I would take Renegade and Maverick to a show together. They both look great and i absolutely love Renegade. There is not a single thing I don't like about him! Absolutely gorgeous boy!
Thoughts on these Boer Bucks?
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Thanks so much everyone I appreciate your opinions! We love these silly boys, they are good, sweet brats. Our county fair is on June 17th, and then there are shows we can go to on the 24, 26, 28 and 30th I believe. I don't want to overstress them so maybe we'll hit a few of those later shows and mix it up a bit 
Just curious, are you leaning toward any of them?Thanks so much everyone I appreciate your opinions! We love these silly boys, they are good, sweet brats. Our county fair is on June 17th, and then there are shows we can go to on the 24, 26, 28 and 30th I believe. I don't want to overstress them so maybe we'll hit a few of those later shows and mix it up a bit
Honestly it's so hard lol But I do love Maverick and Ren. But Danny I feel is really coming on and so is Eli. Eli hurt his leg a couple of months ago and was in a lot of pain, we never could figure it out, we worried maybe he needed more selenium so dosed him and it could have been that, or maybe he stepped on some wire that I found in their pen? Who knows. He developed a high cocci count when I did fecal - he looked awful honestly so I suspected maybe stress from pain could have caused it. Got him treated and when we treat 1 we treat everyone in that pen. Since then he has been catching up and blossoming. He is my daughters favorite, so when it comes show day I may let her decide what she wants to do. I'd love to take 3 to our county fair, but that means we'd have to leave 1 behind
She has a little red buck she wants to show, but he can only go to 2 shows next month because he ages up into the 3-6 mo class on the 18th of June - our county fair is 17th lol. These guys age into 6-9 class on June 30th and we have another show we can go to that day. But then they will stay in their classes through the rest of the summer. I need to get pictures and/or video of him to show you all and get your thoughts. He is a slower grower, but is really coming on now. I think he has a nice style to him. He has not been lead trained or even stepped foot on the goat stand yet, but hoping to finally get everyone in routine for lead training and washing/conditioning on Fri. We have been bathing Maverick and Danny once a week and were conditioning Maverick's coat every 2-3 days along with a couple of does but got off track this week. It's only about 70 degrees out, rainy and dreary not a good day to get a goat wet
I am having a hard time deciding as well, no wonder you are asking, hehe.
Thanks Pam I appreciate it!
Hopefully these guys do well for my daughter. She's liking the idea I gave her on if 2 of these guys show well, use them for breeding, then sell everyone after showing or breeding (and some does), and use the $$ this fall to invest in a nice doe that is possibly pregnant and a young doe she can raise and show next year that away she can bring in some new blood. We have never used a home bred buck before, so we'll see what happens. Although I do think the dam of the dapple boys will possibly be bred to an outside buck, ideally I'd like to send 2 to an outside buck. I told her if the kids aren't what we are hoping for, then she can sell them to buy a new buck and another new doe next spring. She is 14 so I'd love for her to really improve next year. This year we've just been so swamped trying to get things done around here. So the ultimate goal for my daughter as I see it is have these guys and her does ready for end of July ABGA shows and our state fair in Aug, then this fall and next spring work on improving her herd
Hopefully these guys do well for my daughter. She's liking the idea I gave her on if 2 of these guys show well, use them for breeding, then sell everyone after showing or breeding (and some does), and use the $$ this fall to invest in a nice doe that is possibly pregnant and a young doe she can raise and show next year that away she can bring in some new blood. We have never used a home bred buck before, so we'll see what happens. Although I do think the dam of the dapple boys will possibly be bred to an outside buck, ideally I'd like to send 2 to an outside buck. I told her if the kids aren't what we are hoping for, then she can sell them to buy a new buck and another new doe next spring. She is 14 so I'd love for her to really improve next year. This year we've just been so swamped trying to get things done around here. So the ultimate goal for my daughter as I see it is have these guys and her does ready for end of July ABGA shows and our state fair in Aug, then this fall and next spring work on improving her herd
Thanks so much I appreciate it! The first show is Thursday - our county fair. I'm not sure yet how many we will take, I'm still trying to find out if they are going to let us use pens as that will definitely affect how many we take. My daughters friend is going to help her show. I will say I'm confused about Maverick, he is such a nice buck, but he just doesn't look very big right now? We weighed them the other day and Maverick was 120lbs, he had stayed ahead of Eli and Danny but now both of those boys are 125lbs. (Ren 152lbs! FAT BOY lol). He and Eli had previously had some cocci in their fecals, so we have been staying on top of preventative treatment. I did fecals yesterday and Maverick had nothing, his sample was perfect. So I don't know what is up with him. I do worry that maybe the others are bullying him, but these guys do get along really well and are all eating. So I'll reweigh him in a week and see where we are.
The first show is Thursday - our county fair. I'm not sure yet how many we will take, I'm still trying to find out if they are going to let us use pens as that will definitely affect how many we take. My daughters friend is going to help her show. I will say I'm confused about Maverick, he is such a nice buck, but he just doesn't look very big right now? We weighed them the other day and Maverick was 120lbs, he had stayed ahead of Eli and Danny but now both of those boys are 125lbs. (Ren 152lbs! FAT BOY lol). He and Eli had previously had some cocci in their fecals, so we have been staying on top of preventative treatment. I did fecals yesterday and Maverick had nothing, his sample was perfect. So I don't know what is up with him. I do worry that maybe the others are bullying him, but these guys do get along really well and are all eating. So I'll reweigh him in a week and see where we are.1 - 20 of 26 Posts
