This page is for all our Boer Goats!
We are currently raising Boer percentages, purebreds, & fullbloods. Their bloodlines consist of: Manzu, Bodacious Hunk, Mzuri, Ram H Tobias, Sasquatch, Eggs Tubs, & Bodacious Hoot. We also have a few dairy does, out of our original herd. Our goats and sheep get regular hoof trimmings, deworming, shots, and all the time attention.
Here is a list of our does: (trying to get pictures-please bare with us)
BCA Reese: FB; correct; 2006 model
CNS Chance of Violet: 97%; correct-light brown; 2007 model
MSF's Mzuri Blazena: 94%; correct; 2002 model
CNS Stupid is as Stupid Does Bubbles: 94%; Dark Spotted head; 2004 model
CNS Stupid is as Stupid Does Blossom: 94%; light Spotted head; 2004 model
BCA Rosalie: 75%; correct; 2006 model
CCGF Strawberry Shortcake: 75%; solid red; 2007 model
CCGF Strawberry Baby Girl: 75%; solid red; 2007 model
Little Missy: 50%; Dark tan head; 2001 model
CLH Miss Betty: 50%; light tan head-speckeled ears; 2001 model
Chance of Hooter's Honeysuckle: 50%; light brown correct; 2007 model
CNS Princess of Thunder: 50%; roan face & wattles; 2007 model
CCGF Strawberry Swirl: 50%; paint; 2007 model
Josie: unreg. 50%; roan/spotted
Daisy: unreg. saanen/nubian cross; solid white
Bucks:
Red Rum: Solid Red Fullblood buck.
More info & pics coming soon! Kids from him should be here in spring!
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Interesting Facts!
*Male Goat: Buck (proper), Billy (slang)
*Female Goat: Doe (proper), Nanny (slang)
*Male Sheep: Ram
*Female Sheep: Ewe
*Castrated Sheep/Goat: Wether
Lifespan: 10 to 12 years, but sometimes if taken care of right they can live up to 30 years old.
Gestation: between 147 and 153 days
Breeding Age:
Buck- 6 months or older
Doe- 9 months or older
Weaning Time: 3 to 4 months
*There are many different breeds here are some (goats):
Alpine-dairy, they have 2-toned color with black and white
Oberhalsi- dairy,bay with black markings
Saanen-dairy, white or cream
Toggenburg-dairy, from soft brown to deep chocolate, white on face and legs, shaggy hair
LaMancha-dairy, they come in many different colors, they have very small ears or no visible ears at all.
Nubian-they too come in many different colors, they have a roman nose and large body
Boer-meat, most common white body with red head, they can be solid white, red, and even black at times
Kiko-meat, solid white
African Pygmy-mini meat, the most common color is agouti (meaning 2-toned color giving it a salt and pepper look)
Nigerian Dwarf-mini dairy, they come in all colors
Angora-hair
Mytonic-also known as "Fall Down", "Scare", "Stiff Leg", "Tennessee Fainting", "Texas Nervous", or "Wooden Leg", they come in many colors, mostly black with white, when startled they faint, because they have a gentic disorder called the myotonia.
Here are some common sheep breeds:
Suffolk
Barbados
Dorper
Dorset
Finnsheep
Hampshire
Icelandic Sheep
Jacob Sheep
Oxford
South Down
You may ask what would I do with a goat?
*Dairy, goats have healthier milk then cows
*Meat, goats have healthier meat then poultry, cows, and pigs (when eating goat or sheep meat I reccomend using a wether)
*Harnessing, yes a large enough goat when trained right can pull a small cart.
*Pack, look out all you deer hunters goats are suppose to be the best pack animal when hunting, because they are more quite, small, and are more deer like.
*Fiber, you can make things with angora fur just like llamas and sheep.
*Companions, they make great companions for all animals
*Pets, they are also good about keeping the weeds down, and great pets for young adults
Other Facts:
*Goats tend to be easier to work with and tame down better we have found then sheep, they also think before they act.
*Back in the old days Sheperds thought that sheep were worth more then goats. So a Mytonic goat would be placed in a flock. When a wolf/coyote would come, the mytonic goat would faint and the sheep would run away. Therefore the wolf/coyote would eat the goat instead of the sheep. (I say why not put a donkey or llama in with them and take care of them all-lol)