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| Pedro, our Valera buck |
Our Goats
We have a vision of what meat goats
should be, and this can vary greatly from farm to farm, person to person, day to day, year to year... At SteelMeadow Farm
it means:
* Low maintenance; good foragers
* Good feet; resistance to hoof rot/scald
* Super kidding ease and mothering ability
* Excellent milkers; fast gain
* Year-round reproductive
ability
* Market quality; long back and decent muscling
These qualities are hard to find within a
single breed and that is why we choose to raise goats from a "broader" gene-pool. Our large Valera-line does and
buck "Pedro" are from Eastern Virginia. For Spanish goats they are larger than average Spanish with nice long backbones.
They breed year-round and have excellent mothering ability. Their kids grow fast.
With our recent addition of
Pape Spanish does from south-central Texas, we hope to add a rounder/ thicker frame to our goats, as well as even tougher
feet. (The Texas does have hooves of iron!) These does are smaller than the Valera, but we will "breed up" their
kids with a Valera buck, their fluffy cashmere coats keep them warm.
We offer replacement doelings and bucklings
for sale. In addition, we are shifting to Fall Kidding to best work with our environment here in the Ozarks.
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| Pape and Valera does and kids. |
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| Pape doe "Black Pearl" with her offspring. |
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