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Forms

Below is a list of the commonly requested and official forms used by the KGBA. All of the forms are in pdf format for easy viewing and printing. Keep in mind that an order form MUST accompany every request(s) for transfer, registration or other business with the association. You only need to submit one order form per mailing.

Forms should be sent to:
KINDER GOAT BREEDERS ASSOCIATION
P.O. Box 142
Galvin, WA 98544

Thank you in advance for your cooperation.

The tattoo letter for 2025 is:

T

No access to internet or printer? Printed forms can be sent upon request: 

Susie Slate
danelswife@yahoo.com
615-601-7075

Example Situations

  • You want to become a member:
    • Order Form
    • Membership Application
  • You want a herd name:
    • Order Form
    • Herd Name & Tattoo Application
  • You bought a registered Kinder:
    • Order Form
    • Original Registration
    • Transfer of Ownership
  • You bought a goat that hasn’t yet been registered:
    • Order Form
    • Registration Application
    • Photo of Goat
    • Transfer of Ownership
  • You bred your doe to someone else’s buck:
    • Breeding Memorandum
  • You want to register first generation Kinders:
    • Order Form
    • Registration application
    • Photo of goat
    • Copy of Pygmy registration
    • Copy of Nubian registration
  • You want to register your doe’s kids:
    • Order Form
    • Registration application
    • Photo of goat

Other Useful Documents

Kinder Breed Standard

The Kinder® is a dual purpose midsize goat that is well proportioned in body length and legs. Its compact physique conforms to dairy characteristics despite its somewhat heavy bone and lean, yet well muscled structure. The Kinder goat is a prolific, productive, alert, animated, good-natured and gregarious breed.

General Apperance

Height:

22” – 26” at the withers for does, 22” – 28” at the withers for bucks. Withers should be slightly higher than hips.

Moderate Faults:

  • Less than ½” outside of the height standard

Serious Faults:

  • More than ½” outside of height standard

Coat:

Short, and fine to coarse textured.

Markings:

Any colors, any markings are acceptable.

Head:

Strong, clean-cut, balanced, with deep jaw and wide muzzle and nostrils. Facial profile should be straight. Ears are medium in length and width, resting below horizontal. Genetically horned; (NOTE: in order to show at sanctioned shows, animals must be disbudded or dehorned). Large eyes, widely set, bright and animated.

Moderate to Serious Faults:

  • Ears; above horizontal
  • Forehead; narrow
  • Muzzle; narrow/long, Overbite/underbite
  • Eyes; Closely set, noticeably small, or protruding

Disqualifying Faults:

  • Disfiguring malocclusion
  • Blindness or deafness
  • Naturally polled
  • Crooked face
  • Blue eyes

Shoulder:

Muscular, well attached at withers and set smoothly on the rib cage. Point of shoulder behind brisket extension.

Moderate to Serious Faults:

  • Lacking muscle
  • Sharp or steep withers
  • Open or poorly attached shoulders

Crops:

Full, well muscled, not fatty.

Moderate Faults:

  • Lacking in fullness

Back:

Strong, wide, level, smooth transition from withers, blending smoothly at hips into rump.

Moderate to Serious Faults:

  • Poor transition to withers
  • Lack of width
  • Lack of levelness
  • Swayed or roached

Chine:

Level and straight.

Moderate to Serious Faults:

  • Poor transition to withers
  • Weak

Loin:

Wide, level and having moderate muscle from short ribs to hips.

Moderate to Serious Faults:

  • Lacking width, length, and muscle

Rump:

Gradual slope from hips to pins, wide and level from thurl to thurl, and proportionately well muscled. With good width between pin bones, set level with the tail head.

Moderate to Serious Faults:

  • Steep or short hip to pins
  • Sloped or narrow thurl to thurl
  • Narrow between pins
  • Narrow between hips
  • Absence of muscling

Legs:

Moderately heavy boned but not coarse. Forelegs strong, sturdy, straight, and set wide apart. Rear legs straight when viewed from behind and set wide apart, providing ample height for udder clearance. Well angulated from thurl to hock. Hock cleanly molded, straight from hock to pastern.

