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# JK Herd It All, LLC: Exhibition-Potential Rare Heritage Breed Dairy Goats & Poultry

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## Posts
- [Can We Please Have One Boring Week?](https://herditall.net/blog/can-we-please-have-one-boring-week/): People often ask what it's like to run a small homestead. The answer? It's a little bit like playing veterinary whack-a-mole. Just when you think you've solved one problem, three more appear.
- [Our First Goat Show: The Northern Classic Goat Show](https://herditall.net/blog/our-first-goat-show/): We officially survived our first-ever goat show!
- [We’re Building a Buff Ameraucana Line – And Here’s How We’re Starting](https://herditall.net/blog/diy-large-fowl-buff-ameraucana-breeding-project/): If you've been hunting for quality large fowl Buff Ameraucanas and coming up empty - you're not imagining it. They're genuinely hard to find.
- [Surgery, a Hidden Septum, and Seelie’s Impeccable Timing](https://herditall.net/blog/hysteroscopy-update-uterine-septum-removal/): Trigger warnings: Miscarriage, D&C, uterine scarring, infertility, fertility surgery
- [A Kidding Season Full of Firsts](https://herditall.net/blog/kidding-season-2026-firsts/): We've been raising Mini Nubians, Oberhasli, and Guernseys long enough to feel like we have a handle on what kidding season looks like. This year reminded us that goats didn't get that memo.
- [April 2026 Can Go Ahead and Be Over Now](https://herditall.net/blog/april-2026-can-go-ahead-and-be-over-now/): I don't even know where to start with this month.
- [Why Some of Our Birds Are Laying Again and Others Still Aren’t](https://herditall.net/blog/why-some-of-our-birds-are-laying-again-and-others-still-arent/): If your chickens still aren’t laying eggs and it’s almost April, you’re (probably) not doing anything wrong.
- [Meet Munchkin](https://herditall.net/blog/meet-munchkin/): After rescuing our little feral guy (Deuteronomy? Still working on names!) and adopting Jamie/Bartholomew last month, it quickly became obvious that we were probably headed toward a three-kitten household.
- [Welcome to the Pasture, Llamas!](https://herditall.net/blog/welcome-to-the-pasture-llamas/): If you had asked us a year ago whether we were planning to add llamas to the property, the honest answer would have been “probably eventually.” I've wanted them for years. Ken has been... less convinced.
- [Another Loss, Another Piece of the Puzzle: Miscarriage, a Uterine Septum, and What We Learned](https://herditall.net/blog/another-loss-another-piece-of-the-puzzle-miscarriage-a-uterine-septum-and-what-we-learned/): Back in December, we learned something new about my uterus that might explain the fertility struggles and miscarriages we’ve been dealing with since 2022.
- [The Basement Lab: Why Our ‘Barn Cat’ Might Be Over-Qualified](https://herditall.net/blog/the-basement-lab-why-our-barn-cat-might-be-over-qualified/): When we first trapped our feral little lurker, the plan was simple: get him healthy, get him neutered, and once the Wisconsin weather breaks, see if we can convince him to live his best life as a high-functioning barn cat. He was a ghost, a bunker-dweller, and a master of the "TNR scowl."
- [Triplets, Tubes, and 4am Existential Crises](https://herditall.net/blog/triplets-tubes-and-4am-existential-crises/): Our first kids of the season were born on Wednesday - DDB triplets!
- [Turning Our Farm Notes Into Care Guides](https://herditall.net/blog/turning-our-farm-notes-into-care-guides/): When we first started putting together our care notes, they were never meant to be public.
