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10/20/13, 11:36 PM
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Ages Ago Acres Nubians
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I'm with you Susie! Got a couple buckling reservations for next year.  |
I knew you were getting a couple too..(didn't you get one this year too?).. forgot to ask Laura which does you were getting boys from??
susie, mo ozarks
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10/20/13, 11:50 PM
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Min, you are the best! lol
Susie, Oh, no! I'm just sayin'...not buyin' - too rich for my blood. We have a couple of does from Jana Bullis in OK and she has some beautiful Hoanbu does...one of them is Grafitti (black and white and tan spotted) If I were going to buy Hoanbu, I would buy from Jana (OK is closer than Ohio!). Window shopping is always fun and doesn't cost a penny...
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10/21/13, 10:13 AM
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le person
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Quote:
Originally Posted by yarrow
I knew you were getting a couple too..(didn't you get one this year too?).. forgot to ask Laura which does you were getting boys from??
susie, mo ozarks
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Yes, but sadly I lost him. I never posted about it anywhere as I was terribly devastated at the time (eyes just filled with tears typing that). I just about wanted to get rid of all my goats. He was awesome in every way! And I waited so long and saved up so long *sigh*.
Anyway so she still had a few reservations left at that time so I went ahead and reserved two more so I could raise them together and honestly, not have all my eggs in one basket. I'll probably wrap em in bubble wrap while Im at it.
I have a reservation out of Saada Sparkling Siloam (revelation x sparkling Zinfindel) x Pekahn (LOVED his dam, this was the sire of the buck I lost as well).
And one out of Saada Vintage Pinot Noir (king koal d vintage sirrah) x Revelation).
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10/21/13, 10:26 AM
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Caprice Acres
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I've got a reservation on a black or red spotted BOER buckling. He's going to run me somewhere between 800.00 and 1500.00.  That's why I'm hoping hoping hoping one of my alpine does took with AI so I can keep a son. I need but can't afford an alpine buckling this spring.
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10/21/13, 11:07 AM
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My main criticisim of the Spotlight Sale Consignments of recent years has been that on a significant number of animals the herd offering the does for sale was not on official milk test so there were no DHIR records or PTA's.
In my goat world view the cost of the goat should at least part reflect the cost of raising and proving the animal.
So for me a goat without any milk record should cost less than a goat with a milk record. A goat with no appraisal scores should cost less than one with appraisal scores, a goat with a GCH should cost more than a goat without.
For instance the top selling animal, the Saanen, while the pedigree is packed with high appraisal scores and even a national show winner it would be hard for me to pay that much for an animal with no milk records.
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10/21/13, 11:20 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2013
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A couple of months ago, GOAT RANCHER MAGAZINE featured an article suggesting that these consignment sales were a playground for fleecing newbies and wannabes. I'm not going to pass judgement because I've never gone to one, but when editors and regular contributors of industry publications make statements like that, I take notice.
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10/21/13, 12:20 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by southerngurl
Yes, but sadly I lost him. I never posted about it anywhere as I was terribly devastated at the time (eyes just filled with tears typing that). I just about wanted to get rid of all my goats. He was awesome in every way! And I waited so long and saved up so long *sigh*.
Anyway so she still had a few reservations left at that time so I went ahead and reserved two more so I could raise them together and honestly, not have all my eggs in one basket. I'll probably wrap em in bubble wrap while Im at it.
I have a reservation out of Saada Sparkling Siloam (revelation x sparkling Zinfindel) x Pekahn (LOVED his dam, this was the sire of the buck I lost as well).
And one out of Saada Vintage Pinot Noir (king koal d vintage sirrah) x Revelation).
