Boer Goats
Jan 23rd, 2010 by admin
High Falls Gorge Farm’s Boer Goats
High Falls Gorge Farm’s Boer Goat’s started with the purchase of ten full blooded and percentage does and our full blooded buck in 2009. Double SS Boer Goat’s are also part of the same herd here, but are owned by David while HFGF Goat’s are owned by Jorge. Our percentage Boer does are bred to have paint (spotted) boer kids – Mother Nature Permitted. The Does are all Registered Full blood Does and Percentage Does through the American Boer Goat Association. Our First Buck was a Chocolate colored Registered Fullblood. We had (13) kids from him during our first kidding year in 2010.
During our first kidding year we had 8 - doelingswhich are up to 97% Boer and 5 – bucklings which are up to 100% Full blood, check out there pictures below , most are chocolate in color like our Buck and two doelings are chocolate colored paints (spotted). Contact us at: 518-497-6314
A Little bit about the Boer Goat :
The Boer Goat originted in South Africa, and was imported to the United States in 1993. Boers are easily recognized by their large, muscular white bodies and red heads. They grow more rabidly, put on more meat, and have calmer dispositions that other breeds. Boer goats are very large, adult does weigh as much as 200 pounds. Both sexes are long, large framed, and massively muscled. There large size, meaty build, long pendulous ears and convex (Roman – nosed) facial profile are the Boer goat’s trademarks, as are the rolls of wrinkled skin over a Boer Bucks shoulders. Most are white with a red or brown head, although Boers come in Black, Red and paint (spotted) too.
Take A Look at the Chart Below
After looking this chart over you will seewhy Goat Meat is a very healthy choice for you. Goat meat is similar in taste to Moose and Elkin the Deer family, probably due to the similar foods that they eat. Goats prefer Browse over grass and is one of the reasons that we choose to raise meat goats here at High Falls Gorge Farm. Our Farm is made up of Brushy and Grass fields and is a good mix for the goats to maintain a Healthy Nutrition themselfs. Our other reasons for going with a goat herd is that there is a shortage of US raised Goats to supply the demand here. Just this past year in 2010 the US imported 22,000 tons of goat meat, mostly from Australia and New Zealand to supply the demand , it is estimated that the US could use another 15 million does (females) to supply our increasing demand.
Nutrition Cart
So we want to Promote the Goat
Currently we send our excess meat animals to the New Holland Sale in PA or try to sell locally from the farm. However with incresing fuel prices it is an exspence from our profits. We hope to establish a closer market for our animals and plan to work directly with a supplyer in NYC where we feel there is an appeal for locally raised animals to be used at the finest restraunts in town. Lets face it Locally raised animals are much better than animals that come from a far away place and there is the appeal that the animals were raised on a small farm in upstate New York. and not a Large farm in another Country.
Rose Y 308 – Our Current Buck
12/18/10 - Rose Y 308
Rose Y 308 came to us this fall from Ron Williamson of Illinous www.paintedboers.com , along with two does – one of which is bred to Avatar his new buck from Max Boer Goats, a beautiful Dabble colored Buck.. Obviously were hoping for a dabble Buck of our own NOW, we keep our fingers crossed. Rose Y has been at work Breeding our open Does for this Springs Kidding, he has a painted background and we hope for more paints this spring with him. The first arrivals should begin showing up at the end of February 2011. Rose Y 308 Sire is Hammertime, now living at M & C Boer Goats. Hammertime is a well built Paint colored Buck.
2/13/11 - Rose Y 308
Hammer Time "Ennobled"
Hammer Time Winning the Mid America Classis 2006
Hammer Time's Dam- RRD R751
Hammer Time's Sire RRD Bigum P449
- HFGF BLACKBERRY
DSSB STRAWBERRY
- HFGF PATRICIA
"Shelly" Our LGD
A Livestock Guard Dog (LGD) now on the Farm
Our 2011 Crop Starting to Arrive
The Triplets 94% - All Doelings
A Single Doeling - Comercial
Our 2010 Crop
Floyd checking in with mom and kids at the goat barn!We had 13 kids in 2010 - 8 doelings and 5 Bucklingsone of paints with her mom
Kidding around in the Barnyard:
Kidding around
Two Paints and solid Red Doelings all 94%
12/20/2010 – We presently have two full Blooded Bucks for sale. They were born in May 2010. Check out our For Sale Sub Page for them and more.
Please contact us if your interested in any of our Boer Goats. highfallsgorgefarm@hotmail.com
We are a Member of the American Boer Goat Association you can visit them at : www.abga.org
75% Doe
Floyd Hangin w/ the Kids
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