How To Register Boer Goats

The term boer refers to the descendants of the dutch immigrants or boers most of them farmers who settled the country.

How to register boer goats. If a breeder can t or won t produce registration papers that is cause for concern. This screen shows all of your batches and their status ie. Even a half blood boer is registerable if the sire was a full blood. A good rule of thumb however is that pedigree for a given goat is only as good as the man giving you the paper. Thus boer goat simply means farmer s goat.

Whether they ve been validated are in route to the server or have been submitted or you re still working on them. An adult male boer goat weights about 110 135 kg and an adult female boer weights about 90 100 kg. A goat that does not have any proof of genetic bloodlines of the sire and dam proof being a copy of their registration papers issued by us boer goat australia or the boer goat breeders association of australia will only be eligible for registration on the upgrade register. We maintain a national register of standard boers red boers. Registration of pedigrees and tracking our goat s genetic heritage is the primary reason that most people join the american boer goat association.

Because of the intense selective breeding over the past 50 years or more by south african goat breeders the boer goat is considered far superior to any other. Register a goat help after you have signed on to abga online member services and you choose to register a goat you will see the following screen. If the buck is too young to be registered ask for the registration for his parents. All full blooded boer goats are registerable. Black boers paints can also be registered under standard or red then selecting a colour option in the registration template.

Boer goat australia membership is open to all whether you are a serious breeder or hobbyist. The meat of boer goat is very tasty and nutritious.