Mythos Farm Sales Agreement & Terms
IMPORTANT: By placing a deposit or purchasing an animal from Mythos Farm (Linda Carlson), you indicate acceptance of this agreement and terms. If you have ANY questions or concerns, or wish to negotiate a separate agreement, please contact us in writing, via email ([email protected]).
If you purchase any goat or pig, we offer a discount on each additional goat or pig purchased at the same time. Registered 4-H members will receive a 25% discount on all purchases (proof of current 4-H membership required).
Registration
Conditions
Animals are sold as is, with no guarantees of future health, production, size or quality. We have gone to great lengths to base our breeding programs on excellent foundation stock, selected on the basis of conformation and production, but breeding livestock is an art as much as a science, with a bit of a gamble thrown in. Gene combinations are not as predictable as we'd like them to be. Read more about the genetic lottery here.
Once an animal leaves our property, we cannot be responsible for its health, under any circumstances. We are happy to have our veterinarian at Mulligan Mobile Veterinary Services to perform any on-site examination or tests you wish (at your expense) before the animal is picked up.
Exception: Should a doe or buck be found to have a hidden or overlooked congenital defect (as verified by a licensed veterinarian), we will replace the animal with one that we feel is of equal quality, as soon as is feasible. Infertile young stock will likewise be replaced - does or bucks that have previously produced offspring are considered proven fertile at time of sale.
Breeding Reservations for goats:
Breeding Reservations for pigs:
PAYMENT FOR PURCHASES:
Payment for any purchase must clear before the animal leaves the property.
Terms:
Accepted Forms of Payment:
PICK-UP or DELIVERY:
Pick-up at the farm:
Weaned young stock and adult animals must be claimed within two weeks from purchase unless other arrangements have been made. Please bring your own crate, appropriate to the size of the animal. We can normally arrange to meet you here on weekends (or weekday mornings before 8:00am or weekday evenings after 8:00pm).
Please make an appointment as far in advance as possible to arrange your arrival and pickup, to ensure that we can arrange to be home!
Shipping:
Air: We are happy to ship young pigs and goats under 3 months of age from Kelowna Airport via WestJet, as they have climate controlled facilities, important to the comfort and safety of your new goat. Due to the distance, we must charge an additional $100 for the 7 hour round trip to the airport.
Small animals can be shipped two to a medium-sized crate ($50-125 depending on size and whether I can get a used one. Air cargo is usually around $375 and must be paid for at the time of booking.
The cost of the crate will be added to your invoice, and varies from $75 - $175 depending on the size of the goats (includes $25 for gas to the airport).
All shipments must be arranged within two weeks of payment. If the shipping arrangements are not made within thirty days, and unless other arrangements have been agreed to by private treaty, payments made to date will be forfeit and the animal will be resold.
Be sure to bring photo I.D. with you when you pick up the shipment at the airport!
Ground: low but often lower cost, although if we must travel further than Kamloops for the drop-off point, there will be
Be careful when budgeting!
Please be cognizant of how costs can ramp up FAST when buying!
An example:
$600.00 Purchase price of animal.
$175.00 Crate/Gas to Airport
$375.00 Airfare (you can ship two similar sized kids in one kennel)
Suddenly your $600 purchase has become a much more expensive animal!
Should you have any questions or concerns, contact us via email BEFORE buying. We strive to provide you with a clearly defined, no-surprises business transaction!
Linda
If you purchase any goat or pig, we offer a discount on each additional goat or pig purchased at the same time. Registered 4-H members will receive a 25% discount on all purchases (proof of current 4-H membership required).
Registration
- Our goats are registered with the Canadian Goat Society (CGS). All registered animals will be transferred into the new owner's name at our expense. Please ensure that you provide the exact name (and CGS/CLRC ID if possible) at time of sale. Precision is important: for instance, "John Smith" is not the same as "John and Jane Smith." Exception: goats sold as pets will not (and cannot) be registered.
- Pigs will be sold with an application for registration with the Juliana Pig Association and Registry (JPAR).
Conditions
Animals are sold as is, with no guarantees of future health, production, size or quality. We have gone to great lengths to base our breeding programs on excellent foundation stock, selected on the basis of conformation and production, but breeding livestock is an art as much as a science, with a bit of a gamble thrown in. Gene combinations are not as predictable as we'd like them to be. Read more about the genetic lottery here.
Once an animal leaves our property, we cannot be responsible for its health, under any circumstances. We are happy to have our veterinarian at Mulligan Mobile Veterinary Services to perform any on-site examination or tests you wish (at your expense) before the animal is picked up.
