[NubianFan]

There was a goat for sale on my local craigslist that said it was 75% Texmaster and 25% Boer with a 50/50 boer/texmaster mother and full blood Texmaster father. What is that?

 

[Pats_Perfect_Boer_Goats]

http://www.tennesseemeatgoats.com/texmastergoats.html

 

[midlothianffa]

It's a cross between a boer and a fainting(myotonic) goat

 

[NubianFan]

Sooooo are fainting goats meat goats? Does that mean that a texmaster is smaller than a boer but bigger than a myotonic. I just find this odd.

 

[fishin816]

Sooooo are fainting goats meat goats? Does that mean that a texmaster is smaller than a boer but bigger than a myotonic. I just find this odd.

Yes fainters are meat goats.

 

[TDG-Farms]

LOL i always thought they got the worse deal ever in the animal kingdom. I mean when alls someone who wants to eat you has to do is scare ya and you faint, that just sucks!

 

[Riverside Fainters]

Some myotonic a can get to almost 200 lbs depending on the lineage. I know of one who is 188 I think. They are suppose to be really good eating. I don't have the heart to try.. Lol. My friend will have her first texmasters this spring!

 

[NubianFan]

I honestly always thought they were just a novelty for pets, I didn't know they served any purpose.

 

[SplitHoofRanch]

I use to have Texmasters & they were very slow growers.

 

[SplitHoofRanch]

They are a composite breed of myotonic & boer. For more info on them go to onion creek ranch website. I ran them for 2 yrs with my boers & have now switched to pure spanish.

 

[Dani-1995]

They are a composite breed of myotonic & boer. For more info on them go to onion creek ranch website. I ran them for 2 yrs with my boers & have now switched to pure spanish.

Did you like them other than the slow growth?

 

[milk and honey]

All that "tightening up" when they faint makes good muscles! Hence, meat goats. Also stinkin funny to watch...he he

 

[LiptrapLivestock]

Did you like them other than the slow growth?

I was wondering the same thing.

Caleb, Liptrap Livestock

 

[SplitHoofRanch]

I didn't like really like them. I tried them to improve parasite resistance & was not impressed. I have since gone to Spanish & life is so much easier for me now. I was looking for goats that were very self sufficient & the Spanish are just that.

 

[sweetgoats]

I think they are so pretty. Like a goat on steroids.

 

[LiptrapLivestock]

I think they look cool too but idk if it worth the hassle and slow growth that im hearing about

Caleb, Liptrap Livestock

 

[Dani-1995]

If we could speed the growth up a little then they would be great. If only I had space and money and I would give it a try. Unfortunately I have neither lol

 

[LiptrapLivestock]

I understand that. Any ideas on how to possibly speed the growth?

Caleb, Liptrap Livestock

 

[Dani-1995]

You could always mix in some nubian or other early maturing breed. I say nubian because it is fairly easy to find a more meat or dual purpose type than other dairy breeds. I wouldnt add in a lot. Really, for the finished product if you will, I'd like less that 15% nubian. Just enough to add in growth rate. Honestly, the right boers could add size. Maybe use the bigger of the myotonics. They arent all super small framed. I think your really looking at more hybrid vigor with more breeds.

I love savannas and would like to incorporate them as well but haven't quite decided how or where

 

[Dani-1995]

Then theres line breeding... take you fastest growimg and breed them until you have a satisfactory growth rate.