Far View Hills Boer Goats: December 2008

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official FVH Boer Goats Blog!

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We are a small scale farm in Ohio. Each year we kid anywhere from 10-15 high percentage boer does. We kid in mid to late March (and also kid in February for some buyers).

We sell to 4-Hers, private breeders and people just looking for a pet, companion animal or brush clearer. Our goats are extremely friendly and easy to handle. One of our yearly 4-H buyers once commented, "Half the battle is already won when you open the back of the truck and the kids don't run away from you." We've been told by numerous buyers that our kids are some of the friendliest around. Aside from that trait our kids do well in the show ring. They are well muscled and have good conformation. Our goats have placed as grand champions as well as first, second and third places at county fairs around us. In 2007 a wether born and bred on our farm was shown at the Ohio State Fair where he placed in the top five of his weight class.

Wethers
All of our buck kids are dehorned when/before they are a week old. They are then banded at two months old. We have found that wether kids have better rate of growth when left intact for this amount of time.

Does

Doe kids will be dehorned if a deposit is put on them before they are a week old and it is specified that you would like them dehorned.

Health

All goats that we sell are up-to-date on CD/T vaccinations, are dewormed and in excellent health.

Contact

miss_n_arrow@ yahoo.com

740.814.3768

In the case that you contact us and all our kids are sold you may still set up a time to come see this year's kid crop and decide if you would like to put a deposit down on a 2015 kid.

Note: All photos on this website are of our goat herd. All of the photos of goat kids are kids born and bred on our farm. Our goats are high percentage Boers (96% and above), but they are not registered. Our two bucks are fullblood Boers.

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12/25/08

2008 Recap

2008 brought yet another successful year for Far View Hills Boer Goats. We had goats take second place ribbons at both the Hartford and Fairfield County Fairs. Another placed fifth at the Ohio State Fair. All of our wethers were purchased as 4-H projects this year. Not all were taken to the fair (buyers would buy "backup" goats so that they were able to choose from the 2+ goats when their time to show at the fair approached). All the does we had for sale went to homes as breeding does, brush cleaners, and pets. We kept some of the doe kids from this year to use as breeding does in 2009.

Looking ahead to the spring of 2009 we will be kidding 2 does in February and 10 in March. We will be offering traditional and colored kids for sale. Our paint buck throws lots of color and muscle! We are also excited to see the March kids our new buck, Wagner will throw! They are sure to be thick and showy! Call or e-mail me for information on kids and does available for purchase.