- [Juggling Promotions, Goats, and Everything in Between](https://herditall.net/blog/juggling-promotions-goats-and-everything-in-between/): Life has been a little… a lot lately. The good kind of busy, the exhausting kind of busy, and the “how is it already Thursday?” kind of busy. Between work, animals, and everything that comes with running a farm alongside full-time jobs, we’ve been juggling a lot behind the scenes. Work updates On my end, today I was promoted at my day job. It comes with more leadership, more responsibility, and yes, somehow still more meetings. I’m still very hands-on and technical, but now I’m also helping steer things, support other developers, and make sure nothing catches on fire. What’s a little funny is that this isn’t actually my first time in a leadership role. I used to be a VP of Engineering (and eventually a one-woman dev & IT department), but that was about five years ago and I’ve definitely gotten a little soft as an IC since then. It’s also a bit weird stepping into a management role with people who used to be my peers. We’ll figure it out as we go, and I’m confident we’ll find our rhythm. Ken’s current reality Ken has been deep in nuclear operations exam-writing mode lately, working long days and nights to finish his current exam. It’s focused, high-stakes work that doesn’t politely stay inside normal business hours. Some weeks feel manageable. Other weeks feel like an aggressive game of Tetris where sleep is the piece that never fits. The critters don’t wait Meanwhile, the animals continue to be very unimpressed by our schedules. Feeding still needs to happen, water buckets still freeze, and goats still yell. Kidding season is also creeping up on us. Candy and Riesling are first up, which means we’re mentally shifting into late nights, early mornings, and the familiar mix of excitement and nerves that always comes with baby goats. We’ve also had to make some hard calls recently. We sold two of our absolute favorite does, Petunia and Diana, so that we could afford to keep the rest of the herd going. That’s not the kind of decision you see in a cute Instagram post, but it’s a very real part of keeping this farm sustainable. Between the goats, poultry, and the endless small tasks that pile up fast, it sometimes feels like we’re running a tiny, slightly chaotic city instead of a herd. We don’t always keep up perfectly, and sometimes the animals win. Honestly, they should. Quick barn cat update In case you missed it, our mystery kitten situation had a happy update. The juvenile cat was successfully neutered and ear-tipped and turned out to be an approximately 8-month-old male. He’s recovering well and we'll try to coax him out of his crate soon. Behind the scenes We’re sharing all of this not to complain, but to give a more honest picture of what life looks like behind the scenes right now. Growth in work, farming, and life is exciting, but it also stretches you in ways you don’t always expect. We’re learning as we go, making adjustments, and doing our best to keep building our program with intention, care, and transparency. Thanks for being here, for sticking with us through the busy stretches and the quieter ones. We’re tired, we’re grateful, and we’re still very much in love with this life.
- [Operation CatNap: A Quiet Winter Intervention](https://herditall.net/blog/operation-catnap/): Living on a rural residential property in Mishicot, Wisconsin, we’re used to wildlife passing through. Deer, turkeys, opossums, raccoons, a coyote here and there - and cats. Most of the time, they keep their distance and move on.
- [Fertility & Family Update: There’s Still Hope](https://herditall.net/blog/fertility-family-update-theres-still-hope/): In December, we were hit with the news we’d been dreading: our fertility journey might be at an end unless we found a surrogate. The IVF provider we’d worked with for three years delivered that verdict - and then offered no real guidance, no next steps, and no support.
- [Milk Kefir – An Old-School Ferment That Still Makes Sense Today](https://herditall.net/blog/milk-kefir-an-old-school-ferment-that-still-makes-sense-today/): Last week, we posted on Facebook asking whether anyone had some kefir grains to share. To our surprise, almost nobody knew what they were. The easiest way to think about milk kefir is this: it is like the sourdough starter of the dairy world. It is a living culture you feed, reuse, and keep going indefinitely. The big difference is that instead of flour and water, you are feeding it milk.
- [Another Hurdle – Our Fertility Journey](https://herditall.net/blog/256486-2/): We try our best not to overshare personal issues on the farm blog… but here we are, blending cute critters with real life once again.
- [Our First Buck Collection](https://herditall.net/blog/our-first-buck-collection/): After months of prepping our bucks and teaser does, and despite a few kinks, we had a VERY successful collection with the help of a new friend who let us use her farm - and another who let us use her teaser doe when NONE of ours came into heat on time. And of course, massive thanks to Levi and Alex at CryoCaprine for doing the actual collection.
- [Golden Breeding Plans for 2026 – Lap AI](https://herditall.net/blog/golden-breeding-plans-for-2026-lap-ai/): We have some VERY exciting plans for next season!
- [Return of a Legend](https://herditall.net/blog/return-of-a-legend/): She’s BACK!
- [Fall Update: Things are somewhat stable! *Knock on Wood*](https://herditall.net/blog/fall-update-things-are-somewhat-stable-knock-on-wood/): It seems like we only ever remember to post in here when we're going through some sort of crisis, but things are mostly fine! We are very, very low on funds and have had to make some heart-wrenching herd cuts that we hadn't expected yet, but such is life. Here's a brief update of happenings over the past few months:
- [One of our Worst Fears: Mastitis](https://herditall.net/blog/one-of-our-worst-fears-mastitis/): On the day of our August milk test, our poor girl Pickles took a brutal headbutt to the udder. Her right half swelled up super badly and she produced about a teaspoon of milk.
