IMPROVEMENT WITH EACH GENERATION
Emily Crapo with Eugene, Erica Crapo with Edward
Anderson Boer Goats is located in Roosevelt, Utah (North Eastern Utah). Family Owned and operated, run by, myself, Julia Anderson and some of my nieces. I have been around goats my whole life, they were 'just goats' then. When you put so much time and effort into an idea, you start to admire your progress. I've caught myself wasting an entire afternoon sitting on a milk crate just watching them.
Transitioning over from horses isn't too bad of a start, but goats are a bit different in function, herd activity, and feed. I have spent the last few years better understanding feed nutrition, quality of feed related to meat production, meat mass in relation to genetics, push fed vs pasture fed, soybean vs barley, meat tenderness in relation to exercised or not, and I won't stop there. I still have a few tests that I want to put my herd through.
Emily and Erica Crapo have been in 4-H for 3 years now. They are taking care of their own shots, hoof trimming, and even vaccinations on their does and still help out with the whole herd. Like most farm kids, they get to drive while we pick up hay too. Erica will not let us do vaccinations without her, and both girls help with weighing babies and doing the math to calculate daily weight gain. Erica is going to make a heck of a vet tech if she keeps her attitude and motivation. Emily is going strong with the babies, she likes making breeding plans for the does. They are super excited to get going on their new projects, they will be showing their own kids this year and will make breeding choices themselves. Wish them the best of luck with the adventure ahead!
Everyone has a different idea of what they think 'the perfect buck' should look like, how he carries himself, and what he produces. I lucked out and stumbled on a buck kid for sale mid 2012. I already had three bucks at the time, but there was something about this kid that I couldn't get out of my head. I made the call, set up transportation and Colossus was on his way to my house from Carol Delobbe in Texas. I had no idea he was going to make this much of an impression on my herd, or even on my heart. From that first year, he grew into a monstrous yearling. He was 16 lbs at birth, with a twin sister at 10 lbs. At a year old he weighed 150 lbs, 200 lbs at 2 years old, and closing in on 300 lbs at 3 years, and keeping the weight on. This buck has made more of an impression on my herd than the three bucks before him. I've noticed an increase in birth weights, weaning weights, yearling weights, and the meat mass on his kids is amazing. He has such an awesome personality as well. He loves people, I don't think he has a mean bone in his body, and he passes that disposition on to his kids. Colossus has bumped up my game within my herd, and I AM ON MY WAY TO BUILDING A BETTER GOAT, AND IN TURN BUILDING A BETTER HERD. Colossus still lives on in the herd, we've kept a 2015 and 2016 buck to replace him with.
We strive for QUALITY. We have cut back on our does, if they don't produce well, we won't keep them. We feel like we've brought in some excellent bucks, and some very nice does from some good ranches around the country. Some of our commercial does we have kept are producing some kids that out grow the full bloods. We are keeping track of Daily Weight Gains, kids per doe, birth weights, weaning weights, pounds of kid weaned per doe, how many kids the doe can feed. We don't allow our slacker mothers to stay! We are holding our bucks at a high standard as well. We want high weaning weights, big rumps, long backs and wide through the shoulders and hips. We are not bias towards color. A GOOD GOAT IS NEVER A BAD COLOR.
Everything can always be made better. Our motto: Improvement with each generation. We want to take steps, even leaps and bounds forward. We refuse to take a step backwards. Our goal is to offer good quality stock, to any state, not just Utah. We have sent our goats to ID, CO, NV, WY, AZ and of course a lot here in Utah. We like to have kids to weight on their own, without extra grain, by the time they are weaned. Does have to produce well, be good mothers, kid unassisted, have enough milk, be wide through the shoulders and hips (especially through the hips), good teats and teeth, and be able to pass those traits on. Bucks have to be gentle, they need to be productive, they have to have a good frame with lots of muscle, good feet and legs are essential, and they have to be able to pass those good traits to their kids. We've had goats from TX, CO, WY, OR, IL, KS and NE. Some of our goats have come from some well known breeders such as Carol Delobbe (Bon Joli Farms), Erica Ashby (Kickin A Ranch), Kimberly Liefer (Aaprina Acres), Karen Swink (Little Creek Farms), Carolyn Buckner (O Y Knot Ranch), Elizabeth David (Grand Drive Boers), Art Killian (KB Boer Goats) through Jill Lanham (Lanham Farms), Cowan Boer Goats and Capriole Boer Goats, through Karen Swink, TLC Boers, through Erica Ashby. And we are enjoying these good quality stock from around the country. We are going to try AI one more time this fall, but the does are going to stay on the farm for the process.
Transitioning over from horses isn't too bad of a start, but goats are a bit different in function, herd activity, and feed. I have spent the last few years better understanding feed nutrition, quality of feed related to meat production, meat mass in relation to genetics, push fed vs pasture fed, soybean vs barley, meat tenderness in relation to exercised or not, and I won't stop there. I still have a few tests that I want to put my herd through.