Moderate to Serious Faults:

  • Thighs lacking muscle or width
  • Poorly angulated rear legs
  • Toes point in or out, on front or rear legs
  • Disproportionate bone
  • Fine boned or lacking width (between legs)
  • Rear leg postiness
  • Hocks angled in/out
  • Looseness or narrowness at the elbows
  • Over at the knee or behind at the knee
  • Labored and/or stiff movement

Feet and Pasterns:

Short, straight, with deep heel and level sole. Toes symmetrical and tight, not curled or splayed. Pasterns medium length, strong and springy with proper slope.

Moderate to Serious Faults:

  • Splayed or curled toes
  • Lacking symmetry in toes.
  • Pasterns too long or short
  • Misshapen
  • Pasterns stiff or weak
  • Pasterns lacking proper slope

Breed Character

Neck:

Moderate length, strong and muscular, smoothly blended to shoulder and chest.

Moderate to Serious Faults:

  • Overly long or short
  • Lacking muscle
  • Lacking balance or proportion to the body

Withers:

Wedge shaped, slightly above and blending smoothly into the shoulder blade. Muscular, should be slightly higher than hips.

Moderate to Serious Faults:

  • Sharp or steep
  • Recessed

Ribs:

Long and wide apart, well sprung and deep.

Moderate to Serious Faults:

  • Short
  • To cause lack of depth of the barrel
  • Close or lacking width between ribs
  • Lacking spring of rib

Flank:

Moderately deep and arched.

Moderate to Serious faults:

  • Lack of muscle tone and/or depth

Thighs:

Muscular, long and widely attached, when viewed from the side and rear; Blending smoothly into wide and arched escutcheon.

Moderate to Serious Faults:

  • lacking width or depth of muscle

Skin:

Soft, fine textured, and pliable.

Body Capacity

Relatively large in proportion to the size of the animal, providing ample lung, digestive, and reproductive capacity, as well as strength, vigor, and stamina.

Chest:

Deep and wide with chest floor wide between forelegs and full at the point of the elbow.

Moderate to Serious Faults

  • Lacking width in chest or chest floor

Barrel:

Deep and strongly supported by ribs that are wide apart and well sprung; depth and width increasing toward the rear of the barrel.

Moderate to Serious Faults:

  • Lacking symmetrical increase
  • Lacking depth or width

Heart Girth:

Deep, resulting from long, well sprung fore ribs, wide chest floor, full at the point of elbow.

Moderate to Serious Faults:

  • Lack of depth
  • Narrowness behind the elbows

Brisket:

Prominent, extending beyond the point of shoulder when viewed from the side.

Moderate to Serious Faults

  • Lack of brisket extension
  • Lack of muscling

DISQUALIFYING FAULTS: – Any deformity hindering function, affecting breed recognizability, or considered noticeably worse than a serious fault is eligible for disqualification.

Mammary/Reproductive System for Does

Udder:

Capacious, well-attached, productive, and held high.

Disqualifying Faults:

  • Teat abnormalities: listed below
  • Non-functioning udder

Fore Udder:

Extended well forward, widely and tightly attached.

Moderate to Serious Faults:

  • Lacking proper blending
  • Lacking forward extension
  • Narrow attachment
  • Pocket
  • Lack of tone

Udder Floor:

Wide and level falling above the level of the hocks.

Moderate to Serious Faults:

  • Falling below the level of the hocks

Escutcheon:

Wide, arch-shaped area for udder attachment

Moderate to Serious Faults:

  • “v” shaped or low escutcheon

Rear Udder:

Highly, widely, and tightly attached.

Moderate to Serious Faults:

  • Narrow attachemnt
  • Lacking tony/elasticity
  • Overly long
  • Unbalanced halves

Medial Suspensory Ligament:

Strong and dividing clearly into a wide, level udder floor with moderate cleft.

Moderate to Serious Faults:

  • Undefined
  • Too long or too short

Capacity and Shape:

Proportionately large capacity with uniform halves and soft texture adding to capacity.

Moderate to Serious Faults:

  • Lacking capacity
  • Pendulous
  • Uneven
  • Coarse/meaty

Teats:

Medium size, moderate to large orifices, cylindrical to moderately conical, uniform, plumb from rear view, pointing slightly forward from the side view. Set on the udder neither too laterally nor too medially.