- [Busy, Busy!](https://herditall.net/blog/busy-busy/): We're chugging along through our busiest goat season to date, with not a ton of time for much else!
- [Our First Linear Appraisal](https://herditall.net/blog/linear-appraisal/): We had our first Linear Appraisal this Wednesday, and it was super informative!
- [A Break from Critters: Our Fertility Journey](https://herditall.net/blog/a-break-from-critters-our-fertility-journey/): Trigger warnings: Miscarriage, drug addict contractors, IVF, infertility, doctors ignoring patients
- [Learning Our Limits: 2025 Kidding & Hatching Season Recap](https://herditall.net/blog/weve-learned-our-limits-2025-kidding-hatching-season-recap/): This was our biggest kidding season ever, and we have now learned our limits! We've had trouble keeping up with the birds again this year, so we're downsizing a bunch in both areas.
- [Our First Flipper](https://herditall.net/blog/our-first-flipper/): We knew it’d happen sooner or later, and honestly, we probably wouldn’t care if the person hadn’t gone out of their way to mislead us & then block us.
- [Aaaand Another Goat Loss](https://herditall.net/blog/aaaand-another-goat-loss/): Sorry to keep posting all the death and despair in this blog, but we're hoping it helps others in our situation!
- [Looking at Poop: Modified McMaster Technique for Fecal Exams](https://herditall.net/blog/looking-at-poop-modified-mcmaster-technique-for-fecal-exams/): The top two killers of goats are pneumonia and internal parasites. There isn’t an easy way to predict pneumonia in a herd, but for parasites, we can do fecals. Most vets will be willing to do them, even if they don’t see goats. Our livestock vet is far away, so for a long time, we took samples to our small animal vet. Some labs will also accept mailed samples for a low price – MeadowMist (external link) is a popular one. 
- [We Have Eggs!](https://herditall.net/blog/we-have-eggs/): FINALLY! After months and months of nothing, we have a few eggs again! We found out the other night that part of the reason for the dearth was a family of opossums that we caught yolk-handed - we first learned that they had broken into the pasture after finding 3 hens eaten in their coop. Finally one night, we caught a big chonky opossum going for a 4th. The next two nights, we found smaller opossums inside the empty coops that the hens like to lay eggs in during the day - one had his whole adorable face covered in yolk! They’ve been booted from that pasture into a hopefully safer area. We didn't have the heart to kill them, since they were just trying to survive during negative temps. Plus, all three were super sweet and easy to catch!
- [Plot Twist – Pseudohermaphroditism](https://herditall.net/blog/plot-twist-pseudohermaphroditism/): We’ve still been unable to complete our pairings for Lasty and Midnight, our final two planned does of the season. We hadn't seen any heats out of either of them at all, so we decided to get help from our team of vets.
- [Okay, this can stop now! A completely unexpected goat loss](https://herditall.net/blog/an-unexpected-loss/): On Friday, we received our final update on Meow - the lab results were inconclusive because there were no relevant bacteria or parasites found in the culture, but their findings when looking at his intestines indicated poisoning, enterotoxemia, or coccidiosis.
- [Another Traumatic Goat Loss](https://herditall.net/blog/another-traumatic-goat-loss/): On the exact day we started our latest IVF cycle in the effort to overcome our unexplained infertility, our very best buckling, *B 4Petesake The Cat's Meow, started acting sick. He was self-isolating and not being his usual sweet, nosey self. The next day, massive amounts of putrid watery green scours started pouring out of him.
- [Goats and Ghosts: 2024 Spring Recap](https://herditall.net/blog/surrounded-by-ghosts-2024-spring-recap/): This was our first major kidding season and, while everyone is thriving, it has taken all of our energy and we fell way behind on the poultry side of our farm; plus the weird April blizzards absolutely destroyed fertility for most of our flocks. ZERO goslings survived this year and the Partridge Chanteclers still haven't gone back to full laying!
- [Monday Surprise – Preemies!](https://herditall.net/blog/monday-surprise-preemies/): When I went to check on everyone yesterday morning, I heard an unfamiliar voice in the doe pen - looking into one of the calf huts we're preparing for the kidding due next week, I found Penny cleaning a brand new baby! As I crawled in to check on them, I found another kid cold and barely moving, half buried in hay. Luckily, Ken was home sick, so I was able to recruit him to help bring the little guys inside and warm them up. Yeppp, little GUYS - Penny graced us with a bay and black set of twin bucklings.
