Kansas Bluestem Nubians
Here at Bluestem Acres, we’re committed to making sure our customers have a quality experience, every time a purchase is made. We do our best to breed animals that can perform at the highest level on your homestead by producing high quantities of quality milk and healthy offspring for you to continue a breeding program. Production and longevity are our first goals, but we believe that many of our animals would be highly competitive in the show ring as well. Through the Linear Appraisal program, we’re able to gather valueable information on the conformational quality of our animals and do have some lines more suited for showing than others.
Our Current Breeding Plans, posted in table format below (best viewed on a non-mobile device), or you can view them as a Google Sheet (here), will be updated if any changes occur throughout breeding season. We make our best effort to note reservations on the table as soon as the deposits are received. We will accept a waitlist on all kids. Reservations are open/accepted at any time after pregnancy is confirmed via bloodtest or ultrasound. Please be sure to review all the Reservation Terms and Conditions listed below the breeding plans table before inquiring about/placing a reservation. It’s lengthy, but all information is relevant and has been developed to help ensure you have the best experience possible. If you are interested in a particular cross that hasn't been confirmed yet, we do keep a list of interested parties and will contact those on it once resevations are open. To reserve a kid, contact us and we’ll go over your options and get a reservation contract sent your way. Be sure you have read and understood all information provided on this page and in the contract we send you, prior to sending your deposit.
Unreserved kids and any available mature animal are posted to the For Sale section at the bottom of this page as soon as possible, but don't hesitate to contact us for availability. Sometimes we’re just too busy to get an animal posted but have them on the available list in our minds, and have usually posted them to our Facebook page. We will typically offer three to six does a year (from first fresheners to older more mature ladies), in order to keep numbers in check as we continue to move the quality of our herd forward.
Finally, you might be interested in our genetics without bringing an animal into your herd directly. Straw prices for bucks with collections on file are posted on their “section” on our Nubian Herdsires page. If you are interested in purchasing straws on any of our current live herdsires that don’t have prices posted, let us know and we will notify you as soon as a collection is completed. We co-own straws on a number of purebred Nubian bucks with another local breeder, Heather Eby, Locust Creek Nubians, and are using those straws in our AI endeavors. We do not have excess inventory of any of those bucks at this time, but might in the future. If we use a buck in an AI breeding that you’re interested in using yourself, contact us, and we will see if we’re ready to let any go.
Current Breeding Plans
FOOTNOTES:
A ** after a doe’s name indicaed offspring will need to be DNA’d as multiple bucks covered the doe. Bluestem Acres reserves the right to retain first doeling/buckling sired by each buck used in the breeding if “1st reserved” is listed in the “Doe Kids” column or “Buck Kids” column.
“Private Treaty” listed for buckling cost indicates we want that buck kid to enter our buckling trade-in program. Please Contact Us to get details of what that entails. Pricing for these bucklings is similar to others listed on the page; Private Treaty does not indicate a significantly more expensive animal.
Planned pedigrees are linked to the due dates. Pedigrees provided courtesy of genetics.adga.org.
Does with specific due dates listed are confirmed pregnant via ultrasound or blood test. Reservations are open for those breedings.
If you are interested in reserving a kid from an unconfirmed pregnancy, please contact us to be put on the notification list for when the pregnancy has been confirmed.
Due dates listed are based on 150 days from the live cover or AI date.
AI Breedings are subject to change to live cover or another AI buck based on straw availability if the first attempt does not settle.
Herd Disease Testing Information
Our herd tests CAE and Johnes free. We are also free of abscesses and there is no history of CL on our property. We test annually, in batches along with pregnancy testing through SEK Genetics in Galesburg, KS. We publish those results here, as they’re completed.
