Barnowl Dairy Goats

09/18/2025

Red just love watching these 2 year old MILKERSwalk around. Surprise transport opportunity from Washington to Pennsylvania, but you must lcontact Melanie.

Text/call Ardis' phone for more info. if you need her number product the herd.

09/18/2025

On the move! Qualtrics Q taking a walk last weekend. She's ready for a move to a new barn, perhaps even a faraway one!

Transport opportunity to Pennsylvania leaves on Sunday. Contact Melanie Ferguson for more info on transport, contact Ardis for more info on selection of available doe kids, dry yearlings, & milkers.

09/18/2025

💥‼️SPECIAL UPDATE: We've got two very nice 2 year old MILKERS available! Pedigree links with the photos.‼️💥

These are not "culls," these are extremely correct young milkers that represent so much of what we breed for and pride ourselves on here at Barnowl: dairy strength, productivity, high rear udders, graceful upstanding general appearance, and sweet temperaments. Only for sale because as Gavin commented in our other post, our full cadre of 2 year olds freshened with such consistent quality this year that its hard to not keep every one of them.

‼️Calling all decisive LaMancha breeders between Washington and Pennsylvania: Surprise Transport Available!! ‼️

We have a great opportunity to move some very exciting animals across country, but you must act fast the trailer leaves this Sunday, September 21. **Kids and dry yearlings also available, see previous post.**

If you are interested, CALL/TEXT ARDIS (to get her number, PM Barnowl). To arrange transport, contact Melanie Fergason.

Milkers pictured from this past weekend. Currently being milked 1x per day. Another freshening and can anticipate those mammaries really blooming.

09/17/2025

‼️‼️UPDATE: We've got dry yearlings available as well! ‼️‼️

‼️Calling all decisive LaMancha breeders between Washington and Pennsylvania: Surprise Transport Available!! ‼️

We have a great opportunity to move some very exciting kids across country, but you must act fast the trailer leaves this Sunday, September 21. They're priced to move with discounts on group purchases.

Photos of available kids and buck pedigrees included on this post, a few other dry yearlings and milkers also available. If you are interested, CALL/TEXT ARDIS (to get her number, PM Barnowl). For more information on transport, contact Melanie Fergason.

09/09/2025

🧡🩵🧡 9 a.m. on 9/9 🧡🩵🧡

It's BikeMS season and today, SEPTEMBER 9th at NINE AM Pacific all donations $50+ will be matched dollar-for-dollar. They expect the match to run out within that hour, but of course every donation matters, match or not.

Thank you everyone for your generous ongoing support of our little family -- on our 5th annual bike ride and even more importantly in life.

🔶🔸 To donate click this link and then scroll down to the orange "donate" button below my photo. Remember the match opportunity does not start until 9am pacific.🔸🔶

I’m participating in Bike MS: Oregon 2025 to raise funds for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Nearly one million people in the US are living with the challenges and uncertainty of multiple sclerosis (MS). The funds you raise through Bike MS fuel the life-changing programs and services the ...

09/04/2024

We were sad to miss the Oregon State Fair this weekend, but grateful for a rainy Linear Appraisal session instead. As always we so appreciate the insights this program provides through both data collection and talented professional appraisers.

A particular highlight of the day was BARNOWL SURYA at 4 years old appraising Final Score 92 VEEE. Our hairy winter yeti, she is a very beloved doe on the farm, but developed an inexplicable downright fear of show rings this past year making her difficult to show and be judged. But in the "no touch, no show" setting of appraisals on her own grassy turf she got to shine.

Littermate sister to CIZERON, one of our primary herd sires, we were also pleased to see that his 4 first freshening daughters were final score 86, 87, 87, and 88. The appraiser noting multiple times that, especially given recent scoring protocol changes, these are exceptional young milker scores. With breeding season practically here, you can expect to see plenty of him on the list.

08/28/2024

Finally starting to go through some more of our fair photos--while there's hundreds of goat photos to sort thru and crop down, these human photos caught my eye. The dad of Barnowl, Dave, doesn't get featured nearly enough for all that he does to support our showing aspirations. And the ladies of Barnowl perhaps don't get enough credit for our patience with his "old goat" antics! 😁

08/15/2024

The Clark County Fair is a family tradition--and this week we're reflecting on how much that means to us.

Yes, it's just a county fair, but it's a dang good one. In the goat world it brings together some truly excellent breeders with high quality goats featured in every breed. Honestly, after decades, the beautiful goats come and go, but what makes it truly special is the village of people it brings together.

A few years back we had this banner created to celebrate our fair family--from my grandma in her 90s to childhood friends now grown with their own children.

This year I was not as on top of taking people photos as I could've been, but here's a long--and still udderly incomplete--list of those who not only made our exhibiting possible, but truly enjoyable.

In whites, a huge shout-out to Cindy Boyd taking her day off to be with us, to Kristina and Stephanie for coming all the way from Klamath to help with everything from trimming hooves to showing naughty baby goats, Cassie our pen neighbor and competitor who jumped in to help in and out of the ring, and especially our adopted son of Barnowl, Gavin who knows and loves many of our goats like his own and inspires us in turn with his beautiful red ladies.

In the booth as we say, this show now with it's double rings works because of so many who volunteer their time to do everything from paperwork to ring stewarding. Thank you to the Conways, Kathy, and Linda Gorman with her stories of yesteryear. Along with the two Amandas each for their own organizing wizardary, and the new kid behind the clipboard, Maddie.

Out of the show ring, no fair is complete without some heart-to-heart human time with superintendent extraordinaire Virginia over an elephant ear. Talking goats and life with the lovely and generous lady in purple, Jessica McDonald. This year sharing a cheese bounty with Kim and Judy, two of our long earred breeder friends, was a particular highlight. Marion, who survived all 10 days with 4 human kids who were still lending a hand all the way to load out. And, keeping Dave sane, our soon off to college friend Sam, whose last minute chore help on Saturday made it possible for Ardis to actually leave the fair and fly to a memorial service out of state.

To the average fair-goer, it likely looks like just a random assortment of goats, but we know that inside these barns there is a mighty village.

08/13/2024

While we catch our breath from our whirlwind county fair, we are proud to introduce pending permanent Champion BARNOWL APARNA. 3 years ago she won her junior kid class and went on to Best Junior Doe in Show, we are over the moon that she finished her championship in similar fashion with a Best Senior Doe in Show win among some truly stellar competition.

A special shout-out to the Clark Goat Association for reviving both the July club show and sponsoring a second fair ring. Aparna owes her championship to those well-run show opportunities.

07/13/2024

Friday Update: Lots of interest, but only half have fully confirmed new homes. Here's a closer look at the doe kids still looking to make a splash in your herd--could've filled these collages with literally generations of beautiful, champion, productive animals. Located in Vancouver, WA, right off the I-5 Fairgrounds exit.

Learn more about us on our website at https://barnowlgoats.com/2024-kidding-list/