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Haycreek Farm | Oberhasli, a hobby farm with dairy goats
We have been breeding dairy goats for over 35 years and raise Oberhasli, Recorded Grades and Nigerians. We participate in DHIA, Linnear Appraisal and Showing.
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Date Published: 11/27/2021
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Oberhasli Goats – Hay Creek Heritage Farms
We raise Oberhasli goats, an alpine dairy breed listed as status “recovering” by The Livestock Conservancy. Our goats are friendly and sociable, …
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Date Published: 11/10/2022
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Oberhasli Goats – The Thrifty Homesteader
Looking for a medium sized dairy goat that produces about a gallon a day? Then conser the Oberhasli. Listen to Morgan of Haycreek Farm!
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Date Published: 12/9/2022
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Dairy goats hi-res stock photography and images – Alamy
goats at Misty Creek Dairy in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA Stock Photo … White Dairy Goats Eating Hay Inse of a Barn Stock Photo.
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Date Published: 7/15/2022
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Hay Creek Heritage Farm – Taste the Local Difference
In addition to produce and flowers, we raise rare and heritage livestock and poultry, including Oberhasli dairy goats, Shetland & Cheviot sheep, American Buff …
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Oberhasli, a hobby farm with dairy goats
Welcome to Haycreek Farm. We are located in Southeast Minnesota between Rochester and Minneapolis/St. Paul. We have been raising dairy goats for over 35 years and breed Oberhasli, Recorded Grades and Nigerians. We participate in DHIA, Linnear Appraisal and Showing. We also have a small commercial dairy and sell milk to Singing Hills Dairy.
2018 ADGA National Show Awards (Columbus, OH)
Premier Oberhasli exhibitors
Reserve Premier Oberhasli Breeder
Sr. Champion & Best Udder Oberhasli
1. Dairy herd
1st trio of breeders
1. Product of Dam
1st/1st Udder 2 years old
1st/1st Udder 3 years old
2017 ADGA National Show Awards (Madison, WI)
Premier Oberhasli exhibitors
Premier Oberhasli breeder
1st/1st Udder Oberhasli 2 years old
2. Oberhasli 3 years old
2. Oberhasli Int. child
2nd & 3rd Oberhasli Jr Kid
1st Jr Get of Sire
1st Admission Class Jr. Kid
2nd admission class Int. child
Oberhasli High 305 fat
1st/1st Nigerian doe udder
Dam’s first Nigerian product
Second Nigerian mother/daughter
3. Nigerian Dairy Herd
3. Nigerian Best Threesome
2016 ADGA National Show Awards (Harrisburg, PA)
2. Oberhasli dairy cattle
1st admission class 3 years old
2nd admission class 2 years old
2014 ADGA National Show Awards (Louisville, KY)
Premier Breeder & Exhibitor Oberhasli
First Class Breeder and Exhibitor Registered Degree
Jr. Champion Recorded Grade
1st/1st Udder Oberhasli yearling
1st/1st Udder Oberhasli 2j
1st/1st Udder Rec. Class 4 years old1st Rec. Class Int. Kid1st Rec. Grad Sr. Yearling1st Rec. Gade Dairy Herd1st Rec. Grad Best 3 Sr. Does1st Rec. Grad Best 3 Jr. Tut
2013 ADGA National Show Awards (St. Paul, MN):
Oberhasli Jr. Champion
Premier Recorded Grade Exhibitor
Reserve Premier Oberhasli Breeder
1st Place Recorded Grade Dairy Herd and Breeders Trio
1. Oberhasli Intermediate Kid
Jr. yearling 1st grade
1. Oberhasli 2 years old
1st recorded class 2 years old
1st recorded class 3 years old
1st class admitted at the age of deer
2012 ADGA National Show Awards (Loveland, CO):
Reserve Champion Recorded Grade
High Recorded Grade Lifetime Production Award
1st class admitted at the age of deer
1st yearling milker Oberhasli
2008 ADGA National Show Awards (Louisville, KY):
Oberhasli Premier Sir
Recorded Grade Premier Breeder and Exhibitor
High 305 intake class milk and fat
Recorded Grade High Lifetime Milk
1. Oberhasli Intermediate Kid
1st class admitted at the age of deer
1. Oberhasli Sr. Get of Sire
1st Recorded Class Best Three Jr. Does
2008 OBA Golden Bucket Award Winner: GCH Haycreeks SD Spring
2007 ADGA National Show Awards (Gillette, WY):
High 305 intake class milk and fat
1st admitted junior high school child
2007 OBA Golden Bucket Award Winner: GCH Haycreek’s Black Eyed Susan
2006 ADGA National Show Awards (Indiana):
Rookie Award Winner
1st inducted degree Jr. Kid
If you are interested in any of our breeding stock, please feel free to contact us at [email protected].
