[SunnydaleBoers]

Ha! I've been wondering on the Reds too- if they're truly a legitimate breed, or if someone figured out a way to make extra money on solid red boers. I've done some haphazard research- it'd really help if I could read Dutch.

From what I have read it sounds like they're a lot like Boers were when they were originally imported- bred to be an easy keeping, high producing animal with minimal inputs. I've been curious enough to look into importing semen/embryos, but I'm not convinced they won't have the exact same parasite problems that the Boers do. At the end of the day you're still bringing an animal that has been bred to thrive in a hot, dry environment to a hot, humid environment.

The genetics side of thing interests me just enough to make me curious about experimenting with different crossbreeds- I've been reading up on Savannas quite a bit lately too. We had family that recently visited the Glacier National Park and texted some pictures of the mountain goats there, and I have to admit it made me go "hmmmm...."

 

[SunnydaleBoers]

I Even if you disagree, check out this website. Cool goats.
http://www.kalaharireds.net/

I've always liked that site too- they've got very nice does. Nice and deep bodied, but without the extreme giraffe necks or hyper-feminized qualities that you see in some females. They look like they'd have no trouble popping out a set of triplets every 10 months for the next 10 years. The boys are awfully nice too, but they're the ones that make me think "are you suuuuree those aren't really Boers?".