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About Us
Welcome to Hill Boer Goats. We currently raise fullblood and percentage
Boer Goats. We are located just outside Springville, Alabama
approximately half-way between Gadsden and Birmingham on Interstate
59.
We are Chris and Vanessa Hill. We have a daughter Abby that was born
in December of 2002. Our son Garret was born on July 12, 2007.
Our History
It all began in 1996 when my grandfather, Ernest Blythe, gave us 15 acres
in Blount County, Alabama. This land was originally purchased in the
1950's by him and his wife Irene. He has been a lifelong "truck farmer"
and the land was used for produce farming until this time.
I grew up on the farm and I guess you could say I have farming in my
blood. When I graduated high school in 1991 I decided to go to
Jacksonville State University on a basketball scholarship. After graduating
college in 1996 I moved home and began a career as a middle school
history teacher. Vanessa graduated from JSU in May of 1998 and we got
married. After six years teaching, and obtaining a masters degree from the
University of Alabama, I became an elementary school assistant principal.
In 2002 we were trying to decide what to do with the land that my
grandfather had given us. We had built a house and didn't want the land
to go to waste. Teaching full time would not allow me to "truck farm" and
go to the farmers market. In December of 2002 Abby was born and our
lives changed forever.
We started to look at different livestock and knew that we didn't have the
acreage for cattle. We drove by a neighboring farm and saw these funny
looking goats. I started to do research and found that they were Boer
Goats. Vanessa and I went to several farms and looked at these goats
and finally decided that they were what we wanted to raise.
In the spring of 2003 we began to build fence and a 24 x 36 pole barn.
We only fenced about 1 acre that was half woods and half pasture. We
went and bought three Fullblooded/Registered Does and a
Fullblooded/Registered Buck. In February 2003 we had our first kids, 3
does and 3 bucks. We now had 10 goats.
We began to fence more property and eventually ended up with about 6
acres of pasture and another 16 x 30 barn. We decided we needed more
goats and purchased another 4 Fullblooded/Registered Does and 6
Percentage Does. When all 13 does kidded in the spring of 2005 we had
24 kids running around. We now had 38 goats running around. We sold
most of the kids, but kept a few does.
We decided in the summer of 2005 that we needed more pasture and
began to fence in all the remaining property that my parents and myself
own. All-together 30 acres. About 25 to 26 of the 30 acres are now in
pasture, 20 acres of that being woods.
It all began in 1996 when my grandfather, Ernest Blythe, gave us 15 acres
in Blount County, Alabama. This land was originally purchased in the
1950's by him and his wife Irene. He has been a lifelong "truck farmer"
and the land was used for produce farming until this time.
I grew up on the farm and I guess you could say I have farming in my
blood. When I graduated high school in 1991 I decided to go to
Jacksonville State University on a basketball scholarship. After graduating
college in 1996 I moved home and began a career as a middle school
history teacher. Vanessa graduated from JSU in May of 1998 and we got
married. After six years teaching, and obtaining a masters degree from the
University of Alabama, I became an elementary school assistant principal.
In 2002 we were trying to decide what to do with the land that my
grandfather had given us. We had built a house and didn't want the land
to go to waste. Teaching full time would not allow me to "truck farm" and
go to the farmers market. In December of 2002 Abby was born and our
lives changed forever.
We started to look at different livestock and knew that we didn't have the
acreage for cattle. We drove by a neighboring farm and saw these funny
looking goats. I started to do research and found that they were Boer
Goats. Vanessa and I went to several farms and looked at these goats
and finally decided that they were what we wanted to raise.
In the spring of 2003 we began to build fence and a 24 x 36 pole barn.
We only fenced about 1 acre that was half woods and half pasture. We
went and bought three Fullblooded/Registered Does and a
Fullblooded/Registered Buck. In February 2003 we had our first kids, 3
does and 3 bucks. We now had 10 goats.
We began to fence more property and eventually ended up with about 6
acres of pasture and another 16 x 30 barn. We decided we needed more
goats and purchased another 4 Fullblooded/Registered Does and 6
Percentage Does. When all 13 does kidded in the spring of 2005 we had
24 kids running around. We now had 38 goats running around. We sold
most of the kids, but kept a few does.
We decided in the summer of 2005 that we needed more pasture and
began to fence in all the remaining property that my parents and myself
own. All-together 30 acres. About 25 to 26 of the 30 acres are now in
pasture, 20 acres of that being woods.
| Chris and Vanessa Hill 50 Gladden Road Springville, AL 35146 205-467-9389 email: mrhillses@yahoo.com |
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