Moderate to Serious Faults:

  • Narrow
  • Lacking symmetrical placement
  • Too medial or lateral
  • Too short or long
  • Lack of uniformity
  • Too large or small

Disqualifying Faults:

  • More or less than two teats or orifices
  • Bifurcated, deformed, blind teats or any other deviation

Reproductive System for Bucks

Testicles:

Two, evenly and fully descended, of equal size, healthy and firm. The scrotal sac is to be soft and pliable, with moderate to tight attachment.

Moderate to Serious Faults:

  • Unequal in size
  • Soft
  • Hard or shriveled
  • Scrotum lacking elasticity

Disqualifying Faults:

  • Not fully descended
  • More or less than two

Teats:

Two non-functional, uniformly shaped, one on each side of the scrotum, and adequately spaced.

Moderate to Serious Faults:

  •  Lacking uniformity and/or symmetrical placement

Disqualifying Faults:

  • More or less than two teats or orifices
  • Bifurcated, deformed, or blind teats or any other deviation

Who We Are

The Kinder Goat Breeders Association, also known as KGBA, is a non-profit organization consisting of individuals across the country and internationally, who are dedicated to the promotion of the Kinder® Goat. We invite you to join us and learn about the hardy, productive, and economical Kinder. Please tour the site, visit our blog and social media pages, and feel free to email us with any questions you might have. We are here to support you.

About the Breed

As the only true dual-purpose goat bred to excel in both milk and meat production, the Kinder goat is ideal for the hobbyist, homesteader, and goat enthusiast. The Kinders’ midsize stature makes them easy to handle and a safe choice for families and lone handlers. Their friendly, calm personalities make them a joy to be around.

Kinders produce a large volume of milk for their size, and their milk tends to be sweeter and higher in butterfat than most other breeds. This makes it perfect for cheese-making and soaping as well as drinking. Reaching 70% of their full weight before they reach a year old, with a dress-out percentage of around 60%, the ideal Kinder is also a wonderful option for those interested in raising goats for meat. Their feed conversion is very efficient, and their milk and meat have both been rated as best-tasting in competitions. Hardy and thrifty, these goats truly are the perfect breed!

Check out the “Kinder Breed History” tab to learn more and view some photos of the early Kinders in the “Notable Goats” section. “The Kinder Breed Standard” outlines what is expected in the ‘ideal’ Kinder, as far as conformation. “Starting Your Herd” is a basic primer that explains beginning a Kinder herd from scratch – from the ‘starter kit’ (Registered American or Purebred Nubian / Registered Pygmy Goat) –  through the early decision-making processes that will select the traits you want to propagate in your herd.

Kinder Doe

Our Objectives:

  • To promote and propagate the Kinder goat breed
  • To establish and maintain a breed standard
  • To establish and maintain a herdbook
  • To establish and maintain a registration facility
  • To establish and encourage regional club participation
  • To coordinate communication and unite the efforts of the K.G.B.A.

Ballots Are Out

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Hello, Everyone!

Thanks to the hard work of our secretary, John James, ballots have been mailed out for next year’s Board of Directors. Please exercise your rights as members by completing and returning them by October 31st. Along with the ballots, you will find a list of candidates and a brief introduction of each person. There is also a space for write-in candidates for each position, and we welcome any interested members to join the race and campaign for a position!

If you can’t run now, but think you might want to next year, please contact us any time – we’ll be happy to answer any questions you may have, and we’ll keep you informed when election time roles around again.

You will also notice a space at the bottom of the ballots for comments. Please take time to include any comments, suggestions or concerns. These anonymous comments will be compiled and discussed by the board at upcoming meetings. Where necessary, resolutions or responses will be posted on the communique.

