Welcome to Dairylicious
Oberhasli ~ our little slice of Appalachian heaven situated in
the rolling hills of eastern Ohio. Dairylicious started in 2007,
when we decided to get a "couple" of goats to help clear brush.
And, if we were going to have goats, they might as well give us
milk, too ~ so went the "logic" and began the search for local
goats.Erin
continued to cruise the internet reading about the different
breeds of goats, but that was often overtaken by the day-to-day
urgencies of farm life. In mid-2009 she stumbled upon the
website for the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy and an
article about the Oberhasli breed of goat. The beauty and
refinement pictured on that webpage spoke to her and she was
hooked. So in the late fall of 2009, we brought home our first
Oberhasli does. A "couple of goats" had morphed into seven does
and one buck, and we've grown from there.
We quickly
discovered that there is a limit to how much milk
two people can drink! What to do with all that milk? Besides
making cheese and yogurt (and the odd gallon of "milk paint"),
we make soap. Some of the soap is scented and some is not, but
it is all formulated to be skin-loving. Be sure to check out our
Soap page for more info on this passion.
Our herd is based
mainly on the bloodlines of Buttin' Heads, Sir Echo, Ober-Boerd
and Sparking Acres. We have a dash of Kajon's Farm and Catoico's
for variety, and we maintain a small herd to allow us to focus
on high quality. We choose to not show our animals but we want them to be competitive for buyers who
do. We participate in Linear Appraisal and DHIR as tools to
evaluate our herd members, and to help us make sound breeding
decisions. We breed for animals who are functional for their
entire lifespan, rather than animals who look great as teenagers
but are a "flash in the pan" and burn out before they fully
mature. We place equal emphasis on conformation, milk production
and temperament. Besides looking good, being functional, and
filling the milk pail, we want a goat that we enjoy being
around! Erin finds nothing more relaxing than milking in the
early morning silence, so the attitude is important.
So, sit back and
relax, and enjoy your virtual tour of our goat farm! Thanks for
looking!
Dairylicious Farm
"Raising beautiful Oberhasli in Ohio"
Philip and Erin Cooper
& Family
70728 Vagary Lane
Freeport, OH 43973
Phone: (740) 489-5135
Fax: (740) 489-5309
erin@dairylicious.net
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