- [A Polar Vortex and Chicken Popsicle](https://herditall.net/blog/a-polar-vortex-and-chicken-popsicles/): We're in the middle of a polar vortex that started right after last week's blizzards, and temps are below zero. With windchill, the average Real Feel is -35F. Things seemed to be going as well as they could until last night - despite our best efforts, we now have a house rooster until it warms back up.
- [Gearing Up for Kidding & Milking Season](https://herditall.net/blog/gearing-up-for-kidding-milking-season/): In about 45 days, we'll have this year's first goat kids on the ground, and we can't wait! Here are some of the big-ticket items we'll be using this year:
- [Our Black Friday Splurge: Goat Semen](https://herditall.net/blog/our-black-friday-splurge-goat-semen/): After losing our buck Mark this spring and then struggling with pneumonia a couple months ago, we REALLY wanted to get our boys collected this fall, but weren't able to make it out to the scheduled stop. But since then, we've been learning more about AI (not the computers that will take over the world, but Artificial Insemination).
- [Goat Breeding Season Fall 2023: Part II](https://herditall.net/blog/goat-breeding-season-part-ii/): We've officially performed all but 3 of our planned pairings at least once, so now we're playing the waiting game to make sure everyone sticks. We've had to retry a couple so far, and poor Penny miscarried at least one embryo last week. Since all but 5 of our girls are First Fresheners and all but 2 of our breedable bucks are under a year old, we expected some trouble as they all figure out what to do; plus fertility is probably a bit low after the months-long pneumonia saga. Everyone finallllly appears to be healthy and active now after that whole drama, so hopefully we still get a few babies next spring and even more in 2025! We are updating our breeding plans as we go, and will add due dates after pregnancies are confirmed. Click here to see our Mini Nubian and Oberhasli goat breeding plans. 
- [Goat Breeding Season Fall 2023: Part I](https://herditall.net/blog/goat-breeding-season-2024-round-1/): It's officially that exciting and nerve-wracking time we've been building up to, Breeding Season for our goats! Over the weekend, a few girls were in standing heat and had their first rendezvous with the boys:
- [Pneumonia in Goats: Part III](https://herditall.net/blog/pneumonia-in-goats-part-iii/): The pneumonia saga continues! After full courses of Draxxin and Resflor Gold, we thought we had kicked the disease. But with another couple weeks of rain and temps bouncing from 40 to 80, everyone is acting "off" again. Nobody seems SICK sick like they did before, but just about everyone has runny or stuffy noses, occasional coughing fits, labored breathing, mild fevers, and self-isolation. We weren't sure whether we were being paranoid at this point, so we called the vet out to look at the whole herd.
- [Pneumonia in Goats: Part II](https://herditall.net/blog/pneumonia-in-goats-part-ii/): Please note that we are not medical experts and the following should in no way be considered medical advice. We always recommend consulting a veterinarian. What we did below was in cooperation with our (amazing) livestock vet.
- [Pneumonia in Goats](https://herditall.net/blog/pneumonia-in-goats/): When we were first researching goats, the #1 warning that we heard everywhere is that they're VERY prone to respiratory issues. They evolved to survive in arid climates and don't handle humidity or dramatic temperature swings well.
- [Slipped Tendons in Chicks](https://herditall.net/blog/slipped-tendons-in-chicks/): Every now and then, a chick will hatch with a slipped achilles tendon. This is a fixable issue, but it is critical to help the chick within the first couple days of life, or the condition might become permanent and debilitating.
- [Helping Chicks Hatch](https://herditall.net/blog/helping-chicks-hatch/): A lot of people ask us how to help chicks hatch. We are assisting a struggling chick right now, so I thought I'd write a post about our experience and steps we take.
- [Scratched Corneas in Goats](https://herditall.net/blog/scratched-corneas-in-goats/): Last Thursday, we were SO excited to bring home an amazing little buckling, Mosaic's Smooth Criminal. We don't care all that much about superficial flashy stuff - we focus more on udders & conformation, but this guy has it all - multiple MDGA Top 10s and show wins in his recent pedigree PLUS that flashy stuff - he is covered in moonspots, is polled, and has clear blue eyes!
- [We’ve Moved!](https://herditall.net/blog/weve-moved/): When we first started up our official company and website, we decided to be cheap/lazy and build our site in GoDaddy, which is our DNS host. GoDaddy unfortunately has a LOT of limitations, including a 50-page max for sites that use its builder. After adding all of our goats, we found that we need at least 52 pages, haha, so it was time to make a move.