Thank you all for your continued enthusiasm and support – we couldn’t do it without you!
Meet The Candidates

Sue Beck:
Hello everyone! My name is Sue, and I have a small farm in Southeastern Wisconsin, where I spend my time working at a small animal veterinary clinic, raising 3 children and juggling what some say is way too many animals and activities. But seriously – is there any such thing as too many Kinder goats??
I have been on the KGBA board for six years now, and have enjoyed the opportunity to help promote our great goats and get to know so many of our wonderful members. Our association is unlike any other that I have been a part of, and I feel honored to be a part of it. Thank you all for giving me the chance to serve for the last six years. If re-elected, I will continue working hard to ensure the continued growth and success of our wonderful association. 
Ashley Kennedy:
Hi, I’m Ashley Kennedy, owner of Still Meadow Kinders in Colorado. I have been raising Kinder goats since 2002, and after 15 years I can say I’m more committed than ever! I have served on the KGBA BOD in the capacity of Vice President for 4 years, the last 3 consecutive. We have an incredible member base, and it’s a pleasure to serve them in their goals to pursue all that the Kinder goat has to offer! Moving forward I’d like to assist in accomplishing breed improvement programs. Between getting more Kinders on Milk Test, establishing an Evaluation/Appraisal program, further documenting their efficient meat capabilities, etc. We have the best breed in the world, and one of the most committed and enthusiastic breeder bases! So I’d love nothing more than to enable our members to prove these awesome goats are just as good as we say they are 🙂
I look forward to hopefully serving you all again next year!
John James:
I have been raising goats for almost  30 years and have had Kinder Goats  for five of those. My wife and I have fallen in love with this breed and enjoyed representing the Association and Breed at the recent Mother Earth News Fair.  
My passion for working with  4H youth has led me to work with  other KGBA  members  to develop a youth program for the Kinder Goat Breeders Association that should  be ready to implement on a trial basis in 2018. 
I have two  goals within the Association: 1. Make sure I am providing thorough and timely communications with the Board minutes and briefs. 2.  Develop a youth program we can use to encourage youth  to develop and promote the breed. 
Lisa LaRose:
Hello. My name is Lisa LaRose. I live in Southern Illinois with my husband of 24 years, and I have a Kinder Herd with my daughter Kelsee Gibbs. We have about 28 does and 8 bucks. We have been raising Kinders for about 7 years and mutt goats before that. We work hard to improve our herd each year and advance the reputation of the Kinder breed. We have sold goats coast to coast and enjoy having people visit our farm to see what they are about. We even have Kinders at the St Louis Zoo in the Children’s Petting Zoo. I am running for Treasurer for 2016 and I have been doing this job for a year now. I am happy to continue serving the KGBA in whatever capacity you, as the members need me to. Thank you.
Julie Snider:
Hello, my name is Julie Snider and I am co-owner with my husband, Tim Snider, of Mount Vernon Kinders in north central Oklahoma. I am running for the position of Member-at-Large.
A little bit about me, I am currently a part-time early-childhood substitute teacher and stay-at-home mom. We have three teenage children that test my sanity on a daily basis. Our 110 acre farm is approximately thirty miles northeast of Stillwater, Oklahoma where my husband is a professor at Oklahoma State University in the Veterinary College. We share our farm with a small herd of cattle, horses, 2 show sheep, 17 head of Kinder goats, free-ranging chickens, four large and odorous farm dogs, and three kittens. I enjoy hiking our land with our dogs, gardening, photography, pursuing quality time with my family, and of course nurturing my goat herd. 
My original desire to go with Kinders stems from my own personal belief to make the most of what you have. And since the Kinder offers so much regarding its dual purpose, durability, mid-size, and fantastic feed efficiency it seemed the right choice for us as a family. 
Our journey with the Kinder breed started a little over five years ago after purchasing a doeling and buckling. Since then, we have learned so much about goat husbandry in general and become more educated in what to look for and achieve regarding Kinder breed standards. Our herd currently consists of eleven does, four bucks, and two wethers. 
Over these past five years I’ve gotten to know so many wonderful people involved in the KGBA as well as received valuable advice, educated information, and welcomed encouragement in bettering our herd. The KGBA community is a wonderfully unique and supportive group that I am so proud to be a part. 
