The buyer is responsible for payment of the following for out of state transportation:

~Health certificate and vet check~ $45
~Cost of any extra blood tests that your state may require~
~Shipping crate (if using air transport)
~ gas fees to LAX airport (if using air transport)

~air fees or transport fees~

I highly recommend ground transport as it is much more convenient and usually more cost effective. I am more than happy to help set up transport as I deal with out of state buyers/transport on a regular basis.

Please check for what your state requirements are when importing livestock. Additional testing (TB, Brucellosis, etc.) will be at the buyer's expense.

We will gladly bring your kids to any show that we are attending, free of charge. Buyers are also welcome to pick up their kid(s) at the farm so that they can see the dam and other relatives first-hand.

Our herd is tested annually for CAE, CL and Johnes…as of October, 2010, 2011 and 2012 all results have been NEGATIVE! J 

We require a non refundable deposit to hold a kid until weaning (8 weeks of age).  We will only hold a kid until it reaches 8 weeks of age without payment in full. After that time, if the kid/kids have not been paid in full, the animal will be offered for sale to others and you will forfeit any payments. If the animal is not picked up at the agreed upon time, a boarding fee of $1.00 per day may be applied. An animal must be paid in full to leave our property. All expenses (including board, vet and shipping) must be paid before an animal is shipped.

Faint-Hearted Ranch reserves the right to retain any reserved animal for any reason.
If this is done, any payments received will be returned to the buyer.
Faint-Hearted Ranch sells animals that are healthy and sound at the time of transfer. We cannot guarantee that they will mature as you or we would expect. We cannot guarantee their mature coat length, quality of their offspring, etc. We can only make educated guesses. There are many factors involved in the development of an animal including life-long management (feeding, health care maintenance, parasite control, housing, breeding, stress, etc).

We will however do our best to realistically represent the animal with photos and detailed descriptions for long-distance buyers. All sales are final.

If we sell breeding stock that proves to be infertile (backed up with a Vet or AI collector’s detailed report for verification) we feel an obligation to replace it with our choice of something comparable, depending on availability. We will require the infertile animal’s certificate of registration to be turned over to us for the replacement.

A purchaser has the right to a full veterinary examination at his/her expense on any animals to be purchased. We are not responsible for the health of any animal purchased from us from the time it leaves the farm, under most circumstances. Should we be presented with a Vet’s official statement that the animal in question had a congenital, or another underlying condition prior to transfer, we will replace the animal with another of equal value. Faint-Hearted Ranch will not claim responsibility for illness, damage or death as a result of shipping. Accidents happen.

Kids are handled as soon as possible after birth and from then on as time permits in order to ensure a socialized, friendly kid.  We try to be there for every birth.
All kids will come registered and with transfers for MHB and/or MGR and MSFGA if applicable..
All kids not polled are disbudded between the ages of 2-10 days of age. If you choose to have your kid remain horned it must be paid for in full by 10 days of age.  All kids past 6 weeks of age will have their first booster of CD/T - Sometimes the site of the shot will leave a little bump. This will disappear with time.

If a doe is posted as being "exposed" to a buck we do not guarantee that animal is bred. "Exposed" means that animal has been in with a buck for a period of time.
If an animal is posted as being "bred", that means we have either not seen that doe come back into heat for an entire heat cycle, or had a blood test to assure pregnancy.
There will be no refund of money under any circumstance for a doe that aborts or does not have live viable kids.