Herd Statistics

Floppy Ear Farm’s

# of Kids Ratio

2008 - 33% triplets 37% twins 15% singles 11% quadruplets

            4% quintuplets**

 

2007 - 22% triplets 50% twins 28% singles *

2006 - 26% triplets 53% twins 19% singles 2% quadruplets

2005 - 20% triplets 60% twins 20% singles

2004 - 18% triplets 64% twins 12% singles 6% quadruplets

 

* We attribute 2007's high single rate due to the higher number of yearlings we freshened. We should see this again in 2009.

 

** We attribute 2008’s high multiple’s rate to purchasing a new chunk of land where we can finally make our own hay. Yippee!

 

 

Buck to Doe Ratio

2008 - 52% bucks 48% does

2007 - 61% bucks 39% does

2006 - 48% bucks 52% does

2005 - 37% bucks 63% does

2004 - 50% bucks 50% does

 

 

Where have our animals traveled?

You can find our bloodlines as far south as Mexico and as far north as Munising, MI (that’s bumping Lake Superior, folks). Our bloodlines can also be found on Washington Island in Door County, WI.

 

 

Why choose our farm over others?

We are not a show farm. We’re breeding production animals. That doesn’t mean we can’t “talk bloodlines.” Many of our animals have some fancy animals somewhere in their pedigree. It just means we focus on the animal itself—not its papers.

 

We don’t breed for the current fad. This is a meat breed not a fashion competition! We eat our goats (and do our own butchering) so we know what the quality of the meat is like, what the fat content is, etc. Ask your breeders how many of them eat goat. You’ll be surprised—most haven’t even tasted it! How can you promote your product when you haven’t tested it?

 

We don’t waste time doting on fullblood does with fancy bloodlines that can’t produce. Those fullbloods better produce enough milk to feed their kids or they become the next meal. Consequently, we don’t have mothering issues that you often hear about in the Boer goat industry.

 

We don’t over-worm either. If we have a goat that is chronically wormy—she gets eaten. Our goats have a natural parasite resistance. This saves you $$ in the long run. Ivomec still works for us. It doesn’t work for breeders down South anymore as the worms have developed a resistance to the wormer.