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| 8th Annual Shenandoah Valley Boer Breeders' Sale March 24, 2012 Rockingham County Fairground I will be offering 5 of my yearling fullbloods, a yearling buck, and the 2011 Rockingham County Fair Reserve Champion Market Goat. I will also offer three show wether prospects in the wether sale (see info below the SN/DR goats). Also, the SN/DR goats are under our care, so I'll talk about them a bit, too. They are all fullblood does--10 adults and 5 kids. None of these goats (the SN/DR OR SNB) will carry any sort of reserve--all will sell to the highest bidder. At this point, it looks like very few goats will have reserves, but I cannot speak for anyone else. I know some of my pictures aren't the greatest, but I had to get 22 pictures, so they can't all be perfect. If there's a specific couple of goats that you would like more pictures of, let me know and I'll see what I can do. First Up: My goats Lot 17: Dolce is a Kirk daughter who goes back to Mandy on the bottom. She does have a folded ear, but that won't slow her down as a brood doe. Her twin sister is Attacca, the young doe on my home page. She's the first Kirk daughter to sell, and Kirk's dead so there won't be many more opportunities. Teats are 2x2. Lot 18: Aphrodite is the youngest of my does. She is structurally correct, but she doesn't stand out like some of the others, but then again, she is younger. Teats are 2x2. Lot 42: Ullr is a full genetic brother to Snow God. He has been shown, and placed 5th at the KPGA show in Pennsylvania. He looks like he is going to be a massive buck. Glenn keeps asking why I'm selling him, and the best answer is "Have you seen the other two bucks in that pen?" I think he may very well turn out to be a better buck than Machete (left). Machete is 7.5 months older than Ullr (right), who is 10.5 months old in this picture. They're both a bit stirred up because they're standing nose to nose, but Ullr is definitely thicker than Machete. Teats are 2x2. Ullr now has kids on the ground--2 bucks out of Allegretto and a buck and a doe out of Mandy. They're looking good, and I'll try to get pictures up eventually. Lot 47: Pristine is the other young doe in the set. She is a bit shorter than some of the others, but she carries tons of muscle. She sells with 2 ABGA points from winning the 0-3 month class at the Firecracker Classic in WV, and her aunt and uncle, SNB1 Sparkle and Sarah's Naughty Boers Klean Sweep have 25 and 12 points respectively. Teats are 2x2. Lot 48: Cosine was the Reserve Champion market goat at the 2011 Rockingham County Fair out of 90 head, shown by Jared Gilkerson. She's grown well since I bought her, and I don't have room for a percentage, so she's in the sale. Teats are1x1. Lot 77: Quasi and Lot 78: Forza are triplets (the 3rd was a buck) out of Miracle. They're huge, and enjoy fighting with my brood does through the fence. They should both turn out to be hardy brood does that could be the basis of a herd. Mom really wanted me to keep Quasi, and only relented when Miracle had two does out of Kirk on New Year's Eve. Quasi also went to the Rockingham County Fair and placed 2nd in her class and was a part of the 2nd place get of sire entry. They go back to Mandy. Forza's teats are 2x2, and Quasi's are 1x1. I should probably mention that Dolce, Quasi, and Forza all are descendants of Mandy. This is my hardiest and most productive line. Currently, I've had 26 doe kids born into my herd that can be maternally traced back to Mandy. The does in my herd belonging to this line are Mandy (18 kids), Miracle (16 kids--and 5 consecutive sets of triplets), Allegretto (11 kids), Trionfante (4 kids), Attacca (2011 kid), and Giocosa (2011 kid). These does are what boers should be--meaty, hardy, and productive. |
| SN/DR Goats Glenn and I bought these goats from Scott and Mendy Miller in Harrisonburg who were getting out of goats. They were delivered December 3, 2011, and had been getting no grain before we got them. Their spring buck kids had not been weaned early enough, and so several of the adults were bred back and will be sold with unregisterable kids, at least in the ABGA. The kids are due by mid February, and when they kid I'll post what they had. We put Machete in with the does to breed anything that was not already bred on 12/17/11, so the does without kids will sell bred to Machete, and will have service memos. Machete was removed 1/22/12. We're now sure about the breeding status of all the does except BBRF W620. Most of them were wormed after pictures were taken, so they are starting to look much better. The young does had never had any grain, so they are small, but are starting to catch up. I got teat structures on all of the yearlings and some of the adults. I'll try to get pictures of the kids and post them. All are fullbloods. Lot 1: BBRF W620, USBGA registered adult, brown spot on side, possibly exposed to Machete Lot 2: VA 16, USBGA registered adult, mother of lot 44, kidded 1/29/12 with a traditional doe and buck (unregisterable). Her teats are 2x2. Lot 12: Dolly, ABGA registered yearling paint, teats are 1x1. Lot 13: Miller Triva, USBGA registered yearling with a tri-colored calico head. Teats could be a problem (fishtail x split teat) Lot 22: VA 15, USBGA registered adult, exposed to Machete Lot 23: MVR1 Barbie, ABGA registered adult, mother of lot 12, exposed to Machete Lot 36: Miller Trina, USBGA registered yearling, black and red paint (calico), teats are 2x2. Lot 37: Miller Angel, USBGA registered yearling, teats are 2x2. Lot 44: Miller Dipstick, USBGA registered yearling, mostly red paint, teats are 1x1. Lot 57: RDBG Babe, ABGA registered adult, mother of lot 37, sells open, teats are 2x2. Lot 58: PBF1 - Pines Greta, USBGA registered adult, mother of lot 81, kidded 1/29/12 with 2 red paint unregisterable bucks, both of her parents are ABGA registered, so she could probably be ABGA registered, but it would be a hassle. Lot 71: WWJV 1509, USBGA registered adult dark red doe, exposed to Machete Lot 72: WWJV 1508, USBGA registered adult red paint, mother of lots 13 & 36, exposed to Machete Lot 80: WWJV 1520, USBGA registered adult black-headed doe, exposed to Machete Lot 81: Miller Little Dottie--adult USBGA registered doe, kidded 2/1/12 with 1 unregisterable doe kid. |
| Wethers The wether sale was looking a few head short, so I agreed to put 3 in. All will be out of Sarah's Naughty Boers Kirk's Ullr. They will be tag numbers B01, B02, and B12. B01 and B02 are out of SNB1 Allegretto and were born 1/3/2012. Allegretto has mastitis, so B02 is a full bottle kid and B01 gets supplemented, so both are friendly. Allegretto's buck kid out of Snow God was my top wether pick from last year, and her doe kid from last year is in my keeper herd, so both of these kids should turn out well. B12 is a bottle kid out of GTFM Mandy who was born 1/9/12. He is extremely tall and friendly, and may be longer than the other two, although he is not quite as thick. All 3 will be weaned well before the sale. They have already started eating hay and grain and should be ready to go by sale day. |