Oberhasli Goats — Hay Creek Heritage Farms
Oberhasli goats
We raise Oberhasli goats, an alpine dairy breed classified as ‘recreative’ by The Livestock Conservancy. Our goats are friendly and sociable, but also mischievous! We have a herd of about 20 goats and are building our milking lines with the hope of eventually opening a small dairy to make goat cheese.
We sometimes have children for sale. Contact us if you are interested.
Oberhasli Goats
episode 80
For the love of goats
If you’re looking for a medium-sized dairy goat that produces around four liters a day, then consider the Oberhasli, which originally hails from Switzerland.
Morgan Allen of Haycreek Farm in Minnesota has been raising Oberhasli goats since the mid-1990s. Their goats have done well nationally, and they have several on the American Dairy Goat Association’s top ten list for production.
In tonight’s episode, Morgan talks about what drew her to Oberhasli and why she’s still raising her after all these years. She also talks about selling her milk to a commercial cheesemaker and making her own caramel sauce.
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Introduction 0:03
For the love of goats! We talk about everything goat. Whether you’re a goat owner, a breeder or just a fan of these wonderful creatures, we’ve got you covered. And now, here is Deborah Niemann.
Deborah Niemann 0:19
Hello everyone and welcome to today’s episode. This will be really interesting for those of you who are still thinking about buying your first dairy goats or maybe you want to add a second goat to your farm. Today we speak to Morgan Allen of Haycreek Farm, who has had dairy goats since before she was born, and Oberhasli since the mid 1990’s. Welcome to tonight’s show, Morgan.
Morgan Allen 0:43
hi thanks for having me
Deborah Nieman 0:45
Oberhasli will be really fun to talk about since they are not one of the more common breeds. A lot of people probably don’t even know what it looks like when I say the name because it’s not very common. Can you tell us a bit about what exactly makes an Oberhasli goat?
Morgan Allen1:06
I think most people think of the beautiful coloring they have when they think of the Oberhasli breed. It’s considered a reddish brown color or chamois, and it’s, you know, a pretty mahogany red color and then black markings. So, black legs, black belly, black markings on face and back. And then also a breed with a smaller frame and domed head. Well, really pretty head and ears set a little further forward than some other breeds. So it’s really the coloring that attracts a lot of people.
Deborah Niemann 1:43
And then how exactly do black Oberhasli fit in there?
Morgan Allen 1:47
Yes, I should have mentioned that. Tut can be black and you can get black dollars obviously. But if you register your goats and maintain their pedigrees, the blackbuck may not be registered. But black can be, and there is no discrimination for the black color. They’re just not that popular. You don’t see nearly as much black as you see red.
Deborah Niemann 2:11
OK. And I would guess that the reason you can’t register black bucks is genetically because they don’t want them to be that common in the breed; You want to concentrate on the chamois?
Morgan Allen 2:22
Yes, I think that is definitely part of it. And I’m certainly not a color geneticist or anything, but I think you can still breed black bucks with black bucks and you can still get the color of the chamois, but it’s just there to keep the whole herd from kinda leaving away from the dominant color, that red laurel color.
Deborah Niemann 2:42
OK. And if you’ve looked at the American Livestock Conservancy’s list — the priority list for conservation — you might have seen that Oberhasli is listed. But then you go to the American Dairy Goat Association page and you see that Oberhasli is there. And it doesn’t really look like it’s that rare. Can you talk a little about why they’re on this list, even though they don’t seem all that rare at first glance?
Morgan Allen 3:09
Secure. The list probably refers to the purebred Oberhasli. And these are Oberhasli who trace back to the original imports from Switzerland to America and have kept these pedigrees pure without introducing other breeds. So the American Oberhasli – of which there are quite a few more – have other breeds or perhaps unregistered animals in the background of their pedigree. So the purebreds are pretty rare just because this whole pedigree can be traced back to the original import. And maybe only 30 animals a year are registered as purebreds. So not very many. Where, you know, hundreds and hundreds of American Oberhasli are registered. And the American herd book allows for “breeding,” you would call it. So if you have an unregistered doe and say she might look like an Oberhasli, you can breed for three or four generations. And as long as the buck you breed them to and the buck you breed your daughters to are the right color and breed type, they can eventually be considered Americans. But that allows for different breeds to be mixed into that gene pool.
