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11-17-2017, 10:04 AM
Sorry, had not come back to this thread in awhile. Great to hear you picked him up Mike and that he wasnt nearly as bad as the lady said. I figured it was more of the boy being let to be the dominate one. Even a friendly goat will be mean if you let them rule you. But it sure didnt make sense to me on my end. He was such a sweet boy.
More info on him. He was a single huge boy. And literally "crashed" outta his mama lol. His mom was a very large doe. Sire was a great dairy buck but nothing to large or spectacular in terms of pack goats. The nice thing with our lines, we maintain our size regardless of the bucks we use. Not sure how we are able to do that. As for his current size, there are two factors in him being well under average size. First and foremost, they didnt care for him correctly. To give you an idea of the difference in sizes, Legion was that size at 12 months old. Now not all of our prospects have that kind of growth rate, but this boy was a close relation to Legion (cousin) and the size he was when he left here, he was on pace to get that big. Another factor would be him being a buck for so long. Just being a buck isnt a big factor, but if penned close to does where the buck can ignore food and run the fence line, they can drop a lot of weight during the rut. So thats 4-6 months a year were they run themselves so hard, they get no growth.
I will see if I can rustle up some pictures of his mama
More info on him. He was a single huge boy. And literally "crashed" outta his mama lol. His mom was a very large doe. Sire was a great dairy buck but nothing to large or spectacular in terms of pack goats. The nice thing with our lines, we maintain our size regardless of the bucks we use. Not sure how we are able to do that. As for his current size, there are two factors in him being well under average size. First and foremost, they didnt care for him correctly. To give you an idea of the difference in sizes, Legion was that size at 12 months old. Now not all of our prospects have that kind of growth rate, but this boy was a close relation to Legion (cousin) and the size he was when he left here, he was on pace to get that big. Another factor would be him being a buck for so long. Just being a buck isnt a big factor, but if penned close to does where the buck can ignore food and run the fence line, they can drop a lot of weight during the rut. So thats 4-6 months a year were they run themselves so hard, they get no growth.
I will see if I can rustle up some pictures of his mama