Hoppin Hooves
Mini Nubians
Home is where the goats are.
Thank you for visiting Hoppin Hooves. We started our adventure in goats because we love the milk and the cheese. Be believe living closer to the land is a healthier way to live so we homestead our land raising our own goats, chickens and lots of gardening, fruit trees and bee keeping. When starting we were not particular what breed of goat we purchased but over time we discovered the Mini Nubian breed and fell in love. They are indeed the perfect small homestead goat you could own in my opinion. They eat 1/2 the feed of a standard sized Nubian and still produce about 2/3 of the milk quantity. They also retain a high butter fat ranging typically from 6% - 10% in their milk and that comes from both the Nigerian and the Nubian breeds which makes for amazing butter, and cheeses.
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Our herds are tested clean for CAE and CL and Johnne's and we have a closed herd. In our herds we strive to work towards the Mini Nubian goals of great milk production and beautiful conformation. We have beautiful American and Purebred Mini's and a couple earlier generations that had super cool breed lines we wanted to integrate into our lines.
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This is a relatively new breed and there are many questions that people have in regards to breed levels with the MDGA and we hope to be able to educate you on how that works and also glean learning in the development of the breed as it progresses.