Emily and Erica Crapo have been in 4-H for 3 years now. They are taking care of their own shots, hoof trimming, and even vaccinations on their does and still help out with the whole herd. Like most farm kids, they get to drive while we pick up hay too. Erica will not let us do vaccinations without her, and both girls help with weighing babies and doing the math to calculate daily weight gain. Erica is going to make a heck of a vet tech if she keeps her attitude and motivation. Emily is going strong with the babies, she likes making breeding plans for the does. They are super excited to get going on their new projects, they will be showing their own kids this year and will make breeding choices themselves. Wish them the best of luck with the adventure ahead!
Everyone has a different idea of what they think 'the perfect buck' should look like, how he carries himself, and what he produces. I lucked out and stumbled on a buck kid for sale mid 2012. I already had three bucks at the time, but there was something about this kid that I couldn't get out of my head. I made the call, set up transportation and Colossus was on his way to my house from Carol Delobbe in Texas. I had no idea he was going to make this much of an impression on my herd, or even on my heart. From that first year, he grew into a monstrous yearling. He was 16 lbs at birth, with a twin sister at 10 lbs. At a year old he weighed 150 lbs, 200 lbs at 2 years old, and closing in on 300 lbs at 3 years, and keeping the weight on. This buck has made more of an impression on my herd than the three bucks before him. I've noticed an increase in birth weights, weaning weights, yearling weights, and the meat mass on his kids is amazing. He has such an awesome personality as well. He loves people, I don't think he has a mean bone in his body, and he passes that disposition on to his kids. Colossus has bumped up my game within my herd, and I AM ON MY WAY TO BUILDING A BETTER GOAT, AND IN TURN BUILDING A BETTER HERD. Colossus still lives on in the herd, we've kept a 2015 and 2016 buck to replace him with.
We strive for QUALITY. We have cut back on our does, if they don't produce well, we won't keep them. We feel like we've brought in some excellent bucks, and some very nice does from some good ranches around the country. Some of our commercial does we have kept are producing some kids that out grow the full bloods. We are keeping track of Daily Weight Gains, kids per doe, birth weights, weaning weights, pounds of kid weaned per doe, how many kids the doe can feed. We don't allow our slacker mothers to stay! We are holding our bucks at a high standard as well. We want high weaning weights, big rumps, long backs and wide through the shoulders and hips. We are not bias towards color. A GOOD GOAT IS NEVER A BAD COLOR.
Everything can always be made better. Our motto: Improvement with each generation. We want to take steps, even leaps and bounds forward. We refuse to take a step backwards. Our goal is to offer good quality stock, to any state, not just Utah. We have sent our goats to ID, CO, NV, WY, AZ and of course a lot here in Utah. We like to have kids to weight on their own, without extra grain, by the time they are weaned. Does have to produce well, be good mothers, kid unassisted, have enough milk, be wide through the shoulders and hips (especially through the hips), good teats and teeth, and be able to pass those traits on. Bucks have to be gentle, they need to be productive, they have to have a good frame with lots of muscle, good feet and legs are essential, and they have to be able to pass those good traits to their kids. We've had goats from TX, CO, WY, OR, IL, KS and NE. Some of our goats have come from some well known breeders such as Carol Delobbe (Bon Joli Farms), Erica Ashby (Kickin A Ranch), Kimberly Liefer (Aaprina Acres), Karen Swink (Little Creek Farms), Carolyn Buckner (O Y Knot Ranch), Elizabeth David (Grand Drive Boers), Art Killian (KB Boer Goats) through Jill Lanham (Lanham Farms), Cowan Boer Goats and Capriole Boer Goats, through Karen Swink, TLC Boers, through Erica Ashby. And we are enjoying these good quality stock from around the country. We are going to try AI one more time this fall, but the does are going to stay on the farm for the process.
Bon Joli Colossus Reserve Grand Champion Senior Buck day 1 and 2
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JKF11 Extra Power, 1st place 3-6 month bucks, Utah State Fair, day 1 & 2
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JKF11 Extra Power, 2nd place 3-6 month bucks Colorado Boer Classic, day 1
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Julia Anderson
Farm Manager
307-922-1556
1870 S 4685 E
Myton, Utah 84052
julesrules11@hotmail.com or
julia@andersonboergoats.com
JKF11 Boers
Farm Manager
307-922-1556
1870 S 4685 E
Myton, Utah 84052
julesrules11@hotmail.com or
julia@andersonboergoats.com
JKF11 Boers
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Members of ABGA
and Snake River Meat Goat Association Favorite Links
Feed nutrition (Analytical Services, Feed & Forage, Feed composition Library, proceed to interactive, Main Library) Embroidered Shirts |
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Emily and Erica loading hay
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