Getting Started with Dairy Goats
Getting Started with Dairy Goats You’ve decided you want dairy goats, but don’t know where to start. While not covering everything that might be a consideration for your situation, here…
Membership Types
There are several membership options in the American Dairy Goat Association. Each ADGA membership comes with its own privileges and limitations. Understanding each membership will help you choose the right…
How to Choose a Farm Name
How to Choose a Farm Name A “farm name” may be the informal or incorporated name for your farm. However, “farm name” is not a term used by the American…
How to Name a Dairy Goat
How to Name A Dairy Goat Posted on August 21, 2020 (The Nubian buckling above is not intended to represent the longer fictitious example below.) A dairy goat name is not…
Breed Standards
American Dairy Goat Association currently maintains herd books for the following breeds of dairy goats: Alpine, Guernsey, LaMancha, Nigerian Dwarf, Nubian, Oberhasli, Saanen, Sable and Toggenburg. Breed descriptions are taken directly from ADGA’s “Own A Dairy Goat” booklet. Technical descriptions…
How to Tattoo a Dairy Goat & ADGA Tattoo Policy
All dairy goats must be tattooed before they can be accepted for registry or recordation in the herd books of the American Dairy Goat Association. Goat’s Right Ear, Right Tail,…
Instructions for Registering a Dairy Goat
Instructions for Registering a Dairy Goat The following instructions are to be used while filling out the ADGA Registration or Recordation Application form. You can obtain a Registration or Recordation…
ADGA Forms
ADGA Forms Forms related to dairy goat registration, performance programs, dairy goat shows or general forms such as the rates for services and ordering supplies are all here. Register Online!…
Rates and Services
The following rates and services represent the printed “Schedule of Rates” available in PDF form on the Forms page. (At this time, all available supplies and services are not listed here.) Fees…
Frequently Used Dairy Goat Acronyms
Dairy Goat Herd Acronyms Dairy goat owners use a lot of acronyms! Below are some of those frequently heard at dairy goat shows and other dairy goat events, or seen on…
Registration Information for Sable Breeders
The Purebred Sable Herd Book Sire and Dam are both Purebred Saanen, and the animal meets the Sable breed standard. Sire and Dam are both Purebred Sable, and the animal…
Registering Guernsey Dairy Goats
BREED STANDARDS Guernsey- erect ears – color must be shades of gold, ranging from very pale flaxen cream to deep russet or bronze. Full or partial roaning; white patches; white…