## Pages
- [Breeding Does & Kidding](https://herditall.net/goat-care/breeding-kidding/): Home ›
- [Goat Medicine Cabinet: Dosages & Medication Glossary](https://herditall.net/goat-care/health-conditions/medicine-cabinet/): Home ›
- [Before You Buy: The Ultimate Guide to Starting with Goats](https://herditall.net/goat-care/before-you-buy-goats/): Home ›
- [Care Guides](https://herditall.net/care-guides/): Home ›
- [About Us](https://herditall.net/about/): Home ›
- [Health and Biosecurity for Poultry](https://herditall.net/poultry-care/health-and-biosecurity/): Home ›
- [Housing and Fencing for Poultry](https://herditall.net/poultry-care/housing-and-fencing/): Home ›
- [General Poultry Care](https://herditall.net/poultry-care/general-care/): Home ›
- [Poultry Care Guides](https://herditall.net/poultry-care/): Home ›
- [Non-Lactating Adult Goats](https://herditall.net/goat-care/non-lactating-adult-goats/): Home ›
- [Milking Does](https://herditall.net/goat-care/does-in-milk/): Home ›
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- [Minerals](https://herditall.net/goat-care/minerals/): Home ›
- [DNA Testing for Dairy Goats](https://herditall.net/goat-care/performance-programs/dna-testing/): Home ›
- [Goat Shows](https://herditall.net/goat-care/performance-programs/goat-shows/): Home ›
- [Linear Appraisal for Dairy Goats](https://herditall.net/goat-care/performance-programs/linear-appraisal/): Home ›
- [Performance Programs](https://herditall.net/goat-care/performance-programs/): Home ›
- [Chronic Diseases-“The Big 3”](https://herditall.net/goat-care/health-conditions/diseases/): Home ›
- [Milk Testing and Stars](https://herditall.net/goat-care/performance-programs/milk-testing-and-stars/): Home ›
- [Weak Kids: Newborn & Early-Life Emergencies](https://herditall.net/goat-care/health-conditions/weak-kids/): Home ›
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- [Respiratory Issues](https://herditall.net/goat-care/health-conditions/respiratory/): Home ›
- [Digestive Issues, Parasites, and Urinary Calculi](https://herditall.net/goat-care/health-conditions/digestive-parasites-urinary/): Home ›
- [Goat Housing, Fencing & Pasture Safety](https://herditall.net/goat-care/goat-housing-and-fencing/): Home ›
- [Bringing Home New Goats](https://herditall.net/goat-care/bringing-home-new-goats/): Home ›
- [Newborn & Kid Care](https://herditall.net/goat-care/kid-care/): Home ›
- [Common Health Conditions](https://herditall.net/goat-care/health-conditions/): Home ›
- [Milk Handling & Pasteurization](https://herditall.net/goat-care/milk-handling-and-pasteurization/): Home ›
- [Preventative Care](https://herditall.net/goat-care/preventative-care/): Home ›
- [General Care for Dairy Goats](https://herditall.net/goat-care/general-care/): Home ›
- [JKShrunkTheKids SD Toby *B](https://herditall.net/mini-nubians/toby/): Home ›
- [JKHerdItAll SSOS Topi](https://herditall.net/oberhasli/topi/): Home ›
- [JKShrunkTheKids SD Tuiren](https://herditall.net/mini-nubians/tuiren/): Home ›
- [Soaring Heart’s Onyx](https://herditall.net/mini-nubians/onyx/): Home ›
- [JKShrunkTheKids FFHS Treat Yourself *B](https://herditall.net/mini-nubians/treat/): JKShrunkTheKids FFHS Treat Yourself *B is a moderate, balanced Mini Nubian buck who consistently reflects the smoothness and dairy character of his family. He offers a clean, well-blended front end, functional structure, and overall moderation without coarsening. Treat is not an extreme or power-type buck - instead, he maintains correctness, balance, and usability in a practical dairy package. He is best used to preserve dairyness and structural moderation rather than to dramatically increase width or scale.
- [Soaring Heart’s Lavender Kiss](https://herditall.net/mini-nubians/lavender-kiss/): Home ›
- [JKShrunkTheKids MSC Tanwen](https://herditall.net/mini-nubians/tanwen/): Home ›
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- [JKHerdItAll HBFS TasteOBramble](https://herditall.net/oberhasli/tasty/): Home ›
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- [JKHerdItAll SSOS Tsareena](https://herditall.net/oberhasli/tsareena/): Home ›
- [Hillaire Farm Tipperary Tulla](https://herditall.net/guernsey-goats/tulla/): Home ›

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