Drake Family Farms
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Willow Lane Dairy Goats
| Willow Lane Dairy Goats is located on a ten-acre farm in West Jordan, Utah in the Salt Lake Valley. Edward Drake settled here in 1880 and now six generations of the Drake Family have farmed here. The Drake Family Farm is a designated Utah Centennial Farm. The Drake Family has established Specific Goals for our Historic Century Farm. | |||
Dairy Herd at the ADGA National Show |
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| We pride ourselves in selling only the World's Finest Quality Fresh Goat Milk, Fresh Goat Milk Cheese, Fresh Cage Free Eggs, and Goat Milk Soap at our historic farm. There are many known health benefits of goats milk and goats milk products. We hope you will come and try some of our Farm Fresh products. | |||
| Willow Lane Dairy Goats started in July 1984 when Daniel Drake, one of the Drake children decided to get a dairy goat. It was just a 4-H project for a couple of years, but quickly turned into a small herd. Four younger Drake children, Richard, Matt, Margaret, and Elizabeth soon had their own 4-H goats. | 
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Eventually Mom and Dad (Ron and Jeanette) were also involved. They are now operating a licensed Grade A commercial dairy. Jeanette also has her own business called Willow Lane Soap Cottage and makes and sells handmade goat milk soap | ||
| The Drake Family raises quality Saanen and Nubian dairy goats in West Jordan, Utah. We have also added Snubians (Saanen Nubian mix) to our herd. Take a look at our 2008 Saanen sales list, our 2008 Nubian sales list or our 2008 Snubian sales list if you are interested in buying one of our kids. | |||
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| DHIR milk testing, CAE prevention, and extensive AI breeding are producing the Willow-Lane Saanens and Nubians of the future. | |||
| GCH Willow-Lane Alana 5*M (2-10 305 3810 3.5%BF 134BF 2.9%P 111P (Missed Top Ten by only 150 lbs milk, 1 lb BF, & 3 lbs Protein) was winner of the National Saanen Breeders 1998 All-American Two-Year Old Award and 1999 All-American 3-5 Year old Award. See pictures of her and her herdmates Willow-Lane Allison (a featured Saanen doe), GCH Willow-Lane Equus Ellenore 1999 Reserve All American 3-5 yr old (second only to Alana), & GCH Willow-Lane Quinever's Noelle 1999 Reserve All American Aged doe at the NSBA Website. | |||
| Alana won Best Doe in Show at the 1998 Utah State Fair over 248 does, in 1999 she won best doe in show again, over 242 does. At the 1999 Utah State Fair Youth show she was BOB, BUOB saanen and won Best Udder In Show! She is the fourth generation of permanent grand champions in her line and excels in front end assembly, topline, and mammary. She is one of those Saanens we look at and say, "That's a Saanen we have been breeding for!" |
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Call, write, or e-mail us for a complete saleslist of all our outstanding Saanens, Nubians and Snubians including pictures, pedigrees, and milk records. Alana and Allison are only representative of the fine animals we own. Prices for kids range from $150-$700. | ||
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Snubian kids (Saanen Nubian mix)With the high milk production of a Saanen and the butterfat content of a Nubian, Snubians are excellent dairy goats. |
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