Arapawa Goat Breeders Association

Exciting times are coming for many of our breeders throughout the United States. With Spring comes kids, but also comes dreaded parasites. While goats naturally have a bit of a worm load, the weather change and increase of damp conditions can cause a rise in that. This is when we appreciate having a breed hardier to it all than others! This is when we all jump for joy as we see numbers increase on farms everywhere. Some have already welcomed new kids to theirs, while others

We are excited to announce our breed is now being represented at the Tulsa Zoo in Oklahoma! With the addition of 4 bucklings to their contact yards, more people are now able to interact with the breed and learn about them and their place on a farm. Zoos can play an important key role in conservation efforts and education. They can bring in people from all across the nation, and opening these animals to contact yards and close interactions builds bonds you can't always get fr

It's that time of the year again! Membership and Associate fees are due and available to be paid here on the website under the Registration and Membership page, or you can send an email to get an invoice. Callene, our registrar, should also be sending out email reminders soon to current members. We are happy to have you as a part of the AGBA family and hope to have more members this year. Remember that Members will get free registrations and transfers, as well as access to ou

A Big Thank You & An Important Update We are excited, and a little bittersweet, to share that Callene has officially retired from the zoo! With her retirement, our registrar has fully transitioned from the former zoo email to its new home office. Please note: Callene’s zoo email is no longer accessible, and messages sent there will likely bounce. Our official registrar email is now:   arapawa.registrar@gmail.com All registry correspondence should be sent to this address going

Our last featured board member of the week is Chad M McCarthy , a Member at Large Where do you work/what is your organization name? Urban Ark Conservation How long have you/your organization raised Arapawas? We’ve been raising these goats since 2018 Why did you start raising Arapawas? We started UAC for the purpose of conservation back in 2016. Nothing in our mission statement had said anything about goats, livestock, or farming… we never farmed before, but once we discovered

Today’s featured board member is Stephanie Niswonger , our Secretary. Where do you work/what is your organization name? Conner Prairie  in Fishers, Indiana How long have you/your organization raised Arapawas? We’ve raised Arapawas since 2015 Why did you start raising Arapawas? At Conner Prairie, we focus on raising heritage breeds that would have been existent in Indiana in the early 19th century, and Arapawas are the closest breed extant meeting the descriptions of what woul