Farm and Sales Policy
FARM BIOSECURITY
To maintain the Biosecurity of our livestock, we do not permit farm visits, only pick ups when purchasing goat(s) from us. We prioritize the health and well-being of our livestock, and therefore want to minimize the risk of compromising our Biosecurity as much as possible! We are happy to supply lots of pictures, videos, and even schedule video calls out in our goat paddock with the goat(s) you are interested in purchasing.
We do not accept goats back after they have left our premises. This is to ensure that we do not compromise our livestock Biosecurity. Thank you for understanding!
VIDEO CALLS
Our farm offers customers the unique opportunity to schedule a video call with us, and the goat(s), you are interested in placing a deposit on and purchasing! If you are interested in a goat(s) that are available, don’t hesitate to reach out to us via email or FB messenger, to schedule a video call time. We will introduce you to your potential new herd member(s), discuss all details pertaining to the goat(s) you are interested in, paperwork included with the goat(s), the purchasing process, placing a nonrefundable 50% (of the goat(s) purchase price) deposit(s), etc.
GOAT RAISING AND KNOWLEDGE
If this is your first-time owning goats, we strongly recommend that you reach out to local goat clubs/associations, read the ADGA 'Getting Started' page, join Facebook goat groups, and look at some of the informative websites listed below, to help you prepare for your new goats. It is best to understand the time and care involved with raising goats, before you actually commit and bring your goats home.
For more information, the following are good informational websites that are very helpful new goat owners alike:
• American Consortium for Small Ruminants
• Better Hens and Gardens
• Fiasco Farms
• Weed ‘Em Reap
• American Dairy Goat Association
• Miniature Dairy Goat Association
• American Goat Society
TWO GOAT MINIMUM
Please note that you cannot keep only a single goat by itself. Goats must be kept with at least one other goat, so that they are not lonely and depressed. We CANNOT and WILL NOT sell only a SINGLE GOAT that will be kept alone, due to the well-being risk to the goat. Horses, sheep, chickens, llamas, alpacas, chickens, dogs, etc. are not suitable companions for goats. While goats may get along with these animals, goats need other goats for companionship. They cannot be kept by themselves or with other species of animals and no other goats.
If you do not already own another goat, you must purchase at least two goats (either from our farm or another breeder), so that you will have the minimum requirement of two goats being kept together.
Two is the MINIMUM number of goats that one can keep. Everyone needs friends, even goats!
RESERVATIONS - How to make one, How it works
If you are interested in a doeling(s) from of our breedings, and would like to place a reservation(s) on the yet-to-be-born doeling(s):
1) Contact us about making a reservation and which breeding you're interested in placing a reservation
2) Sign our Farm Policy document (which is this policy) and send it back to us via email or messenger
3) Send the nonrefundable $50 reservation deposit to our farm PayPal address we will provide for you.
A $50 nonrefundable deposit is required to have your spot on the reservation filled. This $50 nonrefundable reservation deposit counts towards the total price of the doeling(s). One $50 reservation deposit per each doeling you'd like to reserve.
If you no longer want to have a reservation on a breeding(s) please let us know, so we can update the status of the reservation list, and remove your name. If you cancel the reservation we will not refund the $50 nonreundable deposit.
Only if we are unable to fulfill this reservation on that breeding, then this is the only condition that we will refund your $50 reservation deposit. Or, instead of a refund, you can roll-over your reservation onto a doe born that same year from another pairing, or, alternatively, roll over onto a pairing in the following breeding season on a breeding of your choice, that is not fully reserved already.
A reservation DOES NOT GURANTEE a doeling. A breeding may result in only bucklings, we may retain the only doeling, etc.
RESERVATIONS - When the kids are born
Once the doelings are born, people who placed a reservation on the doelings will be contacted. At that point, 50% of the kid's price is required via PayPal (the $50 reservation deposit counts towards the price of the kid), as well as a date to pick up the kid (a date that is after the 12 week old mark for the kid(s)).
If you do not respond within 48 hours to place the 50% deposit of the full price of the doeling (which you put a reservation on) the reservation will be considered voided. The $50 reservation deposit will not be refunded.
RIGHT OF RETAINMENT - Reservations
We reserve the right to retain any kid that is born on our farm, despite the status of the reservation list. We try our hardest to fulfill every reservation, however, circumstances may result in our farm retaining a doe that had a reservation on them. If this happens you have the following options: 1) your $50 deposit is refunded 2) You roll over your reservation onto a doe born that year from another pairing 3) Roll over your reservation onto one of the upcoming pairings for that next kidding season (fall or spring), when the breeding schedule is released.
