Owned by Erin Griner, Scottsville, Virginia

Welcome to the Lucky 4-Leaf website! In 1954, my parents, William and Martha Griner, founded the Little Orchard herd, and they have been breeding quality LaManchas since 1969. I was born in 1980, and I have been hooked on goats ever since! I spent many years working with my parents and breeding my own goats under the Little Orchard herd name. In 2009, I completed my Ph.D. work and moved to beautiful Scottsville, Virginia, to work at the University of Virginia. My own small herd of LaManchas also moved to Virginia with me. In 2018, Little Orchard and my parents were honored to receive a Historic Herd designation for their years of contribution to advancing the LaMancha breed. With this, the decision was made for me to start raising goats under my own herd name. The Lucky 4-Leaf herd name originates from one of my super powers, finding 4-leaf clovers. Since I was a child, I have been finding 4-leaf clovers and placing them with the registration papers of my goats “for luck.” While my herd name has changed, just about everything else will stay the same. The herd will still be closely tied to the Little Orchard herd, sharing animals and expert breeding advice from Mr. Griner!

I hope you enjoy visiting this web site! Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions about any of my animals or if you just want to talk about goats!

Please visit the original Little Orchard website to see all of the Little Orchard animals being bred by my parents!

Note: With the change of herdname comes a change of domain name. Please bookmark https://lucky4leaflamanchas.com as my site address. My former address will continue to work until that domain name expires.