New Member Intro: From Oregon

[Dave-Trinity-Farms]

At least 95% of all pack goats out there are the result of dairy breedings. Even if a current breeder is breeding just for pack goats, all the blood lines leading up to those animals were the result of dairy breedings. Unless they throw some boer or other random breed into the mix. So dont try to separate one breeder from another. Tomato / tomato. Here, I would love to breed for strictly pack goats. But thats just not an option. So what we have done is focus on larger animals with the production and confirmation dairy breeding requires. Its worked so well that I can breed smaller bucks to my does and still produce nice large animals. The boy I kept for myself this year will most like be bigger then Legion and his sire is just an average to smaller sized buck. My boys sire is from an A.I. breeding from a buck that died 20 years ago. I went with this breeding because that bucks structural correctness / conformation is outstanding. A smaller better built goat will out perform a larger but flawed goat. I breed that buck to one of my bigger, taller, rangier doe. She is 175 lbs (all height and bone) and 35 inches at the shoulder. Taller then the buck. Ill see if I got a picture of her and him. So, when you are out looking for some pack prospects, look at the herds overall characteristics and health. The good thing about dairy breeding is, most of what you want in a pack goat, is what a dairy breeder wants in their dairy animals. (Pic of my boys dam. Decent conformation but the size was the target on her. Looking to the buck to clean up the conformation).


Picture of my boy. Can see a major improvement in the front end assembly over his dam