Cashmere Goats
“Specializing in Red Cashmere Goats”
Breeding Stock and Fiber Wethers
with Naturally Colored Cashmere Fiber
for Spinning and Weaving
Foxmoor Farm is a small farm located in the hills above Silverton, Oregon. We bought our first Cashmere goat in 1991. Our goal is to produce solid colored cashmere goats with good conformation and an even length and style of cashmere fiber for spinning and weaving. Our goats have short guard hair and the cashmere fiber grows through the guard hair to produce a clear naturally colored fiber that is 2 ½" long with coverage over the entire body.
American Cashmere Goats are descendants of feral goats imported from Australia crossed with native Spanish goats from Texas. Breeders discovered that these goats grew a “cashmere” fiber similar to goats from the Middle East and China. Developed and refined in large commercial herds in Australia and Tasmania, a few Australian goats were imported in 1980 to begin the cashmere industry in the U.S.A.
The largest of the three fiber goat breeds, Cashmere Goats are double coated goats with a down fiber known as “cashmere” grown for warmth and harsher guard hair on the body. The cashmere fiber color is not the same as the body color. The colder the weather, the more cashmere fiber they produce. In Oregon the cashmere fiber grows from September to February. Babies grow their cashmere fiber continually throughout their first year. Our adult goats shed their extra guard hair and are smooth in appearance throughout the summer. Cashmere fiber becomes visible on our adult goats usually in early September. By December the entire herd is fully covered in their winter fiber. [See the end pictures of yearlings above the text.] In the Spring when the weather is warmer the cashmere fiber is naturally shed and is harvested by either combing or shearing.
We hand comb and hand de-
Our emphasis since 2003 has been the development of our line of “Red Cashmere Goats”.
We have reached our goal and now our herd is red -
Farm visits are always welcome. We are available from
March 1st to September 1st but please call or e-
For the well being
of our goats,
we suspend all
farm visits during
breeding season
and the
birth of the babies.
But we are available
by phone or by e-
if you have questions
about Cashmere goats.
Our advice is free.
[Web site updated: May17, 2012]