newbie - opinions on breeding boar to registered dairy?

[TheMixedBag]

My saanen's breeder crossed boers to saanens all the time with no issues on selling them. The offspring were meaty, and when the does were bred again (usually to a boer), their kids grew much faster than their does on full/pure blood does (*she* said she had a 60lb kid at about 4 months....I really wouldn't know...).

I also have a guy interested in breeding his entire herd of does to my Alpine buck, for the exact same reason.

 

[srwdachshund]

I don't know about how marketable they would be, because i kept mine, but i do know that the one i have isn't as ugly as a mud fence.

My little doeling had a cou claire mother and the buck was a red boer. she ended up being a broken cou claire and is stockier, and definitely has more muscle to her, but i bet she'll be hardier than my other dairy kids.

It's not that good a pic, but if you can see it, she's my avatar image.