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To contact us:
Critter Ridge Boer Goats Ken and Candy Ziemer 1656 MC 5040 Yellville, Arkansas 72687
Phone: (870) 449-6789 |
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FULLBLOOD BOER MEAT GOATS YELLVILLE, ARKANSAS |
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We do not use any medicated feeds. We depend on the our goats natural immune system to ward off diseases. Those goats which are not able to ward off diseases are culled.
Internal parasites (mainly stomach worms) are a major problem in goats. We believe that a line of Boer goats that are resistant to worms can be developed. While we haven’t achieved this goal yet, we are working on it. We do not worm more than three times per year. Some years we do not worm at all. Frequency of worming depends on pasture moisture conditions. Individual goats which require more frequent worming are culled. We rotate worm medications to prevent worms building an immunity to the medications. If one worms too often, one is breeding superior worms not superior goats. We are presently getting set up to do fecal egg counts. We plan to use this tool, not to determine which goats to worm, but to determine which goats to cull.
We are also breeding our Boer goats for good meat conformation and rapid growth under economically sound pasture management conditions. |
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We invite you to come visit and see our herd. We are two miles west of Ralph on county road MC 5040. Ralph is four miles south of Yellville, Arkansas, on highway 14. |
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From early April till late August our Boer goats receive no feed other than pasture, salt, and minerals. |
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Welcome to Critter Ridge in the Heart of the Beautiful Ozark Mountains of north central Arkansas. We breed and sell registered fullblood Boer meat goats and registered Anatolian Shepherd guardian dogs. We have over 30 head of Fullblood Boers. Our goal is to breed a better Boer goat for meat production on the rugged pastures of the Ozarks.
The two most economically important traits in meat goats are hardiness and fertility. These two traits have the highest priority in our breeding program. We do not pamper our Boer goats. From early April till late August our Boer goats receive no feed other than pasture, salt, and minerals. In late August we start feeding small amounts of grain before breeding to encourage multiple births. When the acorns start falling we stop feeding because our goats get plenty of energy from the acorns (they also have pasture legumes as a source of protein.) . |
