At what size can a buckling start servicing adult does? Boer.
I do not have a herd sire yet and am not sure if I want to go buy one or not. Pennies are tight as this is our first year raising goats. Boer goats. I am debating whether or not I can sneak by and use of of the bucklings I had bought as a pair when he was a week old, to service my does this summer. The breeder I had bought him from said go for it. The buckling is a nice little dude. My only concern is that he is too small to breed the bigger does. He is currently still on momma. We did not push him at all and he is is smaller because of it. He is on full creep now, but he wasn't on creep up until a week ago. He is 3 months old and about 45 lbs. (estimate).
Is he too small? I will wean him asap and wait a while to turn him back in with the girls. This kid should turn out to be a dandy, however he is not registered although he is a fullblood boer.
Or should I just spend even more money and get a buck bought? That can service does now.
Keep in mind this is a business project not a hobby. The goal on this first breeding season is to produce quality doelings to keep back and build up the herd. I want quality first. I am not 100% concerned about papers.
??
Thanks in advance
I do not have a herd sire yet and am not sure if I want to go buy one or not. Pennies are tight as this is our first year raising goats. Boer goats. I am debating whether or not I can sneak by and use of of the bucklings I had bought as a pair when he was a week old, to service my does this summer. The breeder I had bought him from said go for it. The buckling is a nice little dude. My only concern is that he is too small to breed the bigger does. He is currently still on momma. We did not push him at all and he is is smaller because of it. He is on full creep now, but he wasn't on creep up until a week ago. He is 3 months old and about 45 lbs. (estimate).
Is he too small? I will wean him asap and wait a while to turn him back in with the girls. This kid should turn out to be a dandy, however he is not registered although he is a fullblood boer.
Or should I just spend even more money and get a buck bought? That can service does now.
Keep in mind this is a business project not a hobby. The goal on this first breeding season is to produce quality doelings to keep back and build up the herd. I want quality first. I am not 100% concerned about papers.
??
Thanks in advance