When you buy a goat or sheep from us we require you to have read & understand and initial each page section and sign the last guarantee page in order to purchase from Divine Providence Farm, DBA.
READ,understand, download (at top of the page) print, sign, scan, or take phone picture, email to
Bethfreehill@gmail.com
You can use the “ DONATE NOW” button on the home page to make your deposit Via credit/Debit card or PayPal. Please include your name, contact information and the animal you are wanting to purchase In the “notes” section.
Please call or text (713)-449-1498 when this is done to alert us to your contract and deposit
NO PURCHASES OR DEPOSITS ACCEPTED WITHOUT SIGNED GUARANTEE
We are always here to answer any questions you need answered.
Deposits are NOT refundable.
ALL DEPOSITS ARE 50% OF PURCHASE PRICE
DEPOSITS ON A BREEDING :
Purchaser can select a male or female from a specific bred pair. If we cannot provide you with the kid/lamb desired or Divine Providence chooses to retain the kid/lamb we will transfer the deposit to another bred pair of current breeding season or following season.
WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO RETAIN ANY OF OUR ANIMALS FOR OUR BREEDING/ MILKING PROGRAM.
-GOAT AND SHEEP DEPOSITS:
WE will not take a deposit or sell a singular kid/ lamb to a buyer that has no other goats or sheep. They are flock and herd animals and leaving the flock is stressful enough.
-A purchaser can place a deposit to hold any goat/sheep for sale, or a kid/lamb until weaned or picked up.
-A purchaser can place a deposit to hold any wether(castrated buckling) until weaned or picked up.
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Deposits and Full Payment
-If a deposit has been made on an animal that is ready for pick up from Divine Providence Farm, buyer has 1week for final payment and 1 additional week to arrange for the pick up of the purchased animal or the deposit is forfeited and animal is up for sale again.
-If a buyer has paid in full and purchased animal is ready for pick up, buyer has 2 weeks to pick up or arrange for pick up or buyer forfeits all monies and animal is up for sale again unless other written limited boarding arrangements are made with Divine Providence Farm,DBA
Any animal with a deposit/ full purchase that is unable to pick up in the aforementioned time-frame can make TEMPORARY boarding for a maximum of 1 month at $21 (US dollars) per week per animal. The boarding will have an additional contract and will be prepaid by the week even if a full week is not used. If the animals are not picked up at the end of the contracted time all monies will be forfeited and animals will return to be the sole ownership of Divine Providence Farm, DBA.
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UNDERSTAND BEFORE YOU BUY GOATS OR SHEEP
Please make sure your property, food and supplies are prepared to bring your goats/ sheep home.
Before purchasing confirm all permissions with your family, your land owner, your home owners associations and City Ordinances for livestock raising at the proposed property.
If there becomes an issue, we will, at our discretion, keep(prior to pick up) and potentially accept the animal back if problems arise but no refunds will be made. IF we can accept a returned animal, understand it must go through testing and quarantine prior to being integrated in the herd/flock. It is an expensive, labor intensive, 60 day process
All our goat kids will be disbudded, NO EXCEPTIONS
We have both horned and naturally polled (without horns) sheep breeds.
We DO NOT de-horn sheep.
All kids/lambs will have received colostrum and mothers milk. Those that stay until they are weaned will have had a selenium bolus, be up to date on CD&T vaccines, on a coccidia prevention and be dewormed before they leave. We will also give them a copper(goats) and cobalt bolus (Both) prior to leaving, providing they meet the weight minimum.
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-BOTTLE BABIES will only be sold to experienced people. It is not just a “bonding thing” It is a delicate way of raising a kid/lamb and inexperience can cause fatal outcomes.
YOU must be ready and able to provide the time and energy and resources to be responsible for providing any and all care it needs, including vaccines & worming, at the appropriate times.
Bottle babies will not be removed before 3 weeks of age.
-Wethers (castrated bucklings) must stay until weaned.
WE DO NOT CASTRATE RAM LAMBS
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Divine Providence Farm, DBA Health Testing Policy:
ALL animals goats on our property are Disease free from CAE/OPP, CL & Johne's, Q-Fever, Brucellosis, Tuberculosis.
We VERY RARELY add new goats to our herd.
The few goats we have added, have come from tested herds. Any purchased goats were tested prior to purchase and re-tested while in our self-mandated quarantine of 60 days.
Our sheep flock has been closed for 4 years. New bloodlines come in only by artificial insemination.
To date, we have never had an animal test positive on our property.
We have VERY strict bio-security for our property.
We have select areas that we allow prospective buyers in to observe and select animals for purchase. We require clean and Clorox dip-able shoes or new shoes when coming to the farm. No clothes (coats etc) that aren’t usually washed that have been around other livestock including horses. We do not allow vehicles past a certain point nor allow anyone in certain areas. We aren’t hiding anything, we are protecting our animals, milk and investment. We won’t apologize if someone is offended. We suggest you do the same for your farm.
We DO NOT recommend the purchased animal/s leave by a 3rd party transport, for health reasons. Shippers are frequently exposed to infected livestock and thereby capable of infecting clean livestock. Research your potential shippers and their bio-security and talk to people that have used them.
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Divine Providence Farm,DBA Health Guarantee
We, Divine Providence Farm,DBA, guarantees the good health of any animal we sell while on our property.
Divine Providence Farm,DBA, guarantees all animals over 1 year to have been tested for and shown free of CAE/OPP, CL, Johne’s, Q-Fever, Brucellosis and Tuberculosis.
Animals sold that are under 1 year, and and before our annual testing, will be accompanied by the sire/dam negative testing results for the afore mentioned diseases.
Divine Providence Farm,DBA attests to having given all age appropriate vaccines of CD&T, Pneumonia, Coccidia prevention and BoSe supplementation.
All animals have species specific free choice minerals, cobalt blocks and bicarbonate of soda at all times.
Divine Providence Farm,DBA will provide a weeks worth of our feed, free of charge for any animal purchased, to transition your new animals to any grain you choose.
Divine Providence Farm,DBA will provide a list of vaccines, wormers and supplements given to purchased animals.
Purchaser indemnifies, holds harmless, releases all liability and responsibility of Divine Providence Farm,DBA, its owners, representatives, employees, family and heirs for any losses, damage, illness, injuries and/or loss of life from the purchase and or acquisition of any livestock from Divine Providence Farm,DBA.
We, the understand and agree to these terms and conditions of sale/ purchase from Divine Providence Farm, DBA.
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