Deborah Nieman 4:26
OK. So you grew up with dairy goats; You said your mother had them before you were even born. And then you brought an Oberhasli buck with you in the 1990s. And now you have this nice herd of Oberhasli goats that, you know, go to the national show and they’re on the top 10 milk production list and all that. How did you get into Oberhasli?
Morgan Allen 4:51
Yes, it’s an interesting story. As you say, we started with unregistered goats, mainly for pets and milk, when we were little, and when my brother and I – like many other people who are involved with goats – came in when we were 4H and a bit older were, We showed our goats in 4H. And then we wanted to get a little bit more competitive than just unregistered goats. And we had a friend who had an Oberhasli buck that we got to use and we just fell in love with the breed after we saw the buck and then his kids being born. And we simply continued to breed the Oberhasli. So that was really neat.
Morgan Allen 5:33
Another thing: Minnesota was really known for their really high quality Oberhasli producers and Oberhasli goats. And so it kind of suited us well; Some of the best Oberhasli in the country have been right here in Minnesota. And so we had some really good genetics to choose from to get started. And so our herd has always been just American — you know, kind of going back and talking about the purebred goats — because we started with unregistered goats and just built from there. And of course we don’t have any of those original genetics now, but I’ve always liked some of the strengths that the other breeds bring to the Oberhasli, but I really liked the Oberhasli personality and color and stuff like that. So yeah, that’s how we started, and who helped us get started, and we just kept going from there.
Deborah Nieman 6:26
So you mentioned that you like her personality. Can you talk about how their personality differs from other races?
Morgan Allen 6:33
Yes – and I didn’t raise all the other breeds. But if you compare them to the Alpine breed that we have most influenced in our Oberhasli herd, they are definitely nicer to each other. That’s the biggest thing; They have a kind of docile personality and don’t push each other around. So they get along really well. And then they just have a really calm personality. They never yell at you when you go into the barn. So they are just calm and quiet and sweet in their disposition. I really appreciate it.
Deborah Niemann 7:08
Yes, I’ve heard that from some other people who raise Oberhasli. They say, “If you have an Oberhasli making noise, you get out there because you know something is wrong.” They don’t… They’re not talkative.
Morgan Allen 7:18
Yes, that’s exactly right. And we have a LaMancha on our farm. And for the first few weeks that I had her, I really thought she was stuck in the fence all the time. You know, she had just that… Her natural voice sounded like she was in distress. And so I really appreciate the calm, tranquil nature of the Oberhasli.
Deborah Nieman 7:42
This is funny. I’ve had LaManchas for about eight years. And I kept saying, “I don’t understand how this breed didn’t become extinct.” Because they just did so many crazy things. And I mean, they were… I loved them to death. But, oh my god, they just found trouble everywhere.
Morgan Allen 8:00
Yes / Yes. They’re… Well, we only have the one, but it definitely stands out, you know, for being different. That’s for sure.
Deborah Niemann 8:10
Yes. It’s funny how the different races have different personalities. You know, Nubians are known to be very talkative.
Morgan Allen 8:18
Yes, of couse.
Deborah Niemann 8:19
Alpines are known to be more pushy.
Morgan Allen 8:21
Yes.
Deborah Niemann 8:22
One of the reasons I decided to ask you for an interview for the show was because you have goats that are on the American Dairy Goat Association’s top 10 list. Can you tell us a bit about how much Oberhasli goats produce?
Morgan Allen 8:37
Secure. Oberhasli may not have quite the production volume, but they do have good production. You know, they probably average between 1,600 and 1,900 pounds for a 305 day lactation. And if you mentioned the top 10 list, you know that most females certainly need to be over 2,000 – probably between 2,500 and 3,000 for younger females, and then really to get into that top 10 that you will have be well over 3,000 pounds. So that’s an average of just over 10 pounds a day, all year round, for the highest production animals. And then throw in that higher component as well, and then you have more fat-corrected milk than if you were just thinking about pure volume.
Morgan Allen 9:19
So if you consider Oberhasli cheese making will give you more solids for this cheese making process. But I think if you’re looking at a breed and starting out and wondering how much they milk, an Oberhasli would be a good goat if you want to produce about a gallon a day for your family. So they can fit right into this small homestead situation. But they also do very well in a commercial environment where you sell your milk or use it for further processing.
