Verdant Vistas Pygoras

Birthplace of outstanding registered Pygora fiber goats with stunning fleeces found across the country. Home to the first Predator-Proof enclosure in Oregon.

Perched atop the hills southwest of Salem, Oregon, overlooking the lush Willamette Valley, the Pygora goats of Verdant Vistas flourish on grassy pastures and lots of loving care.  The original herd was established with offspring from the outstanding Pygora farms of Oregon where the breed began in 1978.  Now, kids born at Verdant Vistas frolic and thrive beside their folks and have offspring of their own who continue to improve the outstanding Pygora breed. Their sparkling personalities and silky, lustrous fleeces will win your heart!

Our 2008 kids are now all sold and will soon be heading off to their new homes. We're making a delivery trip between Oregon & Minnesota/Wisconsin this summer (there, a Michigan & an Illinois buyer will take our goats back home with them). A New Yorker will drive to Michigan to pick up her VV buckling. Soon all will be settled in bringing new families much fun and many good times.

The goat world cycle has taken another turn. Kids have grown into strong & capable young goats, soon able to leave their moms. See them all on the 2008 Kids page. They chew hungrily on the alfalfa mix hay & pasture grass, devour their special grain cereal, lap up minerals and guzzled pails of water. Moms now enforce strict limits on any and all nursing times. Both boys and girls spend hours rehearsing critical big-goat skills like rearing up and looking strong, butting heads and, yes, more than a little mounting.

All this effort tires out both young and old critters alike who are often found clustered in family groups contentedly chewing their yummy cuds or simply sleeping. They don't suspect that this peaceful time will soon be spoiled by the inevitable wearning and kid deliveries. All good things must sometime end before new ones can begin!

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It's almost time to take out the truck, put up its sides & top, and make stalls on the inside. It's one of our most favorite times of the year: when our traveling barn brings kids and some oldsters to their new families--and we get to ride along! For a number of summers now, we've taken our Verdant Vistas kids and a select adult goat or two off across the country to such states as: California, Colorado, Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi, Montana, & Minnesota. This year, we will be meeting folks in Wisconsin who will take their new family members back to Illinois, Michigan and New York. The trip gives us a chance to be with our children right to the end--and, to meet new friends and reconnect with those from past years (we retain visitation rights to all VV offspring, of course). It's great fun! We think the goats, large & small, feel like they've found a fun new barn with lots of sights to watch through its walls. They lie down while we're driving and are up in a second when we stop, chomping at their hay & beguiling their gas station fans. We've stopped at camp grounds at night or motels when the humans need a good bath. It's then that the water & grain come out and all are happy. When we arrive at new homes, people & goats relish in stretching legs & sharing stories.