Sale of Does in Milk
Junior does will usually be freshened at approximately 15 months of age and kept for a period of time to evaluate udder and production. Pricing on first fresheners does begins at $750. To keep our herd size in check, we will regularly have Senior does available. Pricing for Senior does typically begins at $900. Pricing goes up based on milking performance and quality, and pedigree. We prefer does be sold in pairs, and performance herds (show, DHIR, and Linear Appraisal) are given priority.
Reservation Terms and Conditions-
Kid Reservation Policies
To reserve a kid before birth, a $100 non-refundable deposit is required. All deposits are non-refundable, assuming the kid is produced from the pairing and we are offering it for sale. Reservation deposits are refundable only if the reserved kid is unavailable (not born, decision to retain, illness, death, etc). Please respect our right to retain any kid born on our farm, regardless of reservations present, if we decide to do so. It’s uncommon that we will decide to retain a kid we originally intended to sell if it has a reservation in place, but there are situations that arise. The balance of the purchase price is due within 10 days of birth.
All our live breeding stock, except Ethel, are G6S normal. We will occasionally chose to use an AI buck who is a G6S carrier or one of unknown status. Only a waitlist/interest list will be taken for breedings where kids could be G6S carriers. All doe kids from those litters will be tested before offering for sale, and be sold with G6S status disclosed. Buck kids from those litters will be wethered without testing, unless there is a waitlist or we desire to retain one from the litter as a junior herdsire.
We require a 1st choice and a 2nd choice selection for all deposits. Second choice selections should be from the same "kidding group" or a following "kidding group." (I.e. if your first choice doe is kidding in March, do not select a doe due in January as your second choice.) Should neither choice be born, we will offer a refund of your deposit, opportunity to purchase a currently available/unreserved kid, or allow you to forward that deposit to the following kidding season.
Pricing Inclusions
Pricing listed is only guaranteed for pre-reserved kids picked up by 2 weeks of age. All reserved kids not picked up by 2 weeks of age will incur a $15/week boarding charge. Reserved kids not picked up by one month of age, without other arrangements in place, shall be considered abandoned and the deposit is forfeited. Such kids will be offered for sale.
All kids are disbudded and given CD&T, plus applicable tattoos for registration. IF YOU DO NOT WANT YOUR KID DISBUDDED OR VACCINATED, PLEASE LET US KNOW WHEN SENDING YOUR DEPOSIT.
Doe kid pricing is for the kid and online registration/transfer fees. It does not include DNA or AS1C testing. We are happy to do that for you at the ADGA Plus member rate, but it is an additional cost. For ADGA Youth/4-H member buyers who are local, doe kid pricing includes one stud service to any of our mature bucks, to be completed before the doe turns two years old. (Health testing on the doe is required prior to the service.)
Buck kid pricing includes the kid plus the cost of DNA typing/parentage verification and online registration/transfer. AS1C testing is not included but can be requested, at additional cost. We reserve the right to purchase 10 straws of semen at the cost of collection on any buck kid sold, if/when you have them collected.
We reserve the right to post unreserved kids for sale at a price higher or lower than first listed in the Breeding Plans table should we deem their quality different than we expected. We price available animals based on the quality of the pedigree and the performance of the doe and any part or full siblings, as well as considering market value.
Pick-up & Shipping
All kids reserved prior to birth should be picked up or shipped before 2 weeks of age, unless you have made prior arrangements with us for keeping them longer. Reserved kids not picked up before 4 weeks of age, without special pickup arrangements in-place, will be considered "abandoned" and will be offered for sale to the next individual in line. Refunds will not be made for deposits of kids that are not picked up in a timely manner.
Shipping is done at the buyer’s expense. This includes all veterinary expenses (health certificate), crate cost, airfare or livestock transport fees, and fuel expenses to transport the animal to the airport or meeting place of the professional transporter. Fees expected to be incurred by Bluestem Acres will be determined in advance (to the best of our ability) and should be reimbursed in advance of the shipping date. Should incurred costs be lower the overage will be provided to you as a refund. At this time we do not air ship but will work with ground transporters. If you are familiar enough with air shipping that you could walk us through the process, we’re willing to learn it.
