The development of the Boer goat in the early 1900’s can be traced to the Dutch farmers of South Africa. Boer is a Dutch word meaning farmer. With meat production setting the selection criteria, the Dutch farmers developed the Boer goat as a unique breed of livestock. The Boer goat has a rapid growth rate, excellent carcass qualities and is highly adapted to different environments.
The first full-blood Boers were brought into the United States in 1993. Since that time a tremendous amount of interest in breeding Boer and Boer influence goats has exploded in the United States.
The demand for high quality, lean, healthy red meat is the one of the underlining forces behind the development of the American meat goat industry.
The Boer goat is commonly a goat with a white body and a red head. However, there is a variety of colors & patterns that are except able. Everything from spotted, dapple, paint, & solid with color being black, cream, brown, etc.
Kids expected April 2021.