HEALTH
Our goats (kids and adults) are healthy when they leave our farm, and the buyer is purchasing them in an as is condition. We are not responsible for them and their health after they leave our property. Once they leave our property, you are solely responsible for the goat(s) you have purchased and signed for. After signing, you are acknowledging that you are responsible for your purchased goat(s) health, care, and management.
When they leave our farm, we do not know the different variables they have been exposed to, and therefore do not guarantee the health of them after they have left the farm. Upon fulfillment of the full price and pick up, you will receive a copy of the Terms and Bill of Sale Agreement, which you will sign, and a Health Record documenting supplements, wormings, disease testing (only applicable for goats 6+ months and older), etc. that you signed for the goat(s) you bought. A copy of the signed Farm and Sales Policy Agreement will be emailed or given to you at this time as well.
RIGHT OF CANCELLATION
we reserve the right to REFUSE a sale and/or CANCEL and refund any reservation deposit or 50% deposit on our goat(s), at ANY POINT IN TIME for ANY REASON rior to the buyer fulfilling the remaining price of the goat(s) being purchased and picked up, at our DISCRETION.
NONREFUNDABLE DEPOSIT (When purchasing a goat that is already born and for sale, that you don't have a reservation on)
We require a nonrefundable 50% of the goat(s) purchase price deposit via PAYPAL on any goat(s) (that are listed as available for sale) which you want to purchase. The deposit is to ensure that we will hold the goat(s) for you, until a fulfillment of the purchase price and the goat is picked up. Upon pickup/purchase the remaining price of the goat(s) you placed a deposit on will be required to be fulfilled immediately either via CASH or PAYPAL.
Before placing a deposit, this document, the Farm and Sales Policy Agreement, will be signed by Willow Bend Farm (the seller) and then sent via email or FB messenger, for the buyer to sign electronically or physically (depending on how the document is sent). If document is sent to be signed physically, the buyer can then take a picture of the signed document and send it back to us, Willow Bend Farm, via email or FB messenger. Only after the buyer has electronically or physically (depending on how the document is sent by Willow Bend Farm to the buyer) signed and accepts our Farm and Sales Terms Policy, can the buyer place a deposit on an available goat(s).
This deposit is nonrefundable under any circumstances, except if the goat(s) you placed the deposit(s) on (before picked up/transported from our farm property; and therefore, still under our care) dies or we cancel the sale (SEE RIGHT OF CANCELATION) before the goat(s) are picked up/transported from our farm premises.
FULFILLMENT OF REMAINING PRICE OF GOAT(S) (When purchasing a goat that is already born and for sale, which you don't have a reservation on)
A date for pickup/purchase will be decided upon between the buyer and the seller. At the time of pickup/purchase, the remaining price of the goat(s) that the buyer placed a 50% nonrefundable deposit on, is required to be immediately paid either via PayPal or in cash.
If the agreed upon pick up date is MISSED 2xs and/or the buyer is a NO SHOW on the pick up date, the sale and nonrefundable 50% deposit is voided. We will not refund the nonrefundable 50% deposit.
TRANSFER OWNERSHIP
**(This applies only to registered goats and not goats sold without papers/registration as pet quality)**
Upon purchase/pick up (for both reservation doelings and goats already born for sale), we will transfer the registered goat(s) into your name via the following, provided that the registration is not pending for the MDGA certificate:
• We will sign the MDGA certificate(s) for transfer and give you the certificate(s), which you must also sign, and then you must send in via mail to MDGA for transfer of ownership with the applicable fee.
• We will sign the ADGA certificate(s) and give to you the certificate(s), which you must also sign, and then you must send in via mail to ADGA for transfer of ownership with the applicable fee.
Once we sign the certificate(s) and they are given to you, we are NOT RESPONSIBLE for transferring ownership of the goat(s) to you or held accountable for the fees associated with the transfer process. You are responsible for the transfer of ownership, as well as the fees, and must send the respective certificate(s) in via mail to ADGA and MDGA for the transfer of ownership in a timely manner (60 days). Please note that sometimes there are delays in the ADGA and MDGA paperwork turnover time, that is out of our control and we are not held responsible.