Livestock & Poultry

Animals for Sale

Here’s what we raise at Salt Creek Ranch. What’s available changes through the year, so please contact us for current availability.

Grass-fed

Cattle

We raise grass-fed cattle on the ranch.

Currently on the ranch: a Highland cow with a heifer calf at her side
A Hereford heifer
Two yearling steers in training to become oxen
Raised on grass

Availability: Contact us for current availability.

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Red Highland cow with long horns standing over her newborn calf in a golden pasture — Our Highland cow with her newborn calf

Fluffy red Highland calf standing in a paddock beside its mother — Our Highland calf, born this August

Close-up of a fluffy red Highland calf's face — Our Highland calf up close

Cattle on the Ranch

A young boy hand-feeding a Hereford heifer wearing a bell — Hand-feeding our Hereford heifer

Fluffy red Highland calf standing in dry pasture grass — Our August-born Highland calf exploring the pasture

Smiling selfie with a curious tan calf in a dry pasture below forested hills — A curious calf comes to say hello

Highland cow with her August-born calf and the Hereford heifer in the pasture — Our Highland cow and calf, with the Hereford heifer behind

Oxen in Training

Meet Mike (chocolate and white) and Carl (tan), our two steers in training to be oxen. They just turned one and are working toward becoming a team someday.

Two young steer calves in a straw-bedded barn pen — The steers as calves

Two yearling steers lying side by side in a green pasture — Just turned one and in training to be oxen

Mike, a chocolate and white steer in training to be an ox, grazing — Mike

Mike and Carl, two young steers in training to be oxen, grazing with hills behind them — Mike (left) and Carl

Mike and Carl grazing in front of the Hereford heifer and Highland cow — Mike and Carl with the herd

Cattle AI Services

Will is a certified artificial insemination (AI) technician for cattle. Text or email to set up AI breeding for your herd.

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We’re Buying

We buy 400–500 lb beef cattle when available, and occasionally bottle calves. Have some for sale? Text 208-859-4822 or email [email protected].

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Hair sheep

Katahdin Sheep

Our flock is about 60 Katahdin ewes. Katahdins are a hair sheep breed: they shed their coat instead of growing wool, so they never need shearing. Some of our ewes are registered with Katahdin Hair Sheep International (KHSI), and lambs can be registered on request.

About 60 Katahdin ewes
Hair sheep, no shearing needed
Some ewes registered with Katahdin Hair Sheep International (KHSI)
KHSI-registered breeding stock available; lambs can be registered on request

Availability: Contact us for current availability.

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Large flock of white, tan and brown Katahdin sheep and lambs grazing along an electric fence in a green pasture, with forested hills behind — Our Katahdin flock on pasture

Katahdin flock grazing a golden, dry hillside under oak trees — Grazing the oak hillside

Holding a spotted newborn lamb in a sunny green pasture with mountains behind — A spotted newborn lamb

Meat goats

Spanish Goats

Spanish goats are a hardy, low-maintenance meat goat. Our Spanish herd is a buck and eight black, fullblood Spanish does and doelings of the Syfan bloodline, DNA-registered with the Spanish Goat Registry (SGR). The doelings below are Syfan Spanish doelings.

1 Spanish buck
8 black, fullblood Spanish does & doelings
Syfan bloodline
DNA-registered with the Spanish Goat Registry (SGR)
Alpine does run with the Syfan Spanish does

Availability: Contact us for current availability.

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Our tan-and-black horned Spanish buck wearing a bell, lying on a dirt trail — Our Spanish buck taking a break on the trail

Our tan-and-black horned Spanish buck wearing a bell, standing on a dirt trail — Our Spanish buck

Syfan Spanish Doelings

Group of black Syfan Spanish doelings with orange collars standing in a dry pasture, with autumn hills behind — Syfan Spanish doelings

Black Syfan Spanish doelings walking through tall dry grass on a hillside — Syfan Spanish doelings

Black Syfan Spanish doelings grazing at the base of a wooded hillside under a blue sky — Syfan Spanish doelings

Black Syfan Spanish doelings near dry brush in a pasture with hills behind — Syfan Spanish doelings

Alpine & Syfan Does

Tan Alpine doe with a bell leading black Syfan Spanish does across a pasture — Alpine and Syfan does

Alpine and black Syfan Spanish does walking through sun and shade in a pasture — Alpine and Syfan does

Wide view of Alpine and Syfan Spanish does grazing a large pasture with a red barn in the distance — Alpine and Syfan does

Alpine and black Syfan Spanish does standing together in sunlit pasture under trees — Alpine and Syfan does

Mixed Alpine and Syfan Spanish does walking down a grassy slope toward the camera — Alpine and Syfan does

Mixed herd of Alpine and black Syfan Spanish does grazing in a green pasture near a wooded hillside — Alpine and Syfan does

Trail-ready

Pack Goats

Pack goats carry gear for hikers and hunters into the backcountry. Our pack goat string includes seven Packer pack goats and a Packer buck, along with 12 Packer nannies with kids at side.

