Take one sleepy patch of South Carolina countryside, add 150 bleating divas in knitted sweaters, pour over a pair of very married farm dads, and you’ve got Goat Daddy’s Farm—self-proclaimed “gayest farm on Earth.” Owners Jason Southers and Josh Slade ditched corporate cubicles a decade ago, bought 40 rolling acres outside Elgin, and have been bottle-feeding kid goats and shaking up dairy norms ever since.
The couple hold a coveted Grade A license, turning twice-daily milkings into raw chèvre, tangy feta, and small-batch gelato sold from a pastel-painted farm store. Saturdays see a queue of regulars trading gossip for still-warm eggs gathered by rescue hens that strut the pastures like feathered runway models. Local baristas even swear their lattes foam silkier with Goat Daddy’s milk.
Yet dairy is only half the draw. Twice a week yoga mats dot the barn, where visitors flow through sun salutations while miniature Nubians test balance poses by hopping onto backs. The session ends with—what else—bottomless mimosas made with farm-grown blueberries. Tickets sell out in minutes, proving wellness can smell faintly of hay and still feel luxurious.
Art also flourishes here: Josh fires goat-shaped planters in a kiln next to the milking parlor, while Jason’s abstract paintings hang in the hay-loft gallery they open during monthly “Cheese & Canvas” nights. Income from events funds free agricultural workshops for queer teens who rarely see themselves reflected in 4-H brochures. “We’re rewriting what rural can look like,” Jason laughs, wiping kid-hoof prints from his overalls.
Community support boomed after a TikTok showing two dads bottle-feeding triplet runts hit five million views. Now visitors road-trip hours for selfies with permanently smiling buck Sir Milk-a-Lot and leave with coolers packed full of chèvre. Whether you come for goat cuddles, yoga giggles, or a crash course in humane dairy, Goat Daddy’s proves that sustainability, entrepreneurship, and unapologetic pride can thrive in one delightfully bleaty package.
