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Welcome to our new web site!

The names are Heather Arts and Sonia Thyssen.  We are a grandmother and granddaughter operation.  We welcome you to the farm and want to explain a bit more about ourselves before we introduce you to the rest of the "girls."  Once hearing our story feel free to browse the site and contact us if you have any questions, concerns or comments.

This farm breeds Lamanchas, Nubians and a few Recorded Grades.  We are located in Central Washington, Moses Lake, on a beautiful fifteen acre piece of land.  This land is ideal because it offers a lot of buildings for shelter and a ton of pasture area for the "girls" to forage. 

We are members of the American Dairy Goat Association (ADGA) for a combined total of 35 years.  My grandmother has recieved her lifetime membership as of 2008.  I myself have been a part of the association as a youth member and then as an adult member.  I also currently hold an ADGA judge's license.

As a judge, I have high standards for my animals and my family's animals.  My goal is to breed for high quality in milk goats and show goats.  To help assure high standards, we are involved in the Dairy Herd Improvement Association (DHIA) and in Linear Appraisal.  We also attend many ADGA sanctioned shows and local fairs.

We are involved in an extremely strict Caprine Arthritis Encephalitis (CAE) prevention program.  Our animals are tested biannually every year and are Caseous Lymphadenitis (CL) free.  An explanation of our prevention program starts with our kids and will be explained in more detail on the kid page of each breed.

We want to thank Ardis Lyons, Mariah Acton, and Lauren Acton for contributing some lovely bloodlines to our herd and the wonderful hospitality they have all provided while we were on the road, especially John Wright for the great breakfast in the morning.

As as side note, I want to let everyone know that as a college student, my site is quite primative and slowly being updated when the time is convenient.  My first year in Pharmacy School at Washington State University has been hectic but continues to make headway into a new career to support my addictive habit of owning goats.

Feel free to navigate our site and contact us for any information you seek.

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*Purple Thistle Lamanchas * Moses Lake, WA *
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