Deborah Niemann 9:47
That sounds good! So what do you do with your milk? Do you only use it for your family or do you have a business or something?
Morgan Allen 9:55
Yeah, that’s another thing that we’ve been kind of changing here on our farm lately. But for 12 or 13 years we had a small commercial dairy and we were partners with a local artisan cheesemaker. And we supplied all the milk to their dairy for many, many years. And it wasn’t until this spring, in April, that she retired and sold the cheese factory. And so we kind of lost this great partnership and this great market for our milk.
Morgan Allen 10:23
But before she retired, we talked about what we could do with some of our excess milk when the time came. And so we started a little kind of in-house product making, and it’s a caramel sauce made from goat’s milk. So we’ve been doing this for about two years now. And we don’t really have as much time as we’d like, and it doesn’t consume as much milk as we have. But it’s something we like to do. And it’s a unique product for goats. And that’s how we’ve been making caramel sauce here for two years. And we have a manufacturing license and a retail sales license so we can sell in stores and at farmers markets and through boutiques and the like. So we hope to continue to find a use for the milk.
Morgan Allen 11:09
And we have the goats because we love them. Our kids love them. You know, it’s just a good thing to raise kids and keep ourselves busy. But it’s also nice to have a way to pay for these animals.
Deborah Niemann 11:23
Yes, exactly. It’s nice that you mentioned the possibility of producing milk and selling it to someone else who will use it. I think a lot of people probably don’t think about it. You know, they’re like, ‘Oh, if I really want to have a lot of goats, I have to make my own cheese or my own soap or whatever’, which of course involves a lot of commitment and everything. But there are people who milk their goats and then just sell them to someone else who makes cheese out of it.
Morgan Allen 11:54
Yes. Yes. And we, you know, I’d love to keep selling milk. But the size of the herd we have was kind of perfect for an artisan cheesemaker that used about 100 to 150 gallons a week. That’s about what we provided. But to sell to some of the larger dairies or dairies we would need to milk a lot more goats, which we just don’t have the time or facilities for. So it was a really unique partnership that worked well for us. And I know it’s kind of something that not everyone can find a match like that. And I don’t know if we’ll ever find a match like that again. But it’s something people should investigate. And I know a lot of people, they work with dog breeders or wildlife rescuers and stuff like that, maybe sell some of their milk too. But it’s nice to have. Like I said, you know, the animals, it takes a lot to take care of them. So it’s nice to have some income to help with that.
Deborah Niemann 12:55
How big is your herd now?
Morgan Allen 12:58
Well, at the moment we’ve sold back since we stopped selling milk, but we’ve always milked about 40 cows – refreshed and milked. So now we’re down to about 28-30 and will hopefully get down to 25 through the winter. So cut, you know, not quite in half, but almost. You know, my husband and I both work full-time as well. That makes it a little bit easier for us, just with the extra quests and things like that.
Deborah Nieman 13:22
Right. Yes absolutely. And are you still showing?
Morgan Allen 13:26
yes we do We try to do a couple of spring shows and a state fair in the fall each year. And you know, if there’s a national show near us, we go. This year it was in Pennsylvania, so we didn’t make the trip there. And I think next year it’s in Oregon, so we probably won’t go there either. But if it’s going to be more centrally located in the country again, we’ll probably go.
Deborah Niemann 13:49
Is there anything else about your herd or about Oberhasli goats that you think people should know before they jump in and buy a few?
Morgan Allen 13:58
Yes. You know, maybe one thing I should have mentioned when we were talking about racial differences and this kind of area, that if you’re a person who wants to make your own cheese or drink the milk, Oberhasli has really good tasting milk. And I would make it more like cow’s milk. So it has a milder, sweeter taste. And the components are actually pretty good. So, you know, like I said, they might not be the breed that gives the most volume; You know, they won’t be like your Saanen or your Alpine. But they give a good amount of milk and it has good ingredients that give this milk a good taste. So, that’s something I would really praise about the Oberhasli breed as well, if you’re a person who wants to raise goats for your own family, for drinking or for cheese making or whatever, you’ll really like that taste of this milk.
Deborah Niemann 14:47
Brilliant. That’s good to know. Thank you for joining us today. I bet people will find this really interesting.
Morgan Allen 14:54
Yes, thank you for having me!
Deborah Niemann 14:57
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