Roll Farms - Herdstock is over, and I'm feeling hung over, lol

[SheepGirl]

One for my "Colts" themed bathroom

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y299/kritter11/Coltspic.jpg

I showed this to my brother and he loved it.

Merry Christmas!

 

[SuburbanFarmChic]

Reported to be a full blood spotty splotchy black and white buck out by us. $800.00

http://westmd.craigslist.org/grd/2769218589.html

 

[Mamaboid]

Reported to be a full blood spotty splotchy black and white buck out by us. $800.00

http://westmd.craigslist.org/grd/2769218589.html

Wow, he is beautiful. Can you imagine what babies he would make.

 

[SuburbanFarmChic]

That's why I sent it to her. There are plenty of us out here who would probably put them up overnight if she wanted to come get him.

 

[elevan]

Reported to be a full blood spotty splotchy black and white buck out by us. $800.00

http://westmd.craigslist.org/grd/2769218589.html

Ok. I'm sure that I'll get educated by Roll (hopefully). But. I thought that in order for them to be spotted that they had to have been crossed Nubian at some point to insert the gene needed to make the spots. It's my understanding that Boers alone don't carry the gene. :/ So, then they couldn't classify this buck as full blood right? Please educate me Roll.

 

[Sunny & the 5 egg layers]

Reported to be a full blood spotty splotchy black and white buck out by us. $800.00

http://westmd.craigslist.org/grd/2769218589.html

Ok. I'm sure that I'll get educated by Roll (hopefully). But. I thought that in order for them to be spotted that they had to have been crossed Nubian at some point to insert the gene needed to make the spots. It's my understanding that Boers alone don't carry the gene. :/ So, then they couldn't classify this buck as full blood right? Please educate me Roll.

Good point Em... I never thought about that before. Its a pretty... er... handsome buck by the way.

 

[elevan]

If that's true (and I don't know that it is until Roll pipes up) then the owner is clueless or ignorant or something. And I definitely wouldn't pay $800 for a buck from someone who doesn't correctly know what they have just because it's pretty.

 

[jodief100]

I can help you here. That spotted one of Rolls (Mooney) is a fullblood Boer. I know because I handed the paperwork to her myself. My friends here have a whole herd of spotted fullblood boers. So yes, fullbloods can have spots. It just isn't very common.

 

[RPC]

Yes boers can be full bloods and be spotted.....When the breed originated in Africa they culled all the spotted, and colored boers and only kept the traditional boers (white body red head) I believe it was due to them being able to handle the heat better. So now those colors are showing up again and people love it so they are breeding for it. So yes it is possible it is a full blood spotted boer.

 

[elevan]

Thanks guys! Glad you were able to clear that one up for me.