De La Chiva Dairy, LLC

De La Chiva is a small family owned and operated goat dairy.

Owners are Kathy Doty, Timothy Doty Jr, and Bryan Vallejos. We currently have over 150 goats and will be milking 140 this year.

Our mission is to offer quality specialty ethnic and artisan goat dairy products to various cultures, cheese connoisseurs and the health conscious. We deliver healthy, fresh dairy products of uncompromising quality, taste and texture to local restaurants, retailers and farmer's markets. We insure superior quality products by careful monitoring of the feed and the health of each goat. We continue to be committed to listening and responding to the needs of our customers, associates and business partners and honor their individual values. We are dedicated to personal and professional enrichment through an environment of open communication and entrepreneurial spirit to fuel the growth of our company.

Our Business

We are a small family owned dairy with aspirations of becoming a commercial dairy offering uncompromising goat dairy products including milk, cheese, ice cream, yogurt, and butter. Although we are not currently certified as an organic dairy we strive to feed our goats an extremely healthy diet and work constantly in the best interest of our herd to safeguard their health and the quality of our dairy products.

Our current herd has been bred and raised from birth from our foundation does. We breed for strong bodies, healthy udders and good production without the use of drugs. Our mature does on average are milking 7.68 lbs per day which is almost one gallon a day. We do not use hormones to increase production because our first concern is the health of our animals and our customers. Using hormones harms the does long term health and puts hormones into the food supply.

We feed our goats high quality hay and grain, purchased locally, and seasonal browse (feeding on green grasses). Locally sourced feed allows us to promote local businesses and the economy while allowing us to monitor the feeds we purchase for quality.

Our kids are hand raised from birth and we work to attend every birth to safeguard the health of the babies and their mothers. We have always maintained a healthy herd and vaccinate kids before dis-budding (removing horns before they break through). We have had good results and haven't had the need for annual vaccination of mature goats. We medicate only in case of injury or illness. We do not save milk from any goat that has had to be on antibiotics.

We strive for happy healthy goats that can live a long life. We prefer to keep our goats from birth through their retirement. We have been making cheese for 7 years and have had great results.

Just about us!

Kathy Doty is the CEO and owner of De La Chiva Dairy. She is the life and back bone of the diary. Her dedication, hard work, strong belief and faith has kept the dream of De La Chiva alive. Born in Alliance, NE and raised on a cattle ranch Kathy has always been involved with animals. Along with her sons she has been raising diary goats since 1993. She is the primary financial advisor and decision maker. Kathy can almost always be found at the dairy where she has taken on the time consuming daily tasks for feeding, milking and caring for the goats on a daily basis. She loves the business so much she hardly takes a day off.

She supervises the kidding and getting the young kids started feeding after birth. She is very involved with the cheese making process insuring cleanliness and temperature control all along the process. She is a strong leader and always keeps the business needs in prospective. Not only a mother of three boys she has been very influential in the lives of many. The goats as well as the rest of us at De La Chiva appreciate and value Kathy very much. Without Kathy, De La Chiva would have never been able to make it.

Timothy Doty Jr, born in Alliance, NE has always dreamed of farm life. His love for animals, particularly goats, started the family's endeavor into the goat world in 1993 when he bought his first goat as a 4-H project. He soon realized the potential the goats had and was able to convince Kathy to start a dairy. He now is responsible for the breeding and herd management of the goats. Tim is responsible for herd care and does all the dis-budding of kids and all other health needs and care of the goats. He also assists with daily milking. Versed in midwifery Tim helps out with the delivery of kids and feeding. Tim's involvement with the cheese production grew from his personal interest and from his travels and studies in Europe. He has plans to revisit Europe for further training in cheese making. He practices farmstead/artisan cheese making. Tim has also started a side business making goat milk soap out of extra milk from the dairy.

Matthew Doty, born in Alliance, NE. is our maintenance and all around fix-it man. We at De La Chiva would be lost without his great skills. He is our lead vendor, taking our cheese products to local farmers markets. Soft spoken and calm, Matthew loves talking with our customers and builds relationships with them rather than trying to sell to them. When not working the farmers markets and fixing things he assists with making and packaging the cheese. Matthew is responsible for procuring hay, feed and grains as part of his management of the goats diets and daily feedings. His duties also include assisting with the milking process.