North Carolina Pygmy Goat Club

The North Carolina Pygmy Goat Club was founded in 1981 by a group of dedicated pygmy goat enthusiasts to promote the pygmy goat breed in the central region of North Carolina. They called their group the Piedmont Pygmy Goat Club. In the following years the club's name has changed twice to reflect it's growing membership which now includes members in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Ohio, Virginia, West Virginia, even Nevada and California, and, of course, North Carolina.

The club's purpose is to aid and encourage the breeding, exhibition, and perpetuation of the pygmy goat breed under the National Pygmy Goat Association's breed standards; to stimulate popular interest in the pygmy goat, and their care and management; to research and study the characteristics of the pygmy goat, their breeding, husbandry; to collect and disseminate useful information concerning them; and finally to encourage and conduct exhibits for the purpose of advancing the cause of the pygmy goat as a useful breed within the American agricultural system.

The North Carolina Pygmy Goat Club is National Pygmy Goat Association Affiliated Club

Members receive our bi monthly newsletter, an informative booklet, Helpful Hints For Your Herd, full of goat health information and helpful hints for around the farm, free classified ads on this website, a listing on the members page with a link to your herd website and email, and a bunch of goat loving friends for life!  See our News Page for a sample from Helpful Hints For Your Herd.

The NCPGC has made a yearly donation for the past 5 years to Heifer International in an amount sufficient to buy a goat for a needy family.  This is Heifer International's 60th year helping to end hunger here and abroad using a unique approach...

Heifer International's Mission to End Hunger

Heifer envisions…
A world of communities living together in peace and equitably sharing the resources of a healthy planet.

Heifer’s mission is…
To work with communities to end hunger and poverty and to care for the earth.

Heifer's strategy is…
To “pass on the gift.” As people share their animals’ offspring with others – along with their knowledge, resources, and skills – an expanding network of hope, dignity, and self-reliance is created that reaches around the globe.

Heifer’s History
This simple idea of giving families a source of food rather than short-term relief caught on and has continued for over 60 years. Today, millions of families in 128 countries have been given the gifts of self-reliance and hope.

Coming Attractions

2010 Proposed Show Dates

The Pygmy Stampede
April 10, 2010 at the Helfer Farm, Rowdy Moon, in Nichols, SC
Judge 1:   TBA
Judge 2:  TBA

This will be a backyard show, no pens will be provided and both shows will be on Saturday.

Goatie Mountain Getaway
July 17, 2010 the the Salmi Farm, Goatie Mountain, in Boone, NC
Judge 1:  Lynda Gredin (Lynbil Pygmies)
Judge 2:  TBA

This will be a backyard show, no pens will be provided and both shows will be on Saturday.

The Festival of Pygmies
November 12-14, 2010 at the Guilford County Agricultural Center in Greensboro, NC
Judge 1:  Jason Overman (Simple Necessities)
Judge 2:  TBA

This is our annual holiday show and banquet.  There will be 2 full shows.  The first full show along with the second buck show will be on Saturday.  There is a potluck supper and other festivities on Saturday evening.  The annual members' meeting and election of officers will also be on Saturday.  The second doe and wether show will be on Sunday.

Entry Forms and Showbills and Event Registration Forms will be available online at the NCPGC website, or by snail mail or email by contacting the appropriate persons for each event.  Watch the NCPGC website for updates!  The NCPGC shows offer showmanship classes, wether shows, combined doe shows (no separate sanctions for juniors and seniors), buck shows and classes for unregistered does and bucks.  We will be offering the Master Champion Challenge classes for both bucks and does at each show, so bring those wonderful PGCH's back out and show them off!

Health and Scrapies Regulations for NC

From the NCDA/APHIS website:  An official health certificate from the state of origin must accompany all goats entering the state except for those consigned for immediate slaughter. The health certificate shall contain a statement that the goats are clinically free of any infectious or communicable disease and include a description of each animal, the age, sex, breed and color or marking. Goats over six (6) months of age and sexually intact imported from out of state must have a negative brucellosis test within 30 days prior to import. All imports over six (6) months of age must have a negative tuberculosis test within 60 days prior to import unless they originate from a certified and accredited herd or are consigned for immediate slaughter.  The brucellosis and tuberculosis testing requirements shall not apply to goats entering the state only for exhibition purposes from states that are United States Department of Agriculture-Tuberculosis Accredited-Free and Brucellosis Certified-Free, when accompanied by an official health certificate.  Such animals shall remain in the state for exhibition purposes for no more than 30 days from the date of issuance of the health certificate. 

All goats need to be tattooed or microchipped with these numbers appearing on their registry papers (for registered goats) or be tattooed with a Scrapie Eradication Program assigned premise number before entering the state for exhibition or sale.   Check with your veterinarian or State Dept. of Agriculture for more information.  There will soon be an article on the National Pygmy Goat Association website (see our Links page) regarding these regulations as they pertain to pygmy goats.

  Other Shows In The Area

For more show listings go to The National Pygmy Goat Association website

The Tattoo Letter for 2010 is A

The tattoo letter for 2009 is Z

Members!  List your for sale items on the For Sale Page FOR FREE!  Doesn't have to be a goat or even goat related, just good useful stuff!  All listings will stay up for at least 60 days.

Sick Goat?  Need Help Fast?  Click on the Goat 911 link below

GOATWORLD 911
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Members!  If you have cute pictures you would like to share, new kids to brag about, a win in the show ring, email them to the webmaster.  This is YOUR website, I will be happy to post them for you.