Welcome to Briar Mountain Farm, we are a small family farm located in Rocky Mount, Virginia that started back in 2001. My wife and I purchased our property with hopes of a back to basics kind of life. We had always wanted some farm animals, but knew that it would take a while. Knowing first that we needed to build housing and fencing for our animals, we started off with our two barn cats. They do a great job of catching mice and snakes on our farm and always manage to place these where we can see, as if they are trying to make sure that we know they are doing a good job. Next came our two Rottweilers, whom are irreplaceable. Although they are not as good with our farm animals as the cats( I guess since the dogs were here first, they think they own the place) they are great family dogs and do an excellent job of keeping the neighbor's dogs at bay when they come onto our property and about keeping people from messing with our farm when we are away. After my oldest daughter was born, we realized that she was having allergic reactions to cow's milk so we started looking into milk goats. Also with the rising costs of milk and with all of the recalls in the food industry, we decided to raise or produce as much of our own organic food as possible, it's a lot of work but it's worth it. After much research we chose Nubian Dairy Goats as the breed for us. They have the most butterfat in their milk and we found it to be the best tasting. Our first two Nubian goats that we purchased provided us with all the milk we needed to make our own cheese, ice cream, butter, etc. We attended our very first Dairy Goat Show in Virginia in 2009 and from then on we were hooked. At that time we decided to really get serious about our breeding program and started to bring in the best genetics from around the country. We have carefully selected the does / bucks that we have incorporated into our herd and we have been really pleased with our results. We have also been making our own soap and lotion from the milk ( goat's milk actually has many vitamins and nutrients which are good for our skin ). Since we have been doing this we have noticed that our skin is less dry and irritated. We have expanded our product line and now we also make organic lip balm, bath fizzies, bath salts, and gift baskets. We are also members of the American Dairy Goat Association.
BRIAR MTN FARM
Purebred Nubian Dairy Goats
Rocky Mount, Virginia
