"Royal Golden Guernsey Goats"  16th July 2024

The Golden Guernsey Goat breed has been officially granted a Royal title, becoming formally known henceforth as the 'Royal Golden Guernsey Goat'. It is the first time in recent history that the protected title has been granted to a livestock breed and Royal titles are granted sparingly, on the advice of the Cabinet Office with strict standards applied. King Charles III granted this honour to all  Golden Guernsey Goats which have been registered on the Herd book in Guernsey Channel Islands or British Goat Society herd book, world wide. A brass bell was placed on the above pictured goat Summerville Tamsin, who represented the breed.

The brass bell will also be seen at our Annual Goat Show held  end of August, and which ever Royal Golden Goat who attains the Best GG in Show on the day, will also wear the bell and be photographed.

100th Anniversary of Guernsey Goat Society

2022 marked the 100th Anniversary of The Guernsey Goat Society, these limited edition mugs will be on sale at our shows each year. They can also be purchased at the Goat Farm in St Peters Guernsey.

Young Stock Show -  Saturday Aug 3rd  11.00am at The Vintage Agricultural Show

Annual Show  -  Saturday August 24th  10.00am  Le Chene, Forest

Castration update from David Chamberlain

"The Animal Welfare (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2012 makes castration of livestock by livestock keepers or owners illegal unless licensed by this Department. This includes the use of elastrator rings and any other techniques.

Any livestock keeper who wants a licence to castrate lambs, kids or calves will need to demonstrate competence in the technique to an officer of the Department in order to obtain a licence. A licence will only permit the castration of an animal within the first 7 days of age of its life. Alternatively castration can be carried out by a registered veterinary surgeon using an anaesthetic.

Failure to comply with the Law could result in prosecution under the Animal Welfare (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2012. The Department will be writing to all livestock keepers to make them aware or remind them of this restriction."

Kidding time is near

Peter & Mandy Girard have kept goats since 2000 and now have a small herd in St Peters.  They sell cheese, milk and meat to pay for their hobby & try to keep the rare Golden Guernsey breed alive by selling on the kids and encouraging others to start goat keeping. Some of the Society merchandise can be found for sale in their farm shop which is open Mon to Sat 8am - 7pm all year round.

When Spring  is near they have lots of pregnant nanny goats, it is possible to book paid farm tours and to arrange a visit to the herd please call prior to arrival.  Find more information on their Facebook page or call 01481 263053 

2015 - The Year of The Goat 

To celebrate Chinese Year of the Goat Guernsey stamps  created a beautiful selection of themed stamps for purchase.  

Please find more on offer at Guernsey Stamps.

Golden Guernsey by Randalls

 Randalls produced a beautiful light ale called the 'Golden Guernsey'.  We loved their logo & asked when it was coming back but the specific hops used to create the beer were proving difficult to come by  - sad news!