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so sorry about your loss.. can't even imagine ... we have similar tastes.. my buckling reserve is Pekahn (cause I too loved his dam) I picked Galena (wanted to bring in some of LH Mountain Vista blood (that was G6S normal).. she is a double grand daughter of the winner of the 2007 nationals.. (also for my 1st pick is a doe from that breeding too..covering all my bases LOL.. then one from the other LH Mountain Vista doe that SAADA bought Kwanza... my reserves for 2015 (first picks at least.. having to wait to see if they fill their reserves for 2014 first LOL).. are a doe from Sparkles/2nd pick if Sparkles rolls over.. a doe from Siloam... also a doeling from one of the white girls, I went with Grace, with Noir as my back up pick...the bucklings I got in sept.. carry different SAADA doe lines, so it should keep me busy for a long time to come..
are you flying them in??? we've decided to drive.. any excuse to do a yellowstone run.. also I thought by driving, I'd be able to offer transport for my own kids out towards the west coast...
hope we both get the babies we are dreaming of..
susie, mo ozarks
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10/21/13, 02:15 PM
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When are your kids to be picked up, Susie? Because I used to live in Jackson Hole, and spring is quite the time to be driving around there, and Yellowstone is not always open yet in springtime.
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10/21/13, 02:27 PM
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When are your kids to be picked up, Susie? Because I used to live in Jackson Hole, and spring is quite the time to be driving around there, and Yellowstone is not always open yet in springtime.
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yeah.. I knew it all depends on the winter/spring as far as opening at the park.. we were there one year in aug (well we were actually further down.. down by you.. camping along the snake).. temps dropped into the 20's and the snow flew.. watched two sisters from phoenix have a fist fight over a pair of jeans, in the bathroom.. everyone was SO COLD.. I actually tied a pillow to my head, using a shirt.. kept my head nice and toasty at least.. LOL.. had chipmunks in our tent with us that night.. got up to pee.. black bear right out side the tent.. me and my pillow hat, just went back into the tent and held it. LOL.
I'm guessing the kids won't be ready to go until later april or so.. (If the snow is still really bad, I'll just go ahead and pay her extra to take care of them until we can safely travel.. Hubby is a trucker... he'll be doing the driving, not me)
susie, mo ozarks
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10/21/13, 07:57 PM
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I wouldn't spend that much (yet) on a goat. If we get into showing I might. Right now, I feel very fortunate to have been able to get amazing goats at a great price. We are hoping to do LA and get on milk test to start. Maybe start showing when the kids are old enough to do the showing for us.
Honestly, I think that buck looks a lot like my buck Shine. He comes from Kastdemur, Pruitville and Blissberry lines.
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10/21/13, 08:08 PM
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Pretty goats but way out of my price range! I thought it was great when I sold 1 of my mini nubians yesterday for $400.00!
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10/21/13, 08:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Backfourty,MI.
Pretty goats but way out of my price range! I thought it was great when I sold 1 of my mini nubians yesterday for $400.00!
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That IS great Backfourty!!! 
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10/21/13, 08:38 PM
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Where can you find the Spotlight Sales results? As in, who bought who, and for how much?
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10/21/13, 08:50 PM
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A lady who is interested in a LM doe I have for sale told me about a boer buck that went for11k! Yikes! And a doe that was around the same amount who was at some university and they were harvesting her eggs and using donor does for the offspring.
I had no idea boers, or any goat for that matter, is worth that!
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10/21/13, 09:22 PM
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There was an Alpine buck, Willow Run Chevalier Ruffian, who sold for $17,000, at a Spotlight Sale.
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10/21/13, 09:39 PM
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le person
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Yes, similar tastes! which is cool as you dont see these lines around here much.
I'm planning to have them flown. No way Im going to drive that far!
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10/21/13, 10:52 PM
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Well, maybe Susie could pick yours up too, Ashley. Assuming you guys aren't too far apart. I no nothing about that part of the country, but Google shows middle of Missouri to middle of Arkansas as 4 1/2 hours.
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10/22/13, 05:25 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GoldenDAlpines
There was an Alpine buck, Willow Run Chevalier Ruffian, who sold for $17,000, at a Spotlight Sale.
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I need helped back up off the floor. What is a spotlight sale.
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10/22/13, 05:26 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2013
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Backfourty,MI.
Pretty goats but way out of my price range! I thought it was great when I sold 1 of my mini nubians yesterday for $400.00!
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Isn't $400 going rate for PB does
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10/22/13, 06:55 AM
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Katie
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Doug Hodges
Isn't $400 going rate for PB does
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That's what I thought or at least around here. She was a 3rd generation. I paid $500.00 for my 6th generation doeling I bought this year.
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