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Heritage & Designer Chickens
Our goal is to raise rare, friendly, free-ranging, cold-hardy chicken breeds that can perform well both in shows and at home.
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Pilgrim Geese
Our dream is to raise rare heritage Pilgrim Geese that are friendly, thrive on our pastures, and meet breed standards for exhibition.
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Mini Nubian Dairy Goats
We do our best to raise Mini Nubian goats that are friendly, resistant to parasites, have well-attached udders that produce large amounts of milk loaded with butterfat, and perform well in shows.
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Oberhasli Dairy Goats
Our mission is to raise Oberhasli goats that are friendly, thrive on our land, have well-attached udders and conformation that hold up over a lifetime, and are trainable as pack goats.
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Guernsey Dairy Goats
We want to create our own breed-up program of Guernsey goats with well-attached udders and award-winning conformation.
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Raw Honey & Produce
We seasonally offer raw honey and produce from our garden and orchard, along with various preserves & ferments.
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Established 2021

Welcome! We're the Home of JKHerdItAll & JKShrunkTheKids

We raise heritage poultry and dairy goats (and honey bees) with intention, focusing on rare and endangered breeds we truly love. Our animals are cared for as naturally as possible, with modern veterinary support used thoughtfully when it matters most. We’re always happy to answer questions and talk animals with fellow livestock folks.

About Us: Growing Roots

After years of moving from place to place in the U.S. Navy, Ken met Jess in Illinois and promptly whisked her away to start a new life in Wisconsin. Ken grew up raising horses in East Texas, while Jess was born and raised in the Chicago suburbs with a small zoo’s worth of traditional and exotic pets. We shared the same long-term dream: having our own land and raising animals of our own. What began as an idea slowly grew into what we have today.

We both work full time – Ken is a senior in nuclear operations training, and Jess is a senior software engineer. If we are ever slow to reply, we are probably away at work, feeding something, fixing something, or chasing something – often all at once.

We Herd It All

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Heritage & Designer Chickens

We raise heritage chicken breeds that are docile, cold-hardy, and excellent foragers, plus a few designer chicken breeds chosen for colorful eggs from blue to deep chocolate brown.

We often have hatching eggs, chicks, pullets, and adult birds from lines bred toward APA SOP per the American Poultry Association, and we work with experienced master breeders to improve type and temperament.

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Pilgrim Geese

Pilgrim Geese are an autosexing heritage goose breed listed as Threatened by The Livestock Conservancy and developed in the Midwest for utility and calm temperaments.

They’re among the quietest and most docile geese (but still not chicken-quiet). We’re involved with waterfowl groups like the International Waterfowl Breeders Association and may offer goose hatching eggs, goslings, dames, and ganders in spring.

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Mini Nubian Dairy Goats

Mini Nubian dairy goats combine nearly the milk volume of Nubian dairy goats with the rich, sweet milk traits of Nigerian Dwarf goats, in an ideal in-between size for practical home dairy use.

Our herd is registered with MDGA and TMGR under JKShrunkTheKids. Each spring, we may have Mini Nubian kids and adults from proven Top Ten milking lines, bred for production, sound structure, and steady temperaments well suited for family-scale dairying.

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Oberhasli Dairy Goats

Oberhasli dairy goats are Swiss-descended, calm, steady, and quietly confident, producing sweet, clean-tasting milk. They’re also valued as hardy trail packing goats with strong, functional structure.

Our Oberhasli are registered with the American Dairy Goat Association (ADGA) under JKHerdItAll, and we’re members of the Oberhasli Breeders of America. Spring availability may include American Oberhasli kids and adults from champion-packed pedigrees.

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Guernsey Dairy Goats

Guernsey dairy goats are a rare, extremely docile, hardy dairy goat breed from the Isle of Guernsey (not to be confused with Guernsey cattle). Their sweet milk typically falls between Oberhasli and Mini Nubians in butterfat.

Our Guernseys are dual registered with ADGA and the British Goat Society (BGS) under JKHerdItAll, and we’re members of Guernsey Goat Breeders of America. We run a structured breed-up program, so spring offerings will vary by stage, from Experimental (IR) to Purebred (BG).

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Honey Bees

We run Minnesota Hygienic Italian and VSH Wisconsin honey bees, focusing on mite-resistant bees after years of losses to Varroa destructor despite testing and treatment.

We stay connected through Lloyd Street Bees and the Brown County Beekeepers Association. If you spot a honey bee swarm, reach out – depending on access and equipment, we may assist. Raw local honey and beeswax are seasonal.

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Fresh Produce, Preserves & Ferments

We grow seasonal fresh produce and occasionally offer small-batch preserves and fun ferments when timing and conditions allow, keeping it practical and based on what we actually have growing.

Rather than a farmers market for now, we keep availability for produce, poultry, and eggs in one place through our Farmish storefront, which reflects what we currently have available or expect to have very soon.

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