Health Guarantee
We intend for you to have many years using animals purchased from us in your breeding program. All goats that leave our property will be healthy when they depart, and any medications or procedures performed will be disclosed with you. We cannot guarantee health of the animal once it leaves our care, though. You, the buyer, accept responsibility for maintaining good general health, or that you trust your transporter to maintain good general health of your goat once the goat leaves our premises.
We do our best to screen animals for genetic defects or abnormalities that would prevent them from being used in a breeding program. If a goat we sell you is deemed incapable of breeding due to a congenital issue by a veterinarian when it is of mature age, we will replace that animal at no cost to you (shipping/pickup is the responsibility of the buyer). We will require a signed statement from your veterinarian and may request additional examination/testing be completed (at our expense) at a clinic or university near you before agreeing to replace the animal. Replacement animals must be of the same gender, and can be selected from any open reservation or currently available bottle kid, either out of the same doe as the original animal or from a doe of the same (or lower) freshening as the original doe was at the time of original purchase (i.e. if you purchased a buck kid from Jane Doe who was a second freshener that year, you can replace your animal with another buck kid from Jane Doe or from any of our first or second fresheners of the current season). Currently available mature stock is not eligible as a replacement animal unless it is priced at or below the price of the original kid. The purchase price of the original kid can be credited towards the purchase price of the available mature stock should you be interested in one that is priced above your originally purchased kid. The replacement animal guarantee applies only for animals purchased directly from Bluestem Acres. We cannot offer this service on animals carrying our herd-name who were purchased third party.
“Wet Kids” and Unreserved Bucklings
“Wet kids" will be offered on occasion when our lives are busier than normal. These kids sell for $25 (grade) or $150 (registration application). "Wet kids" must be picked up "immediately" (within 24 hours) upon notification of availability. Please let us know if you're interested in being on our "wet kids" contact list. "Wet kids" will be started on the bottle but will not be experts yet. "Wet kids" come with no guarantees. Tattooing and disbudding of registered "wet kids" will be the responsibility of the buyer and should be done according to the accompanying registration application.
All buck kids who are born without a reservation in place can be purchased as grade bottle babies, with a wether agreement ($100 purchase, $50 wether deposit; deposit returned upon photo proof of wethering when animal is old enough). Typically these kids are sold at 10 days old, just after disbudding. The majority of unreserved buck kids will be sold as a group.
Goats For Sale
Sale Pending
Over the Moon KUL Apollo
February 24, 2022
LA 2023: 01-07 GGV 84
LA 2025: 02-01 GVG 84
Collection: None
ADGA #N2237090
Apollo- Aug 2024
DNA on file- ADG28049
Alpha-s1 Casein: B/B
G-6-S: Normal (by Test)
S: Queenacres Keanu Kulani (3-02 85 VVV)
SS: Victory Meadows Ima Mirage (04-05 90 EVE)
SD: Victory Meadows Leilani (01-07 88 VVVE)
D: Over the Moon Lovin' Astrid (01-07 V+V+ 85)
DS: Wingwood Farm Lovin' Theo (02-00 78 AA+)
DD: Wingwood Farm Sweet Anise (02-02 89 VVEE)
Apollo is a grow-out buck that we didn't intend to retain until he was born. From day one, he's been easy on the eyes and we can't complain at all about his dam's udder either. Astrid has long slender teats with large orifices, easy to milk by hand. Her udder is high and wide, and her pedigree is full of milky genetics. Apollo's sire is a heavy framed goat that still possesses dairy angularity and finesse, and we really appreciate Apollo’s paternal sister, Fantasy, because of those qualities. Kulani has a size and width we'd like to see repeated in Apollo's offspring. As much as we appreciate Apollo, our breeding program is headed in a little different direction, genetically, and he won’t have many opportunties for use here anymore. For that reason, he’s available to find a new herd.