Nubians were my first goats, almost 20 years ago. Hubby and I decided to
get Boars, because we did not have time to milk. Have never regretted
getting the Boers. Very easy keepers, only need grass hay and a little
grain. If you feed them alfalfa they can become too fat causing all
kinds of problems.
Never had any problems selling the kids, we have a waiting list for next
year. The only problem you may have is it is hard to sell the kids for
meat, especially if you have kids (the two legged kind). Hubby and I
were both raised on a farm where we learned raised animals for meat.
Good luck with your new Boer buck, there some really good Boer herds in
Idaho.
Barns and fencing are always an on-going project. We have a park on one
side and a camp on the other side. It took my hubby three years to fence
in our 20 acres. we have 6 feet fences with 4 feet of woven wire and
room to put up two strands of pedestrian wire (barb wire without the
barbs on top. Inside fences are 4 foot fences except for the security
area where the goats go at night. Those are 6 feet.
We have to worry about coyotes and dogs running loose. Also have to
fence the out the city folk that think our woods would a great place to
hike or ride their bikes.
Barns, it seems like we are always adding on or building new ones. We
would love to put in a big pole barn, but worry about what it would do
to our taxes. liz
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