The city dwellers didn’t initially plan to become goat farm owners, but after a 2006 fall weekend getaway complete with apple picking, the New York City pair quickly fell in love with the rural scene.

BUENA VISTA • Her brothers made her do it. When 10-year-old Dawn Jump spotted baby goats at a fair, her brothers — all six of them — shook their heads. They didn’t see value in bringing the goats home ...

While they are known as the “Gay Goat Guys,” neither Chad Snelling nor Jeff Wince had any plans to market themselves that way—or to raise goats, for that matter. Neither man grew up on a farm, and ...