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Narnia Goat Farm is located in Sequim, WA on the beautiful Olympic Peninsula. The delightful Nigerian Dwarf goats living at Narnia are purebred, registered with ADGA, and participate in performance programs.
The goats are bred and cared for by Jacki Marquart and husband Ben Smith. Ben is a 4th generation Holstein dairy farmer and has a bachelor's in nursing. He came into this adventure with a lot of relevant skills for breeding, properly feeding ruminants and caring for dairy animals. Their nutritional needs are more intensive than meat and fiber goat breeds. They get bred more frequently because only lactating goats give milk and just like us... they have to have babies somewhat regularly to keep producing that high butterfat high protein milk. Our herd is very healthy and managed in an intentional way so that their long-term health and productivity are of primary concern. Ben manages all of their veterinary care and works closely with our veterinarian when things come up that only a licensed veterinarian should provide care for.
Breeding Nigerians Dwarf goats using performance too ADGA Linear Appraisal program, ADGA sanctioned dairy goat shows, Dairy Herd Improvement milk testing program, DNA and Casein type testing; allows us to measure progress each year as we breed for better production & conformation in daughters compared to their dams and other does across the country.
Doing a good job at this has required quite a bit of regular homework to source the genetic traits that we want to incorporate in our herd. It also requires that we sell both adults and kids each year so that we can devote our resources towards raising our retained breeding stock. We use bucks who live on our farm. At this time, we have 11. (Someone has a hard time letting go of goats. Okay, it's me - Jacki.) We buy frozen semen from other breeders' bucks from around the country and impregnate our does via the artificial insemination process. The use of reproductive technology is amazing and rewarding. It allows us to access a deeper and broader gene pool in the hopes that we are improving traits in each generation. Nigerian Dwarf goats are a relatively new breed of dairy goat. My respect for seasoned breeders grows with each year we breed goats because producing consistently excellent daughters year after year, is HARD. We are happily committed to keep at it.
We DO allow farm visits but will provide you with shoe covers as a biosecurity measure. We have a hand wash sink too so that you can wash up after petting livestock. I will always try to match browsers or buyers with the pedigree lines, show potential, milking abilities, personality traits or appearance traits that they are trying to find. If I don't have the right goat or the right breed for you - I have lots of breeder friends that I can refer you to!
If you are new to goats, I have advice! It's good to figure out what personality types will work best for you before you shop. This is especially important with Nigerian Dwarf goats because their personality traits are plentiful. It's also good to figure out what you most want from having goats because that helps you to pick out the right goats for your situation and makes it less likely that you will want to re home ones that are a bad fit for you. I'm definitely going to tell you what I think my goats' assets and limitations are. I would rather the right goats and people end up together for a happy match whenever possible. Do you need a working milker who is independent and minds her own business? A playful hooligan of a pet? Breeding stock from a specific blood line? A show goat? I do hope that there is a goat or a family line in my herd that you will want to purchase or reserve a kid from because I will go insane if I keep them all. Whether you buy goats from me or someone else, I encourage you to spend some time finding ones that will be a plus in your day to day. "Stubborn as a goat" is a real thing. Some of ours are dam raised, some are bottle raised, and some are both. We sell our goats who have unmanageable personalities for meat.
The herd gets disease tested annually and has been negative for CAE, CL, Johnes, and anything that I randomly become worried about in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024. Update: Today is 19 of August 2025 and we are late this year drawing blood and sending it off for testing, but it will be done by the end of the month on everyone close to a year old and older on the property.
Contact information:
Ben answers his phone and leaves his volume on all day and night. 360.460.9499
Jacki's phone is perpetually on silent. Texts are best as well as private messages on Facebook. 360.912.4667
Jacki is in charge of these goats' social media pages and so far, they don't have their own socials. This website is also incomplete.
The goats are bred and cared for by Jacki Marquart and husband Ben Smith. Ben is a 4th generation Holstein dairy farmer and has a bachelor's in nursing. He came into this adventure with a lot of relevant skills for breeding, properly feeding ruminants and caring for dairy animals. Their nutritional needs are more intensive than meat and fiber goat breeds. They get bred more frequently because only lactating goats give milk and just like us... they have to have babies somewhat regularly to keep producing that high butterfat high protein milk. Our herd is very healthy and managed in an intentional way so that their long-term health and productivity are of primary concern. Ben manages all of their veterinary care and works closely with our veterinarian when things come up that only a licensed veterinarian should provide care for.
Breeding Nigerians Dwarf goats using performance too ADGA Linear Appraisal program, ADGA sanctioned dairy goat shows, Dairy Herd Improvement milk testing program, DNA and Casein type testing; allows us to measure progress each year as we breed for better production & conformation in daughters compared to their dams and other does across the country.
Doing a good job at this has required quite a bit of regular homework to source the genetic traits that we want to incorporate in our herd. It also requires that we sell both adults and kids each year so that we can devote our resources towards raising our retained breeding stock. We use bucks who live on our farm. At this time, we have 11. (Someone has a hard time letting go of goats. Okay, it's me - Jacki.) We buy frozen semen from other breeders' bucks from around the country and impregnate our does via the artificial insemination process. The use of reproductive technology is amazing and rewarding. It allows us to access a deeper and broader gene pool in the hopes that we are improving traits in each generation. Nigerian Dwarf goats are a relatively new breed of dairy goat. My respect for seasoned breeders grows with each year we breed goats because producing consistently excellent daughters year after year, is HARD. We are happily committed to keep at it.
We DO allow farm visits but will provide you with shoe covers as a biosecurity measure. We have a hand wash sink too so that you can wash up after petting livestock. I will always try to match browsers or buyers with the pedigree lines, show potential, milking abilities, personality traits or appearance traits that they are trying to find. If I don't have the right goat or the right breed for you - I have lots of breeder friends that I can refer you to!
If you are new to goats, I have advice! It's good to figure out what personality types will work best for you before you shop. This is especially important with Nigerian Dwarf goats because their personality traits are plentiful. It's also good to figure out what you most want from having goats because that helps you to pick out the right goats for your situation and makes it less likely that you will want to re home ones that are a bad fit for you. I'm definitely going to tell you what I think my goats' assets and limitations are. I would rather the right goats and people end up together for a happy match whenever possible. Do you need a working milker who is independent and minds her own business? A playful hooligan of a pet? Breeding stock from a specific blood line? A show goat? I do hope that there is a goat or a family line in my herd that you will want to purchase or reserve a kid from because I will go insane if I keep them all. Whether you buy goats from me or someone else, I encourage you to spend some time finding ones that will be a plus in your day to day. "Stubborn as a goat" is a real thing. Some of ours are dam raised, some are bottle raised, and some are both. We sell our goats who have unmanageable personalities for meat.
The herd gets disease tested annually and has been negative for CAE, CL, Johnes, and anything that I randomly become worried about in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024. Update: Today is 19 of August 2025 and we are late this year drawing blood and sending it off for testing, but it will be done by the end of the month on everyone close to a year old and older on the property.
Contact information:
Ben answers his phone and leaves his volume on all day and night. 360.460.9499
Jacki's phone is perpetually on silent. Texts are best as well as private messages on Facebook. 360.912.4667
Jacki is in charge of these goats' social media pages and so far, they don't have their own socials. This website is also incomplete.
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