Lastly, the Kinder breed speaks for itself and is truly a well-rounded goat. I can honestly say there is no other breed of goat that I feel this strongly about. My future goals are to help establish a new line of Kinders and the promotion of the Kinder breed. I hope to help make the Kinder breed a known breed among the agricultural community locally, statewide, and beyond.  I would appreciate your vote for the position of Member-at-Large.  Thank you!
Stephanie Lounsbury Griffin:
I live in Central Washington state in a small town called Ellensburg.   Rural ag in character, it was our chance to escape from the city.  Seattle had outgrown its charm and the country was calling.  We started with a huge garden, then chickens and turkeys.  Life was good.
And then I drank the koolaid, goat’s milk!  “We’re getting goats!”  I proclaimed.  “Great,” she said.  Drunk on baby goats and the delicious milk, I dismissed her lack of enthusiasm and moved forward with my plans.  
What kind of goats do I want?  What breed?  How many?  I need to build a barn and fencing and buy all kinds of goat gear!  Oh, the possibilities!  This was ideal for a person who LOVES research once an idea gets under my skin.  And so I did…. research, that is.  It was an exciting time, indeed!  
Then I met a woman at a housewarming party.  She had to excuse herself early because, she explained, “I need to go home and milk my goats.”  What?!?!  “Milk your goats?”  I asked.  Of course I had to know everything, including what kind of goats she had.  “Kinder goats,” she said.  And the rest is history.  Debbie Young, this is all your fault!  
I brought my first two Kinder doelings home from Zederkamm Farm in the fall of 2012.  My herd has grown (shocker!) since then.  I have eight does/doelings, two bucks and two companion wethers.  In addition to everything they provide, these wonderful goats are my friends.  I promote our breed at every opportunity and I look forward to doing more of that in the future.  As a member at large, I would like to help the KGBA and its members grow as an organization.   This growth should be thoughtful and build on the foundation already in place.  We have the best goats in the world and it’s time to share our secret!  I would be honored to be a member at large.  Thank You!
Kim Moff:
My name is Kimberly Moff from Rustic Acres Farm in Berlin Center, Ohio.  My husband, Duane, and I,have been breeding and developing the Kinder Goats on our farm for 28 years.  We are both Charter members of the Kinder Goat Association. On our 100 acre farm, we have also raised Boer Goats, Registered Pygmy Goats, Peidmontese Beef Cattle, Rabbits, Horses and Mini Horses and our one llama, Doolittle.  I am the Manager for the Mahoning County Junior Fair in Canfield, Ohio for over 20 years and have worked as an Agricultural Educator at Mill Creek MetroParks teaching school children about agriculture for over 15 years.  28 years ago, I decided I wanted a dual purpose goat that could be used for milk and provide meat on our farm that I could raise with my family.  With much research, I found this newly developed breed know as the Kinder Goat and fell in love.  With my husband’s experience as a Dairy Specialist for Coba/Select Sires, we developed several lines of our own as our foundation herd and worked diligently to improve our herd as we bred and moved through the generations each year.  Over 20 years ago,  I established a Kinder Goat Junior Fair Show at our county fair.  I have worked with others to help establish new herds and to promote the Kinder Goats in Ohio, as well as other states.  I have worked with local youth members who have expressed interest in the Kinder Goats and have started them off by purchasing their first youth memberships and registering their Kinder Goats purchased at my farm.  My children have had the opportunity to show, raise and fall in love with the Kinder Goats on our farm, and now are all in college.  Now, I would like to offer my experience,knowledge, talents and new found empty nest time to help with the promotion of the Kinder Goats and the Association.  I would like to be a part of making a great future for this wonderful, dual purpose breed.
Derek Eddy:
Hello my name is Derek Eddy and I’m running in the kgba elections. I have been raising and breeding kinder goats since 2000 starting in 4-h/ffa and sticking with this wonderful breed into my adult life. I operate Derek’s Kinders with my partner in central Wisconsin. We are currently participating in dhi (milk testing) and would like to continue with appraisals and showing. If elected to the board I hope to make dhi (milk testing) and appraisals more easily accessible and continue to improve the wonderful kinder goat breed. Thanks for your consideration of your vote. I am very passionate about the kinder breed and would like to see them as a proven true dual purpose animal. As a fellow breeder I look forward to working with everyone to make the best breed better. For I believe that Kinders are the best breed. I am currently breeding my herd with emphasis on milk production as well as maintaining the dual purpose ability that makes the kinder breed great. Thanks for your consideration.

