Welcome to Rocky Hill Farms of Tennessee
Rocky Hill Farms of Tennessee is located in Lascassas, TN. If you're looking for Goats for sale in Tennessee, you're in luck! We are about an hour southeast of Nashville, TN. We are committed to raising quality commercial meat goats. We have a heavy influence of heritage Kiko genetics, performance proven blood lines, as well as other great breeds.
We strive to raise healthy goats by maintaining a test negative herd for Caprine Arthritis Encephalitis (CAE) and Johne's Disease (Paratuberculosis). We follow a bio-screen testing protocol at Rocky Hill Farms of Tennessee for on farm goats as well as any new arrivals during quarantine. We vaccinate for Caseous Lymphadenitis (CL) and CAE and keep detail data on all vaccinations.
We strive to raise meat goats, first and foremost. More meat on the bone as quick as possible, so weaning weights and Average Daily Gain (ADG) are an important metric to be used when evaluating your herd sires and does. The faster those kids can reach market weight the better off a producer is going to be. We on-farm performance test our kid crop each year and keep detail data to evaluate and advance our breeding program.
We work hard to manage parasites in our goats, we practice rotational grazing so that our animals are not eating below 4 inches of forage in our pastures and we summer them in our thick cut-over timber which provides a lot of woody vegetation. We only deworm where necessary and keep detail data. Multiple occurrences will lead to the animal being culled - no exceptions. Parasite resistance is a heritable trait and an important part of our breeding program at Rocky Hill Kikos. Does who's offspring consistently require deworming will be culled.
Maternal Instinct is another cull factor for us. Does must clean those kids and get them up to nurse and not leave them behind. For a doe to keep a spot in our breeding ranks this is a must. Neglecting kids during birth even if it's extremely cold or before weaning is a quick way to get ground into sausage.
We strive to raise meat goats, first and foremost. More meat on the bone as quick as possible, so weaning weights and Average Daily Gain (ADG) are an important metric to be used when evaluating your herd sires and does. The faster those kids can reach market weight the better off a producer is going to be. We on-farm performance test our kid crop each year and keep detail data to evaluate and advance our breeding program.
We work hard to manage parasites in our goats, we practice rotational grazing so that our animals are not eating below 4 inches of forage in our pastures and we summer them in our thick cut-over timber which provides a lot of woody vegetation. We only deworm where necessary and keep detail data. Multiple occurrences will lead to the animal being culled - no exceptions. Parasite resistance is a heritable trait and an important part of our breeding program at Rocky Hill Kikos. Does who's offspring consistently require deworming will be culled.
Maternal Instinct is another cull factor for us. Does must clean those kids and get them up to nurse and not leave them behind. For a doe to keep a spot in our breeding ranks this is a must. Neglecting kids during birth even if it's extremely cold or before weaning is a quick way to get ground into sausage.
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If you're looking for Meat Goats in Tennessee come see us. Whether you're interested in breeding stock, commercials, or just want to "talk goats" give me a shout. We would love to have you come visit.