A Big Rock Candy Thank You in 2011 for all of the amazing customers that; heard I had goats, remembered that one time driving by that I had goats. You made our year a one where we sold out fast. I don't have enough for myself this year!





A Big Rock Candy Thank you in 2010 to the following people

All the nice people that came all the way here up to buy a meat goat or two

Sandy and Richard of boergoats4richardsandy.com- meat goats

Todd Smeltzer- for purchasing 4 does- I know my  Rory will be just as spoiled and loved as she was here.

Krystal Clemmons of Summitview Boers- Saphire, Woody, Pynki

Kim and Frank of Chehalis - a nubian/Theodore doeling and an Icee/Tommy bucklings. Hope to see them around a lot more in the boer goat world

A friend of a friend in Yakima- a Tuesday/Tommy doeling.

Elise at Whitehouse Goats- Tommy's Stunner and Licorice

Cameron for buying My sweet girls Cole and Kisses.









Update June 11th 2011 --- Updated information is more often available at our BRC Boers & CSA facebook page

We are currently sold out of everything but the as unborn kids.

Note that there is a large demand for meat wethers and commercial stock in
2011 probably partly due to the economy and people needing and wanting to raise their own.


Reservations are really encouraged. Although I hate to do it I have to charge a NON refundable deposit on all goats of 20% of price.

You may reserve:

Meat wethers for the end of summer or fall

Christmas meat wethers


As noted on our home page we live nearest Appleton, Washington. Please find our distance from you before requesting information by email on any goats for sale. Price of fuel is exhorbitant and I spend a lot of time answering emails to the end that people find that it is too far to make financial sense for them. I don't have lots of time with fulltime course work and the farm and ranch, family demands and other endeavors but I don't like to turn people down. Please email me with any care or health questions you just don't know about or to help find a good goat farm in your area or one from us.

In Tri Cities/Yakima area check with Krystal and Brice Clemmons www.summitviewboers.com
In Olympia/Graham area check with Sandy and Richard Norman www.boergoats4richardsandy.com

also check breeders groups in Washington

www.columbiabasingoatguild.org  ---- all goat breeds in the Eastern Columbia Gorge, both Oregon and Washington
www.cascadebga.org  --- Boer breeders in Washington and Oregon









Advice
There are certain qualities we look for and desire in a meat producing herd; Longevity and production; Weaning Rates or percentage of kids raised to weaning; Strong straight legs and back, for moving the goat over large distances for years during browsing and pasture; Height and strong haunch to enable the goat to reach higher browse than the ground, they are not sheep; Small to medium sized pliable well attached udders that go back into shape after weaning and do not sag or drag to catch on sticks or brush with no more than 2 seperated teats per side; Width and a deep chest floor and a large heart girth give the heart and lungs plenty of room and make for a longer lived healthier more productive animal; Goats that thrive in our conditions, are hardy in extreme heat and cold; Goats that gain well in our range conditions. You may need goats that are slightly different, such as, you may prefer a larger udder and use extra milk for personal use or other kids. I believe that most herds will develop to match the conditions they are placed in over several years time. This is why many long lasting herds and goat keepers that are successful start with a core group, find out what is important to them and continue the lineages that have worked well for them. They are not tissue's. They are not disposable.

If you want to show goats, like so many enjoy doing, then buy from a show goat herd. If you want to farm them for meat animals, buy from a ranch that grows them for meat. Right? Don't buy a show animal from my place. I don't raise for show. And don't buy show animals expecting them to act and produce like ranch animals. Want both? Buy from a herd that raises both and let them know what you are eexpecting. My favorite sales pitch 'This goat comes from show animals but they have such and such defects but you should be able to get show animals from them' another favorite and heard many times over the years that is usually directed at new breeders 'you just need to get better animals' meaning their animals that might be drylotted and fed antibiotic laced showfeed every day of their life to get looking the way that they look. Now if you want to show you have to be willing to feed this way. Are you?

And truthfully just because a doe is a top shower doesn't mean she's always going to produce show animals. In fact you may never get from her as good as she looks. Or you may have to find the 'perfect match with a buck that does make better kids with her. I have a beautiful doe that at 6 years old has only produced 3 out of 8 doelings that I'd even give a second look, She gets alot of looks though. Most of her kids do not. Then their are other non descript does that have been ennobled on the many show kids they have produced and they just always have gorgeous kids. Take the dam of our new buck Tommy Jr. Big dependable doe that has produced so many amazing bucks and is ennobled. Now THAT is what I want to input into my herd.

I like customers who want to raise a few wethers and decide if they want to really get into goats before buying 15 does and 2 bucks. This gives the opportunity to see if you really 'like' the animals, if you can trim feet, give vaccinations, like the meat or can sell it for a profit. How much fencing they need or what kind of drylot and barn set up they should have.

SOME Boer goats can breed and kid easily 3 times every two years IF they are given the proper care and nutrition. Out of one doe you may get at least 2-3 doelings within the first couple of years. So your herd just expanded. Multiply that by 2, now 6, then add kids for the kids you have that mature and get pregnant, exponentially you will see your herd can get pretty big pretty quickly. Then you have to get rid of some of them, you have to market them, or be prepared to take a loss at a auction, How much is a ton of hay in your area? You need one ton for every two adults at least. Where is your market? Are you willing to do all the registration paperwork and try to sell papered breedstock? Are your goats special enough to get more attention than the goat herd in the next town? Are you willing to turn the other cheek if a super competitive herd owner in the next town gossips and/or tells lies about you or your herd so that they can make that one little sale?  Are you willing to work with other goat herds for marketing benefits and/or goat health information?

Goats will give you years of service and only ask for shelter and feed and basic medical care. We hope that if you don't know what you want you take the time to figure it out before embarking on a goat business and only purchase a few to start with and expand from there. We have had to add very few goats, mostly bucks, over the years to keep our herd producing. Beware of buying goats at auction and with all goats quarantine for 30 days, blood test, worm, give vaccinations before intoducing them to your property. Be prepared to; feed a half ton of hay per head and have that on hand or the ability to easily have it before you, or rather they, need it, supplement healthy grains during producing periods, learn about proper vaccination, biosecurity, and how to do general husbandry like hoof trimming, neudering or banding young bucks and blood draws. Learn about diseases that affect goats.
We use WADDL to test our goats regularly for CAE, CL and Johnes