Baby Goat Incoming!

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silkieloverz123 said:


This is last years baby buck. The one we are trying to sell. His fathers mama had great milking. We tried selling him over and over but nobody is biting. I think he is a stunner and don't see what the problem is?
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The problem is there are far too many bucks and only very the best buck kids should be sold as breeders. I personally would not buy any buck without milk records on the dam and dam's sire, at the very least. Even top breeders sell most of their buck kids for meat.
 
Quote: </p I agree he should be wethered but y family thinks we should leave him intact. His dads mother gave a quart a day i believe, and his mother we didnt milk she just dried up.
 
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How would we keep that on record? Just record how much milk we get everyday? As i said the mamas dried up, if we were to breed again should milk her?
 
When I said milk records I was referring to official DHIA test. The next best thing would be barn records, meaning record the amount of milk given either daily or once a week. You say the mother gave a quart. I am assuming this is a Nigerian. I am not at all familiar with the expected production of a Nigerian doe so I have no idea how good a production that is considered to be.
 
silkieloverz123 said:
This is last years baby buck. The one we are trying to sell. His fathers mama had great milking. We tried selling him over and over but nobody is biting. I think he is a stunner and don't see what the problem is?
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What a cutie! You might have an easier time selling him as a pet wether than a breeding buck though. Since they are in such demand as pets. Most farms will pick a couple bucks out of two dozen or more to sell as breeding stock. Personally on our farm we even call half of the ewes.
 

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