Welcome to
Foundation First Farm

Welcome to Foundation First Farm

Located on 60 acres in West Central Alberta between Rocky Mountain House and Rimbey and surrounded by beautiful farmland, rolling hills and dense native forest. My Name is Carrie and I live here with my partner Trent and my 4 kids. Raised with a deep passion for horses in Summerland, BC, my love of horses and interest in breeding brought me and my family to buy property in Alberta when I was 19. I earned a degree in Equine Reproduction and Management in 2001 and focused all my extra time in breeding, training and showing Appaloosa horses. After starting a family in 2007, by passion for horses was put to the sideline and life got really busy :) Life happened, 4 kids and a divorce later, I moved back to the parents farm in 2021 and finished an online degree in Prairie Horticulture (fruit and vegetable production) and decided I wanted to get back into breeding livestock. I bought a small herd of Dexter cattle, which I really enjoyed, but the crazy hay prices made me rethink that and I turned my attention to goats. Silky goats had caught my attention years before and I had considered getting into breeding them a few times. I wasn't sure how much I would like the goats until I acquired my first few and fell in love with their happy, funny and quirky personalities. 

Miniature Silky Fainting are small (22-25 inches) and unique, known for their long flowing coats, adorable bags and beards, making them resemble a Yorkshire Terrior dog. On top of all the cuteness, they also carry the gene for congenital myotonia which, of course, makes them faint! Can't get much cuter than that!

Angora Goats produces a lustrous fibre known as mohair, that we shear twice a year. They are docile and curious goats that are easy to handle and manage. They mature at 36-48 inches and bucks can weigh around 180-225lbs where the does mature around 70-110lbs. We have coloured angoras and plan to add white angoras (which is the more common and accepted colour). Angoras would make a great choice for 4H projects ;)

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