Buttercups Fostership Scheme

  Buttercups currently fosters out more than 150 goats within our catchment zone of Kent & East Sussex, and we are immensely grateful to all of our foster homes.  Being able to give our rescue goats a new loving forever home, helps us to keep pens available so that we are able to rescue almost twice as many goats.

  Fostering is a very rewarding experience, however serious consideration is required before welcoming some goats into the family.  They need daily care and attention all year round, with various costs (such as food, fencing, vet care etc.) to take into account as well.

  We do not usually foster to institutions, and the goats legally remain the property of Buttercups.  Our foster team will visit at least once a year, and are available for advice and visits at other times.  If veterinary care becomes necessary, Buttercups should be contacted immediately.  It is appreciated if the individual foster home can bear the costs of routine treatments, however Buttercups will contribute where necessary.  We also ask that you attend one of our goat husbandry courses, prior to the goat’s arrival.

  If you decide to go ahead with fostering, then we have a few requirements you should be aware of:

• We will never foster out less than two goats at a time
• Secure fencing is needed
• A minimum approximately 20m² of grazing must be available
• All poisonous vegetation must be removed
• Suitable stabling needs to be provided
• An appropriate paddock with adequate shade and shelter must be available
• The goats must be put away securely every night
• Goats must be regularly handled
• High quality diet of hay, goat mix and suitable grazing must be provided
• Hooves trimmed and wormed regularly
• Fostered goats must not be used for breeding or dairy purposes

  If you are interested in providing a forever home to some of our lovely goats after careful consideration, please complete our Foster Home Application Form, and return it to us via email.  You will then shortly hear back from out foster team with further information.

  In addition to this, we also aim to help as many goats in need of rehoming outside of our catchment zone as we possibly can.  Therefore, if you are not within the Kent/East Sussex area, but still wish to help with re-homing, then please complete the Foster Home Application Form and return it to us via email, and we will contact you if we are informed of any goats in your area that are looking for a new home.

Below are our goats who are currently looking for their new home:

Please be aware that we match the goats to the people, to insure their best possible future.