Hello and welcome to the
official FVH Boer Goats Blog!

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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10/24/10

Fairfield County Fair 2010

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Rhade
DOB: March 28, 2010

Fair Weight: 97 lbs.
Rate of Gain (from July weigh in to fair weigh in): 36 lbs.

Ribbons
3rd in Weight Class (93-111 lbs.)

Comments
Whoa. Rhade looked AMAZING. His muscling was outstanding! The judge had the three top goats in this class go around the arena at least four times (just the three of them) before making her placings. Another awesome kid out of Tulu and Wagner!

He was so funny in showmanship. He did fine to begin with, but after about the second time around he had decided that he'd had enough walking in circles and promptly laid down.









Huck
DOB: April 8, 2010

Fair Weight: 73 lbs.
Rate of Gain (from July weigh in to fair weigh in): 39 lbs.

Ribbons/Places
5th in Weight Class (72-76 lbs.)

Comments
Huck was 8th on the charts for rate of gain! He looked great! Super friendly, eye-catching little fella. The judge's explaination of his 5th place: Great muscling in the front quarters and throughout, but I would have liked to see a little more muscling in the hindquarters.

Check out the article in the post below to read about Huck's happy ending to the fair.






Simmer
DOB: April 11, 2010

Fair Weight: 82 lbs.
Rate of Gain (from July weigh in to fair weigh in): 35 lbs.

Ribbons/Places
1st and trophy in Weight Class!! (76-82 lbs.)

Comments
Simmer turned out to be a nice little wether! So nice that he got a first in his class! He was also almost chosen as the 2010 Reserve Grand Champion. So close! :) He carried on the tradition of 4-H ribbons just like his dam (Flare) and brothers (Flame and Flash). Sim is also related to Rhade.












Shake
DOB: March 14, 2010

Fair Weight: 91 lbs.
Rate of Gain (from July weigh in to fair weigh in): 36 lbs.

Ribbons/Places
2nd and trophy in Junior Showmanship
8th in Weight Class (86-93 lbs.)

Comments
Shake looked great! He was such a gentleman in showmanship. We only wish he would have "tensed up" a bit more in his Market Wether class. We were sitting in the stands saying, "Flex those muscles, Shake! Flex!" :) He was just such a laid-back, easy-going boy! Perfect for a first year 4-Her to handle.








Baylor
DOB: March 25, 2010
(50% Boer 50% Nubian)

Fair Weight: 61 lbs.

Ribbons/Places
4th in Junior Showmanship

Comments
Baylor was cute as usual... He was my bottle baby this year and when I found him in the barn at the fair he turned up his nose at me, as if to say, "Mom, you sold me! How could you?!". He soon forgot his "grudge" though and was his cuddly self. :) We enjoyed watching him and his girl show in Showmanship! They both did really well!






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10/16/10

Huck!


This is so neat! Click here to check out the story the Lancaster Eagle Gazette did on Huck and his 4-H boy! :-D We're so happy to hear lovable little Huck is going to be a pet after his career as a 4-H show goat. :-)

Kelton did such a great job training Huck and getting him ready for the fair. We enjoyed watching both Kelton and his sister show this year. They both did amazing jobs with their goat projects!!

I'll post pictures and write about watching our goat kids show at the Fairfield County Fair soon!


Pet, not processing, is fate of one goat at Junior Fair Livestock Show

BY MORGAN DAY • THE EAGLE-GAZETTE STAFF • OCTOBER 16, 2010

    LANCASTER -- Kelton French didn't expect his goat, Huck, to walk away from the Junior Fair Livestock Sale and into the arms of a stranger who would take him home as a pet.

Kelly Robberts, administrative deputy at the Fairfield County Sheriff's Office, now is Huck's owner and plans to pair him up with her lonesome pet goat named Shaggy. The sheriff's office bids on animals every year to promote the fair and support the children involved, she said.But that's what happened Friday afternoon when Kelton showed the 6-month-old white-and-brown goat, bought for $325.

But Huck's outcome is unlikely for animals shown at the fair, as many are bought and processed for their meat.

"It's kind of a surprise to me someone bought him and he's not going to die," Kelton said after the show.

It was the 10-year-old Liberty Union student's first year showing at the Fairfield County Fair, and it hadn't started off very well, said his mom, Renee French. One of Kelton's market chickens died after being weighed in, she said.

"So this has made it a very positive ending to what started off as a not very positive fair," Renee said, adding she and her family are grateful to the sheriff's office for bidding on the goat.

She, too, is pleased Huck will live on as someone's pet.

"I think he will adapt very well to being a friend to another goat," Renee said. "It'll be a good home for him. He's got the right personality to match up with another goat."

Robberts, who took Huck home Friday, had wanted to find a companion for Shaggy, whose brother had died last year. She even went as far as to put a singles-type ad on Craigslist.org. Robberts laughs when she recalls the ad, whose meaning was misconstrued, causing website officials to remove it.

The sheriff's office employee is elated to finally have a friend for Shaggy and to make Kelton's day.

"I'm just thrilled," Robberts said, adding that the sheriff's office also bought rabbits and turned them over to the young girl who raised them.

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