Send Us Your Numbers!!

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The KGBA wants information on your meat and milk production, and we’re willing to beg, borrow and offer free memberships to get it! Once we receive and verify your documentation, we will send you a certificate good for one free annual membership to the KGBA. The certificate can be used by you or transferred to the individual of your choice.

What do we want?
We want any info you can give us, but in order to qualify for a free annual membership for 2017, we need the following information from at least three of you registered (or kids out of registered parents) Kinder goats:

1.  Official milk test records from a one day test or a standard whole herd milk test. For more information, contact your local DHI field representative listed online at http://www.quality-certification.com/certifiedfield.aspor contact Sue Beck at sue@jabeck.com.

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2.  Detailed records on butchering weights sent in on the form found at https://kindergoatbreeders.com/files/KGBA_Meat_Reporting_Form.pdf 

For more information on butchering and recording weights, please contact Jean Jajan at jeanjajan1@gmail.com.
In order to qualify for the free membership incentive, all forms need to be submitted no later than December 28, 2016.  This information is incredibly valuable and beneficial to the Kinder Goat Breeders Association… thank you for your participation!

What’s in a Name?

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The subject of the KGBA trademark has come up a few times lately on the Kinder Folks Facebook group and other internet groups. There are many benefits to the Kinder name being trademarked. There are also some misunderstandings that should be cleared up for the sake of the breed and KGBA members.

Who trademarked the “Kinder” name?

The trademark was registered by the Kinder Goat Breeders Association. Trademarking the Kinder name prevents it from being used for multiple registries or being used in ways that misrepresent the breed. Having one official breed registry means owners and breeders can be assured that the breed has one set of standards to follow and one source of registration information. As the breed expands in size and quality, all breeders should be focused on creating Kinders as close to the breed standard as possible. This trademark helps all of us do that by requiring that all first generation goats come from registered stock and that goats sold as Kinders are truly Kinder goats.

Who benefits from the Kinder name being trademarked?

The trademark benefits everyone who cares about this breed. From those that breed and sell Kinders to those that have businesses based on the milk or meat that Kinders provide, anyone selling a true Kinder has the same standards and guidelines to follow. The trademark means that all future Kinder owners should expect a goat that meets the breed standard and is actually what it is said to be. Buyers can purchase a true Kinder with the expectation that their new goat will not have disqualifying faults. All goats sold as Kinders will affect the reputation of the breed and ethical breeders are committed to ensuring that their goats show the breed well. Legally reserving the Kinder name for goats that were originally bred from a registered Nubian and a registered Pygmy protects those buying Kinders from buying a goat that is actually a cross of unregistered parents or other breeds.   

Why is it important that the Kinder name is trademarked?

If the name was not legally protected it could be used on any cross of goats that resemble Kinders. If any goat that is similar to a Kinder could be sold as a Kinder, there would be no incentive to breed the best examples of Kinders that we can. It would also mean that there would be little reason to invest in strong genetics and it would reduce the market price for goats that are bred to meet the standards. As a seller, there would be little to no market for well bred registered Kinders and no reason to improve your herd. As a buyer, there would be no guarantee that your new goats came from registered parents and are truly purebred Kinders. Without a trademark, the name could also be used by multiple registries, as some other breeds have done. That would add to the expense of raising goats by having to pay for multiple registrations to meet the requirements of different regional shows. In all aspects, the trademark protects the breed and Kinder owners.

How does that affect my and my goats?

If your goats are registered with the KGBA, or were born to a registered Nubian and a registered Pygmy and can be registered with the KGBA, you have Kinders. You can sell, breed, and show them as Kinders. If your goats are not from registered parents and can not be registered with the KGBA, you have “kinder-type” Nubian/Pygmy crossed goats. You can not legally sell or show unregisterable goats as Kinders.

Is my goat trademarked?

Individual goats are not trademarked. Only the use of the name Kinder is legally protected by trademark.

Do I need permission to use the name “Kinder”?

Per the KGBA, there is no licensing requirement to use the Kinder name on marketing or promotional materials. Although membership has many benefits, you are not required to be a member of the KGBA in order to complete a registration on your goat.

By Amy Weatherby-Johnson