Who owns Boer gots?

[fcnubian]

Just wondering who all here owns boer goats?

What do you use them for? (Show?Meat? ect ect)

[firefly81]

I Do We Have 11 Nannys And 2 Billys We Use Them For Meat

[WindSongAcres]

We just purchased 9 nannies and 1 billy - plan on using for meat and just looking at their cute faces. We've fallen in love! Can't wait for the babies to come.

[Key]

We have about 10-12 pregnant Boer does, a buck, and a few kids.

[topside1]

7 plus one buck...meat for family, excess for market.

[deetu]

I do. Ten does (too many, I like to keep 6) sell for farm assessment.

[fcnubian]

Didnt know there were so many!

Can you guys tell me everything there is to know about Boers. I was thinking about purchasing some next year. But want to learn about them first. I own Pygmys and Nubians.

Also would Boers does and a Nubian buck cross well for a meat goat?

I am not showing or anything.

[dosthouhavemilk]

We have a "commercial" herd of Boer cross goats and dairy goats. Four of our six bucks are Boer or Boer cross. Two fullbloods (only one registerable), a Boer/Saanen (50/50) and a 15/16th Boer (1/1/6 Togg/Nubian).
33 of the 72 does and doelings on the farm have known Boer in them. A couple more could easily have Boer in them. Only one fullblood doe (no papers..the previous owner renigged after I brought her back to health), a higher percentage doe and then from 76% down to 25% Boer on the rest.
Ours are for commercial meat production.

A Nubian buck over a Boer doe tends to throw a more dairy offspring than the other way around. Makes for good milking does, but the registration is an issue, I believe. Since they can't be registered with ADGA and I am not sure about the Boer registries. I believe the sires need to be Purebred or Fullblood Boer bucks for registration purposed.

[fcnubian]

Hmm...Well if the nubian buck x boer does would produce offspring that would be more dairy that wouldnt work. And I definately dont have room for another buck.

[dosthouhavemilk]

You don't lose the meat entirely. They just aren't the same as the Boer buck over dairy does.

Here are two kids out of a polled Nubian buck and a grade Boer doe;

Buck kid...a couple of months old. He was retained for breeding but ended being a dud after only settling his dam at three months old.


His polled twin sister taken a couple of days ago at 16 months old. He was 10 pounds at birth, she was 5 pounds.


Their dam right after being bred by our Nubian buck-winter of 2005.

[goatkid]

I bred one of my purebred Boers to my Nubian buck and got a nice little wether that I plan to raise to butcher. My half Boer was also bred to the Nubian and the little doeling looks like a Nubian. I'll sell her as a family milker. Nubians are dual purpose goats and I usually get a good market price for the wethers, so the Nubian Boer cross do OK at market as well. The one thing to be aware of if you do choose to raise a few Boers along with your Nubians is that a diet that will keep the Nubians looking good can tend to make Boers fat. They do better if they are run separately. This is the reason I plan to sell out the Boers this year and stick to dairy goats.

[fcnubian]

Here's my nubian buck. This is right after I brought him home so he was around 3 months.

[Terre d'Esprit]

We have a small herd of Boers, 8 does and 2 bucks. We will continue to slowly increase our herd. We have fullbloods, but we do cross our buck with the only dairy goat we have, a Saanen. We like that cross.

We raise goats for seed stock, for show and for market.

[fcnubian]

Goatkid-My nubian girls will definately kept separate then the boers. Thanks! I also want to learn all about the nutritional side of things for the boers. I want to learn EVERYTHING I can about this breed

[KimM]

We have a fullblood buck and 15 percentage does. We sell them. Our main sales target is for 4H. I don't think I could eat kids I raised unless I HAD to.

[jerryf]

I have 18 does, 6 Half grown doe kids and a buck--all Reg Full blood Boers.
They are kept to sell breeding stock. The kids sell quickly.
The Boers are a pleasure to work with, docile and easy to handle.

Jerry
http://www.fletcherthreeoaks.com