Available Animals
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We will respond within 24 business hours to confirm your request an - if applicable - make arrangements for deposits to be paid. If you haven't heard from us, please follow up at SaffronandHoneyHomestead@gmail.com
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Ruutel & Summer SOLD
Saffron & Violet $1000 - PENDING
Saffron and Violet will be sold as a breeding pair. They have been bred together before and produced twins that were almost 5 pounds apiece each!
Violet is less social than Saffron most of the time, but isn't bad when you get her on a milking stand. She has good udder attachment, produces well for an SCI and her teats are quite easy to deal with when milking. She had a large doeling this year that looks to have her mother's excellent build.
Saffron is the male our homestead was named for, and he is a sweet boy. He walks well on a lead, has excellent manners and had fathered six healthy children our of four does in two years.
Josephine & Thistle $900 - PENDING
Josephine and Thistle are an unusual pair. Josephine is NOT Thistle's baby, but has been adopted nonetheless. Thistle is actually Josephine's half-aunt on the sire's (Saffron's) side.
Josephine is Ruutel's twin, and while Petal produces a lot of milk, Ruutel is so HUGE that he tends to hog is all. She is simply too sweet and laid back to compete with that kind of gluttony! She still sleeps with her mom and brother, but Thistle is her day-time hang out partner now.
Thistle herself had been adopted by our Queen Mum when she came to us, and she - in turn - has now adopted Josephine.
Thistle had twins this year, but since she was a first time mom we brought the smaller baby in to be a bottle baby. Unfortunately, she then lost the older baby to one of the those unfortunately accidents that baby goats are known for, leaving her with a full udder. We milked her until she decided she would adopt Josephine.
Thistle has one single teat on one side and a split on the other. She produced well for her first year and we expect her to increase over the next two years. She wasn't difficult to milk and even began jumping up on the stand one her own. Her legs and back have good conformation and both her boys are well formed.
Soay - Group A $1500 - SOLD
2023 Male ram sired by Goddard
2023 Female lamb sired by Fraggle
2 y.o. proven doe
6 y.o. proven doe
Soay - Group B $1500
2023 Male ram sired by Goddard
2023 Female lamb sired by Fraggle
2 y.o. proven doe
6 y.o. proven doe
Soay - Group C $900 - SOLD
2023 Male ram sired by Goddard
2 y.o. proven doe
6 y.o. proven doe
Soay - Group D $1200 - PENDING
2023 Female lamb sired by Goddard
2023 Female lamb sired by Goddard
2023 Female lamb sired by Goddard
When purchasing animals:
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Please make sure you are prepared. We are happy to provide follow up if there are questions, but it isn't fair to animals to be heading for homes where the barn or fencing isn't complete.
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Beginning in 2023 a $25 deposit per animal will be required to get on the wait list for Soay sheep and SCI goats. If a goat or lamb of your requested type is not born that year, your deposit will be refunded. However, deposits will be considered non-refundable otherwise. Due to the number of abandoned animals last year, we have decided we need to begin doing the same.
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If your desired animal is born and confirmed, additional deposits are required for all animal purchases in order to hold your animal. This will be half price for rabbits and $100/each for kids and lambs.
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If several animals are requested and the complete order cannot be filled, the following steps will be taken
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If < half of the requested animals are available, the buyer may purchase them or not as they wish.
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If half to three quarters of the animals are available, we claim the right to attempt to find you similar animals to fulfill the order before the pick up day
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Finals sales will require a signed acknowledgement of payment, the health check form and - if applicable - the forms needed to transfer/register lambs and kids.
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If a pick up day is agreed on by both parties and the buyer does not arrive or reschedules, a $10/day fee will be assessed for the continued housing and care of the animal. We will not be responsible for the health of the animal once the initial health certificate runs out.
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Please Contact Us if you have questions before, during or after the sale. We want everyone to be successful with their animals and are happy to help
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If you have questions but are not purchasing an animal from us, we suggest you sign up for one of our classes or tours in order to get your questions answered. Again, we want all new homesteaders to be successful, but lack of time and resources has resulted in a need to roll back the time we spend on interactions with no return.
Pricing varies on all breeds, dependent on the quality of the animal. Please contact us for quotes on an individual animal.
Soay lambs: $450-550
San Clemente Island Goat kids: $450-550
Goslings < 6 months: $75/each (must purchase at least 2 if you don't already have geese)
American Chinchilla Rabbits: $50-75
Ducklings: $10+ (price increases with the age of the bird)
Chicks: $10+ (price increases with the age of the bird)
Buyer is responsible for health certificate, the vaccines required in your state transport and associated fees. We cover the cost of the vet visit to the homestead.