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Jaki Ayton
Karen Fouracre
Business Owners

529 Holiday Road
Fanny Bay, BC V0R 1W0

250-335-1676
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About Snap Dragon Dairy

littlegoatsharp.jpgThe Snap Dragon Philosophy

Ethical and Humane

Snap Dragon Dairy goats are treated humanely with an excellent standard of care. They are actually pretty spoiled and well-loved. We do eat goat meat, but a meat goat on our farm is completely integrated in the herd with the same excellent standard of care and has only one bad day – their lives are enriched with lots of attention and company.

Goats are extremely social animals, with a strict hierarchy and structure within the herd, so age groups and buddies are kept together their entire lives. We may be in the milk production business, but we NEVER lose sight of the value of each and every animal, their personality, their quirks and what makes them happy. We believe you can be ethical, humane and successful at farming, all at the same time.

Safe Practices

Snap Dragon Dairy is enrolled in the federal National Scrapie Flock Certification Program, Pathway 1, at the beginning level – Level E. This means we implement very strict biosecurity methods with our herd, according to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) standards.

milkingtime.jpgAdditionally, we strictly adhere to a CAE prevention program by raising all of our baby goats by hand, using only goat milk that's been pasteurized and safe milk replacer.

Here are a few links to help describe and illustrate the level of care we exercise in maintaining a clean, safe, disease-free herd and dairy:

Because we also show our goats to help people understand what a valuable, useful farm animal a goat can be, we extend these practices off the farm. Biosecurity at shows and exhibits means our animals are never mixed in the same pen with others' goats. They can look at each other, but not touch, sniff or nibble other goats.

Articles - We've Been Published!

Now that we have the basics in place, we're producing milk like crazy! We're growing by leaps and bounds, and making headlines as we go! Read the full story in these magazine articles: