IMPROVEMENT WITH EACH GENERATION
Emily Crapo with General Lee (XP x Freight Train)
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.
Emily and Erica Crapo have been in 4-H for 5 years now, Ethan is in his 3rd year, and Loretta is fixing to get her hands in the farm as well. 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. Ethan won't let me get hay without him. 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. They are super excited to get going on their new project does, and have picked out their own bucks to use and are even paying for their own AIs to be done (they are going to be responsible adults!) Wish them the best of luck with the adventure ahead!
We strive for QUALITY. We have cut back on our does, if they don't produce well, we won't keep them. We don't waste our time on does that can't produce quality kids. Right off the bat we shave them all down to 3mm after weaning so we can really see what we have. 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.
We have started dabbling in the wether world a little in the last 2 years. We finally got some AIs to stick, but had to bring in someone else to get it done. Our first AI success was to a wether sire from 5 Star Boers. We have had several successful AI batches since and have started to add some ABGA and more wether bucks to the tank. We have some big plans in the next year. It's been a few years since we have been in the show ring for an ABGA show, but we are hoping that we will have time this coming year to get back into it.
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 WA, OR, ID, CO, NV, WY, AR, WV, 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.
Emily and Erica Crapo have been in 4-H for 5 years now, Ethan is in his 3rd year, and Loretta is fixing to get her hands in the farm as well. 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. Ethan won't let me get hay without him. 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. They are super excited to get going on their new project does, and have picked out their own bucks to use and are even paying for their own AIs to be done (they are going to be responsible adults!) Wish them the best of luck with the adventure ahead!
We strive for QUALITY. We have cut back on our does, if they don't produce well, we won't keep them. We don't waste our time on does that can't produce quality kids. Right off the bat we shave them all down to 3mm after weaning so we can really see what we have. 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.
We have started dabbling in the wether world a little in the last 2 years. We finally got some AIs to stick, but had to bring in someone else to get it done. Our first AI success was to a wether sire from 5 Star Boers. We have had several successful AI batches since and have started to add some ABGA and more wether bucks to the tank. We have some big plans in the next year. It's been a few years since we have been in the show ring for an ABGA show, but we are hoping that we will have time this coming year to get back into it.
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 WA, OR, ID, CO, NV, WY, AR, WV, 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.
Bon Joli Colossus Reserve Grand Champion Senior Buck day 1 and 2
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Ethan Crapo with JKF11 Hibiscus (JKF11 Feast On The Beast x LCF M2T Holly Berry)
6th Junior Market (UBJLSS); Reserve Champion Duchesne County Fair 2018
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Erica Crapo with Ground Control (XP x JKF11 Freight Train) 10th Intermediate Market UBJLSS; Reserve Champion Market Goat Duchesne County Fair 2018
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Julia Anderson
Farm Manager
307-922-1556
1870 S 4685 E
Myton, Utah 84052
julia@andersonboergoats.com
JKF11 Boers
Farm Manager
307-922-1556
1870 S 4685 E
Myton, Utah 84052
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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