Welcome to Cattail Meadows Farm
Home of outstanding registered Pygora and PCA fiber goats!
Producers of exotic raw fiber, luxurious fleeces,
and exquisite rovings for hand spinners!

Cattail Meadows is a Pygora and PCA fiber goat farm located on 15 acres of woods, pasture, and wetland…just 25 miles north of Spokane, Washington near the small town of Deer Park.  Our farm is home to a happy herd of PBA registered Pygora goats & PCA registered fiber goats, an adorable sibling pair of Pygmy goats, a very special group of dogs and cats, and three very dignified guard llamas who help watch over everyone.  Each of our goats enjoys lush, green pastures for grazing, cozy barns for shelter, and abundant daily doses of love and affection to nurture people-friendly dispositions and ease of handling.

The Pygora goat is an extraordinary breed of fiber goat that was originally “created” in Oregon in the mid-1970’s by an inventive woman named Katherine Jorgensen.  She wanted an outstanding homestead animal that would produce an exquisitely fine fiber for hand spinning.  She bred a National Pygmy Goat Association (NPGA) Pygmy goat, with soft, downy fiber, to an American Angora Goat Breeders Association (AAGBA) Angora goat with long, lustrous, silky fleece, and the Pygora goat was born! The pedigree of the PCA goat may include goats registered in the PCA registry and the Colored Angora Goat Breeders Association (CAGBA), as well.

Pygoras and PCA goats were an excellent choice for our “small farm vision” because we wanted to raise animals that were smaller in stature, were not raised for human consumption, and did not require high daily maintenance such as milking.  We think Pygoras and PCA fiber goats are practically perfect in that they have outstanding temperaments…docile, yet inquisitive and playful.  They produce an outstanding usable product, and help keep the pasture growth under control.

Thank you for taking time to visit our Pygora and PCA fiber goat website. We love to talk about our goats and welcome your questions or comments.

 

A Special Thank You !

Thank you to everyone who visited our
Pygora booth and chatted with us at the
Big Sky Fiber Arts Festival in Hamilton, Montana! Our weekend was a huge success, and we have all of you to thank for the great time we had. We plan to return with Pygora fiber "in hand" in 2011!




Cattail Meadows' Fall Fiber Update

Autumn is nearly upon us, & with the
shorter days & cooler temperatures come those exquisitely soft Pygora fleeces we anxiously anticipate each year! Our fall shearing has already begun, and we've harvested many exceptional fleeces so far. Please check back often for updates on our raw and processed fiber availability, or see our For Sale page for more information.

Kieran, our Pygora wether, is freshly
"blown out" and ready for shearing!




Check out these other
Cattail Meadows points of interest...

A Tribute to Pat Copa of Verdant Vistas Farm
Romeo: Our First Llama
Our Herd Management Practices
Photo Gallery
Cattail Meadows' Farm Blog


Laura Ableman
&
Mike Berroteran

cattailmeadows@gmail.com
Phone: (509) 998-9762



Site last updated
May 29, 2010




Cattail Meadows Welcomes
PCA Baby "Dillon"!

On April 23rd, at 2:45 PM, our
beautiful doe, HMR Echo, gave
birth to a BIG, happy, bouncing
baby boy! He weighed in at
6 lbs. 14 oz., making him our
largest newborn kid to date.
Mom and son are doing great!
You can view his baby album on our
2010 Kid page.

View our 2009 CTM Kids
baby album page & see photos
of our 2008 spring Pygora kids on
our CTM Kids page and in our
CTM Kids Photo Gallery.


Our herd tests CAE negative

Our 2009
Oregon Flock & Fiber Festival
Show Results

Cattail Meadows Collette won 1st Place
Junior Pygora Doe, 12-18 months old,
at the 2009 Oregon Flock & Fiber Festival
in Canby, Oregon! We're very proud of
our little girl!



We also had a wonderfully successful fiber showing as well! Many of our fleeces took Champion and Reserve Champion awards.
Our placements included:

CTM Ethan ~ OFFF Champion Fleece &
OFFF Reserve Grand Champion Fleece (WF2)

CTM Mira ~ OFFF Champion Fleece (DF1)

CTM Kieran ~ OFFF Reserve Champion Fleece
& PBA Reserve Champion Fleece (WF1)

CTM Gabriel ~ PBA Reserve Champion
Fleece (BF2)

Verdant Vistas Breda ~ OFFF Reserve
Champion Fleece (DF4)

We're extremely proud of all our
award-winning fleeces! They will now be sent
to the processor to be made into exquisite roving, and will be available for sale in the spring. Please check our For Sale page for
fiber updates, or contact us if you’re
interested in purchasing a particular fleece.






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