Critter Ridge
(870) 449-6789
  • Welcome
    • About Critter Ridge
    • Our Goat Farm
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  • Breeding Meat Goats
    • Our Herd Sires
    • Parasite Resistance
    • Hardy Boer Goats
    • Culling Boer Goats
    • ​Seasonal Breeding
    • Litter Size in Meat Goats
    • Meat Goat Breeds >
      • Spanish Goats
      • Boer Goats
      • Kiko Goats
      • ​Savanna Goats
      • Myotonic Goats
      • Pygmy Goats
    • Feral (wild) Goats
  • Raising Meat Goats
    • Getting Started with Meat Goats
    • Obstacles to Success with Meat Goats
    • Shelters
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    • Predators
    • Parasites
    • Feeding Meat Goats
    • Meat Goats & Cattle
    • Grazing Habits
    • Trimming Hoofs
    • Vacinations
  • Pastures
    • Clearing Land With Goats
    • Cool Season Forages
    • Subterranean Clover
    • Clover
    • Warm Season Forages
    • Forage Chicory
    • Lespedeza and Chicory
    • Boer Meat Goats on Pasture
  • Selling Meat Goats
    • Build a Web Site
  • Homesteading
    • Goat Meat
    • Goat Milk
    • The Ozarks
    • Chicken Coops
    • Chicken Breeds
    • Flowers
    • Fruit and Vegetables

​Savanna Goats

Savanna goats have solid white hair with black skin pigmentation. They are a very hardy breed of meat goat developed by the Chillers family of Douglas, South Africa. The Chillers started selecting for solid white meat goats in 1957. The Savanna Goat Society of South Africa was formed in 1993 at which time a breed standard was drawn up, and the society joined the South African Studbook Association. Savanna goats are hardy, heat and drought tolerant, and breed the year around. They were imported into the United States by Jurgen Schulz in 1995. They were a small part of a large shipment of 500 animals, mostly Boer goats. The entire herd of thirty-four Savanna goats was dispersed through the Kifaru Exotic Sale Barn in Lampasas, Texas, on December 5th, 1998. Unfortunately no records were kept on these animals. Pedigree International was formed a year and a half later. They register Savanna goats and publish a directory of breeders with contact information. An excellent article describing the breed and its history was authored by Brian Payne and Dr. Frank Pinkerton.

Come Visit Us and See Our Goat Farm

We are located in north central Arkansas, twenty miles south of Missouri.
Ralph is four miles south of Yellville, Arkansas, on Highway 14.
We are two miles west of Ralph on County Road 5040.


Ken and Candy Ziemer
1656 MC 5040, Yellville, Arkansas 72687

(870) 449-6789