7 Packer pack goats
1 Packer buck
12 Packer nannies with kids at side
Great for hikers, hunters and backcountry trips

Availability: Contact us for current availability.

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Horned tan-and-black goat standing on a pile of firewood rounds in a dry pasture, with forested hills behind — One of our pack goats on the woodpile

Pack Goats on the Trail

Tan bearded goat with long curved horns, a collar and a large bell, standing on a trail — Belled up and ready for the trail

Young tan-and-black goat on a leash on a paved path beside a marshy lake, with hills behind — Out for a walk by the lake

Two young goat kids nibbling at a person's hand in a pen — Young kids in the pen

Tan bearded goat with long curved horns and a bell, lying down on a trail — Resting between climbs

Four Packer pack goats wearing bells grazing together in a clover pasture — Belled pack goats in the clover

A Packer nanny grazing with four black-and-white kids behind an electric fence — A Packer nanny with her kids

Newborn goat kid asleep, wrapped in a striped blanket — Naptime for a newborn kid

Goats grazing on an open hillside pasture — Goats out on the hillside

Hawk & Gus on the Trail

Our pack goat wethers Hawk (black) and Gus (tan) out on the mountain trails.

“Took Hawk and Gus on a 5 mile hike yesterday, they did awesome, about 1800 feet of gain. Good boys. They’re doing awesome, studs.”

— Goat packer customer

Gus (tan) leads and Hawk (black) follows, pack goat wethers in orange harnesses on a rocky forest trail — Gus leads, Hawk follows

Hawk (black) and Gus (tan), pack goat wethers in orange harnesses standing among deadfall in the forest — Hawk and Gus in the deadfall

Hawk (black) and Gus (tan), pack goat wethers in orange harnesses on a rocky ridge in the pines — Hawk and Gus on the ridge

Gus, a tan pack goat wether, crossing a rocky mountain creek — Gus at the creek crossing

From Our Customers

Wethers raised here at Salt Creek Ranch, now working and living with a happy goat packer customer.

Horned tan pack goat wether wearing orange panniers on a lead

Pack goat wether in orange panniers grazing on a lawn

Young pack goat wethers at a hay feeder beside stacked hay bales

Wethers climbing on wooden cable spools at dusk with mountains behind

Three young pack goat wethers in a dry grass pasture

Brown and black pack goat wether walking through tall golden grass

Chickens & ducks

Poultry

Our chickens and ducks roam the ranch and keep us in fresh eggs.

About 30 chickens
5 ducks
Fresh chicken and duck eggs, see Meat & Eggs

Availability: Contact us for current availability.

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White rooster with brown and white hens beside a weathered wooden chicken coop — The rooster and hens by the coop

Small white chicken coop with a picket fence under large oak trees — The coop under the oaks

Black-and-tan herding dog lying beside a flower barrel, with chickens dust-bathing behind — Keeping an eye on the hens

Livestock guardians

Anatolian Livestock Guardian Dogs

We raise Anatolian livestock guardian dogs (LGDs) here on the ranch. Litters come about once every other year.

Two pups from our last litter, Fat Queso and Indy, are working here on the ranch now, right alongside their parents, Trooper and Lucy.

Want to get on the list for the next litter? Text 208-859-4822, email [email protected], or see pup photos on our Facebook page.

Anatolian livestock guardian dogs
Pups about every other year
Pup photos on Facebook when we have a litter

Next litter: Text or email to get on the list. Availability changes with each litter.

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Anatolian livestock guardian dog walking through a green hillside pasture with the sheep — On patrol with the flock

Anatolian guardian dog lying in tall dry grass among the sheep — Keeping watch over the sheep

A pile of young Anatolian puppies sleeping together on straw — A litter of Anatolian pups

Lucy, an Anatolian guardian dog, nursing her puppies — Lucy with her litter

Meet the Dogs

Our Anatolians Trooper, Lucy, Fat Queso, and Indy work alongside our herding dogs, Rhen (a Dutch Shepherd) and Emmy (a Border Collie).

Anatolian guardian dogs Lucy, Fat Queso, and Indy with herding dogs Rhen and Emmy near the barn — The whole crew

Dutch Shepherd Rhen and Border Collie Emmy with the Anatolian guardian dogs — Rhen and Emmy with the Anatolians

Anatolian guardian dogs and Rhen the Dutch Shepherd playing in the pasture — Play time

Now booking

Horse Boarding

Now booking horse boarding. We’re opening our place to boarders alongside our own two geldings and mare.

About 80 acres to ride
3 covered stalls, 12×12 ft (under construction)
4 pens, 12×12 ft
Free-roaming turnout
Arena, about 150×250 ft (grading still to come)

Availability: Text or email to ask about availability and rates.

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Paint mare in a wooden stall under construction in a pole barn, with a dog resting in the doorway — Our mare in one of the stalls going up now

Palomino and bay horses in a golden pasture with forested hills, with the ranchers smiling in front — Out in the pasture with the horses

Looking for animals, meat or eggs?

Availability changes with the seasons. Text or email us and we’ll let you know what we have right now.