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Boer Goat Info

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

For anyone interested in boer goats, take the time to visit Boer Goats Home. Just as the name implies, this site is devoted to the most common of meat goats, Boers. Providing general information about the goat meat industry, books on the care of goats, as well as a wealth of knowledge about Boers specifically,... »

What Boer Goats Look Like …

Monday, October 12, 2009

“They look like a Basset Hound with a goat body. That’s Danna Barrett describing Boers in this Arizona Daily Star story. Barrett owns the Rooster Cogburn Ostrich Ranch just south of Pistachio Point, Arizona. (We’re not making this up.) »

Meat Goats: Britain

Thursday, September 3, 2009

Farming experts say goat meat is considerably under consumed throughout Britain and too much of the goat sold for food has been the waste or cull from dairy herds. Increasingly, however, Britain’s few meat goat farmers — are breeding more South African Boers for sale and crossing them with dairy goats to increase the quality... »

Feral Goat Abattoir

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

SPENCER GULF, Australia — An Egyptian company has teamed with Aboriginal people in South Australia to build a $15 million abattoir, or slaughter house, to process feral goats and camels. The plant would process at least 500 camels and 1,500 goats a day, with members of Aboriginal communities rounding up the animals, said Magdiens... »

Boer Goats

Saturday, August 29, 2009

Meet Chummix, a boer goat so strong he’s injured keepers and butted his stall door off its hinges at the Museum of Science and Life in Durham, N.C. Marilyn, one of six animal keepers who blogs for the museum, describes teaching Chummix to walk, accept a halter and learn a bit more about manners.... »

Rosie Whitehead Jones: Goat Matriarch

Monday, July 20, 2009

Rosie Whitehead Jones, now in her 80s, tells The San Angelo Standard Times about her family starting its goat operation more than 100 years ago on 150,000 acres in Texas. Jones and her brothers were among the first to bring Boer goats to the United States from South African and New Zealand. In 2004, the... »

Cootamundra Kid

Monday, July 13, 2009

Cootamundra Kid runs a herd of 1,600 meat goats alongside sheep from their ranch in eastern Riverina, Australia. In this story from Australia’s Weekly Times Now, Cootamundra’s owners discuss the effects of climate change and how they’re breeding for a composite meat/fiber goat suited to withstand rougher, hotter conditions. The owners aim for two primary meat... »

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