What kind of does do you have?

 

A saneen/nubian and a LaMancha.

 

Normally it is a bad idea to use a dairy buck to cover a Boer doe, the kids grow too big and hurt the doe during delivery.

Breeding a meat buck to a dairy doe will normally produce smaller kids, so the doe will be fine in delivery, but the kids normally loose any dairyness in the milk bucket and are only good for meat or packing.

How good are the milk lines?
If it was me I'd pass if I was trying to get milk from any offspring. If you just want to get milk from your doe, then go for it and figure you will have meat in the freezer.

 

Normally it is a bad idea to use a dairy buck to cover a Boer doe, the kids grow too big and hurt the doe during delivery.

Breeding a meat buck to a dairy doe will normally produce smaller kids, so the doe will be fine in delivery, but the kids normally loose any dairyness in the milk bucket and are only good for meat or packing.

That's very interesting. I would have thought it'd be the opposite.

 

Normally it is a bad idea to use a dairy buck to cover a Boer doe, the kids grow too big and hurt the doe during delivery.

Breeding a meat buck to a dairy doe will normally produce smaller kids, so the doe will be fine in delivery, but the kids normally loose any dairyness in the milk bucket and are only good for meat or packing.

How good are the milk lines?
If it was me I'd pass if I was trying to get milk from any offspring. If you just want to get milk from your doe, then go for it and figure you will have meat in the freezer.

Well, that's what I was thinking. Everytime we bred our does to him my girls would still give us milk and we could use the kids for meat. I guess my question would be: would the kids be good for meat? Since, he is only half boer? The kids will generally be more dairy than milk since my girls are all milkers. But, there would be no chance to keep a kid. I wanted ND because they would be easier to sell and if we had a good doe I could keep her.

 

What exactly makes a goat "good for meat?"

It was my impression that all goats are made out of goat meat. That being the case, is there really much difference between breeds regarding the meat, aside from productivity and efficiency of production?

I'm kinda torn between a future herd containing dairy and meat breeds or just going with a dairy breed and eating the wethers...

 

Meat goats dress out a slightly better percentage of meat to bone.

All goat make good barbecue.:lookout:

 

"All goat make good barbecue"

Well, with this in mind, maybe I will take him and use the kids for meat. I just talked to another friend who has a really nice buck for sale. So, I'm thinking of keeping one good dairy buck and the boer/ober buck for meat kids. Good idea????

 

Go with what you want to do as far as keeping two bucks is concerned. But there are a lot of half-Boer does out there who are excellent milkers, so don't rule that out with your future kids. It will depend on the buck's mother and father, of course -- if he's out of poor quality parents, there's no magic in a crossbreeding. But if both parents are good quality, then more than likely he'll be good quality also, and so will his kids.

Kathleen

 

Breeding a Boer doe to a dairy buck is not a bad idea except that the kids will be crossbred. It is not likely to cause kidding problems. In fact, many dairy breeds tend to throw smaller kids than Boers do.
But.....if your goal is future milkers, I'd try to find a dairy blood buckling to breed your girls.

 

Breeding a Boer doe to a dairy buck is not a bad idea except that the kids will be crossbred. It is not likely to cause kidding problems. In fact, many dairy breeds tend to throw smaller kids than Boers do.
But.....if your goal is future milkers, I'd try to find a dairy blood buckling to breed your girls.

Thank you. I have found a LaMancha buck who has great dairy lines and is a sweetheart. His owner now, is actually a friend of mine so she is willing to give him to me for a good price. I think I am going to keep the boer cross as a friend to him since we are getting him for free. When is it too late to weather a buck?