Exception: Should a doe or buck be found to have a hidden or overlooked congenital defect (as verified by a licensed veterinarian), we will replace the animal with one that we feel is of equal quality, as soon as is feasible. Infertile young stock will likewise be replaced - does or bucks that have previously produced offspring are considered proven fertile at time of sale.
Breeding Reservations for goats:
- We accept reservations but reserve the right to keep breeding stock as required for our own herd.
- A non-refundable deposit of $100 will secure your place in choice of kids from a given doe. If the doe does not produce a kid of the requested gender, your reservation may be transferred to a second or third doe, or deferred to the following year.
- A deposit will hold your purchase for two weeks after a kid is born. Following that term, your deposit is forfeit unless final payment is arranged under mutually acceptable terms and before the kid leaves the farm. After eight weeks, we will apply $1/day for feed costs.
- While we maintain a list of planned breedings, we reserve the right to change the sire assigned to any given doe (they sometimes make that decision for us!).
- We cannot accommodate specific requests for eye or coat color. It's simply too random. If these factors are important to you, wait until kids are born to make your purchasing decision!
Breeding Reservations for pigs:
- Rarely necessary, as we usually have plenty of quality juvenile pigs available over the course of a year.
- If you are keen on offspring from a specific sow, please let us know!
- A non-refundable deposit of $100 will secure your place in choice of piglets that become available.
PAYMENT FOR PURCHASES:
Payment for any purchase must clear before the animal leaves the property.
Terms:
- Reserved goat kids can be picked up any time if you intend to bottle feed them (let me know asap so that I can train them to bottle at two weeks), or at 8 weeks and over, when they can come off milk. Arrangements for pickup must be made within two weeks of the birth announcement and the kid must be picked up as soon as feasible, and before 10 weeks of age.
- Older kids and adults may be reserved with a $100 deposit. After two weeks, if the goat is not picked up, a $1/day fee for ongoing feed costs will be applied until the animal is picked up.
- Piglets will not be released until they are at least 4 weeks of age - they are very difficult to bottle raise successfully and benefit greatly from the additional time with their mother. We are happy to hold them to 8 weeks of age as well. We do NOT housetrain or handle our piglets as pets - they are farm animals here! Pigs are all available with a $100 deposit and must be picked up within a month of the deposit, with final payment.
Accepted Forms of Payment:
- Cash (it never goes out of style!)
- Bank draft/money order (make payable to Linda Carlson)
- E-transfer is easy and convenient for all parties
- Cheques are not preferred, and must clear before the animal leaves the property, which may take up to a week after receipt (please make checks payable to Linda Carlson)
PICK-UP or DELIVERY:
Pick-up at the farm:
Weaned young stock and adult animals must be claimed within two weeks from purchase unless other arrangements have been made. Please bring your own crate, appropriate to the size of the animal. We can normally arrange to meet you here on weekends (or weekday mornings before 8:00am or weekday evenings after 8:00pm).
Please make an appointment as far in advance as possible to arrange your arrival and pickup, to ensure that we can arrange to be home!
Shipping:
Air: We are happy to ship young pigs and goats under 3 months of age from Kelowna Airport via WestJet, as they have climate controlled facilities, important to the comfort and safety of your new goat. Due to the distance, we must charge an additional $100 for the 7 hour round trip to the airport.
Small animals can be shipped two to a medium-sized crate ($50-125 depending on size and whether I can get a used one. Air cargo is usually around $375 and must be paid for at the time of booking.
The cost of the crate will be added to your invoice, and varies from $75 - $175 depending on the size of the goats (includes $25 for gas to the airport).
All shipments must be arranged within two weeks of payment. If the shipping arrangements are not made within thirty days, and unless other arrangements have been agreed to by private treaty, payments made to date will be forfeit and the animal will be resold.
Be sure to bring photo I.D. with you when you pick up the shipment at the airport!
Ground: low but often lower cost, although if we must travel further than Kamloops for the drop-off point, there will be
Be careful when budgeting!
Please be cognizant of how costs can ramp up FAST when buying!
An example:
$600.00 Purchase price of animal.
$175.00 Crate/Gas to Airport
$375.00 Airfare (you can ship two similar sized kids in one kennel)
Suddenly your $600 purchase has become a much more expensive animal!
Should you have any questions or concerns, contact us via email BEFORE buying. We strive to provide you with a clearly defined, no-surprises business transaction!
Linda