogs. From great milk lines and would be great additions to your herd. They are disbudded and ready for their new herds.

priced noted below: 

• 3 female Purebred Nubians born this spring. weaned. $400 each
• 1 female Purebred Nubian born in May 2013 (named Caraway). Had beautiful colorful babies in the past. Sweet and creamy milk. Gentle doe. Ready for fall breeding. $450
• 5 male Purebred Nubians born this spring. 3 are weaned now. 3 will be weaned by July 13th. $200

Call or text me at 713.376.6962 or email me at CrankyPantsRanch@outlook.com

The Milk Situation

peppers stuffed with chevre cheese,
herbs, chives, and ham

Our goats are ready to kid.  And that means milk is on its way. Yay for milk!  Can't wait for creamy, sweet, delicious, and nutritious milk!  We have been without milk for 2 months, and we are so anxious to drink it, and cook with it (creamiest alfredo sauces), and make our small batch, artisan cheeses like herbed chevre, cheese spreads and dips, mozzarella, hard cheeses, queso blanco, yogurt cheeses, and salad dressings, and oh my... so many yummy dairy products.

For more details on our herd share program.  Contact us to join:  CrankyPantsRanch@outlook.com or 210-908-7796.

Goats milk mozzarella balls,
mozzarella and prosciutto panino,
and crackers

Since we want the best milk possible for ourselves, we believe that the healthiest animals produce the best tasting and the most nutritious foods, so we feed and supplement our animals with the best products we can find locally and over the internet.  

When we only had two goats in milk, we had way more milk than we needed for just the two of us.  And that put us in a bind we called "The Milk Situation".  Over the next two months, we expect at have at least 4 or 5 goats in milk.

"The Milk Situation" = way more milk than we need at a cost that is way higher than can afford on an ongoing basis. We have been looking for a way to share our milk and our expenses. 

gluten-free pizza,
with goats milk mozzarella

So with the expectation of having lots of milk in the coming months, we are now offering herd shares.  This allows our friends to share in our top quality milk and artisan cheeses while helping us afford the best feed and care for the animals.  When you sign up for herd shares with Cranky Pants Ranch, my win is your win, right?  

For more details on our herd share program.  Contact us to join:  CrankyPantsRanch@outlook.com or 210-908-7796.

Farming is about good food

Most people think farming is about animals. Some think farming is about the great outdoors.  Friends ask us, "Do you like working in the sun?  Are you doing this because you like to garden?  You must really like goats, right?"  And the answer is "sure, we enjoy the sun, the outdoors, the animals", but we didn't even know if we would like goats when we started down this path.  We were not satisfied with the taste or quality of food that we were buying from the grocery store or the meals readily available from restaurants. We started this because we want to produce our own good food.  We want to know that our food was grown in a natural, healthy environment.  We want to eat vegetables that were grown in fertile soil, ripened by the sun, full of vitamins and flavor.  We want meat, eggs, and milk from animals that live in a natural environment with sunlight and fresh air and consume natural feed.

Sure, we love the great outdoors.  We love the fresh air and sunshine.  It is a much healthier for the body to be outdoors working and moving and stretching and using muscles all day long rather than sitting in a chair. But that wasn't the spark that lead us towards this lifestyle, and it's not the deciding factor in our decisions to farm. The deciding factor was and still is: what will make the food taste better and be healthier for our bodies?

Goats are loving the cooler mornings!

Our Nubian dairy goats are loving the cooler mornings.  Here are some of them, hanging out in the barn, trying to wake up and get going.  

Sweet Rosemary says good morning all!

Livestock Guardian Dog on Duty With His Goats

Ricky and Lucy are livestock guardian dogs, this means they are a breed that has, for thousands of years, protected livestock from predators.  Ricky and Lucy live with their goats and do a great job of keeping them safe.  Here's a video of Ricky and the goats, and you can tell that he is more interested in what the goats are doing than what we are doing.  He does not like "his" goats to get out of his sight.