
Welcome! Where it all started!!


I started 4-H in the fourth grade like most of the kids do around here. The first thing I was interested in was the pet project. At that first pet show I attended with my dog, I saw other kids with cows & horses as their "other" pets. It was then that I found out about the 4-H Livestock Program & started asking Mom & Dad about it.
It would
take a few more years to convince
them I was serious & would be
dedicated to the project.
Finally in
2004 just in time for the Louisiana
State Fair deadline, we purchased our
first Boer goats.
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"BSGR'S
DASH ON THE LOOSE"
"BSGR'S SWEETHEART DIPPIN' DOT"
"CODEC"

Our start
to our boer herd in 2004 from
left to right. Fullblood Buck - "BSGR's
Dash on the Loose" - Fullblood
Doe - "BSGR's Sweetheart Dippin'
Dot" & my second wether "Codec".
We had purchased
another wether before Codec, Morris but
unfortunately he got tetanus from banding
& we lost him the
day of my very first show. The
breeder was kind enough to replace him
with Codec.
The above pictures were taken at my very first show. It was a lot of hard work but I really enjoyed it. I was hooked. We would go on to add to our herd to improve our blood lines over the next few years. My focus would eventually change to the AOB classes & especially where the market goat project was concerned.
You have to really work with your wethers to get them to their best potential & I always got too attached to them. It was hard for me to let them go at the end of the year, knowing where they were going. So in March 2008, I showed my last wether at the Southern University Market Show.
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"BSGR'S
CHARMING COLE"
"BSGR'S BEWITCHING PHEOBE"D
Dot & Dash would go on the
give us twins in the fall.
Unfortunately SOMEONE'S timing was off. We
were suppose to be heading out early
that morning for the La. State Fair.
Well needless to say we
were about 4 hours late getting off
since Dot decided it was time. Aunt
Nobie was going to take care
of the goats while we were gone
& she was tickled to have new
babies to spoil.
Both
would go on to new homes. Later
that year Dash found a new home
with an older
gentleman & a whole
lot of Boer cross ladies. Dot would
go to live in Arkansas & now
lives a very spoiled life as the
farm favorite.

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"NDR ARWYN"

At our very first goat show we met some of the nicest people, especially Dennis & Judy Ansetta & Sandy Odom. They would become family to us.
From Uncle Dennis & Aunt Judy I purchased my first step into improving my FB Boer herd & my confidence in showing. Arwyn & I showed in a REALLY big show not hardly 2 weeks after I brought her home. She had never been worked with. Arwyn & I made the top 15 cut in a class of 38 for showmanship. I was so proud of her.
Arwyn went on to be Grand Champion several times & to give us our first babies to be born on our ranch in December 2004. "BSGR's Standing Tall Lakota" a buckling & "BSGR's Running Circles Sioux" a doeling. We knew it was going to get REALLY cold that night, so Mom & I went to town & found matching baby sweatshirts for them. (Pictured below)
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"BSGR's
STANDING TALL LAKOTA"
"BSGR's RUNNING CIRCLES SIOUX"

I was so
excited about our first babies. We
read all the books & was ready.
We knew all the signs & we
waited. Everyday when time got close
mom watched during the day & then
soon as I got home from school
it was my turn. Well evidently Arwyn
didn't know any of the signs of imminent
labor. Mom had just checked her 15
minutes before I got off the bus
& nothing. Then I checked as soon
as I put my books down & she
was in labor, before I could get
back to the house to tell Mom
& get back to the pen. One
baby was on the ground & another
one on the way.
We knew it was going to get
really cold that night so Mom &
I went to town & found two
matching baby sweatshirts for the new
additions.
I showed Sioux & Lakota on our local 4-H circuit & did well with them. Lakota was eventually sold to a neighbor to improve his herd & Sioux would go to live with Dot in Arkansas.
Arwyn would go on the have 2
sets of triplets over the next several
years. With her second set of kids
in 2005, she got REALLY big
& would sit like a dog, so
we started calling her our "Goat
Buddha." (Pictured below) Arwyn ended
up with Toxcemia & it took all
of us working around the clock for
almost 2 1/2 weeks to get her to
her due date. It was a LOT of
hard work. We treated with various
medicines, folk remedies, & cream corn.
Arwyn loved that part of it. We
would get her up every 2-3 hours
during the day & make her walk
& then at night we'd get her
up at least once. She would FINALLY
kid 2 does & a buck. BSGR's Aowyn,
Galadryiel, & Legolas. Unfortunately we
would loose Aowyn the next day. We
really don't know what happened. Legolas
had problem with his legs due to
his cramped quarters. They would eventually
straighten up. We had high hopes for
him as a future herd sire,
unfortunately we would loose him at 5
months of age to urinary calculi. Galadryiel
would go on to find a new show
home.

In 2007 Arwyn would have another set of triplets. Again 2 does & a buck. BSGR's Vixen, Dancer, & Blitzen. Unfortunately at 2 days of age Arwyn started rejecting Blitzen. We had gone to town to get feed & when we got home we found him very cold. We tried putting his body in a plastic bag to warm him up in a sink of warm water, but he was getting wet anyways & so I just stood at the sink, supported his head & kept his little body submerged in the warm water. (Picture above right) It worked & he seemed to be getting better, even started taking a bottle. The next day is legs starting swelling, it seemed he had navel ill. We started treatment for it right away, but it was not meant to be & we would loose him the next night. Dancer & Vixen would find new homes with my drama teacher who was just starting to put together a hobby herd for his family then.
For Arwyn's 2009 babies, we decided to do something a little different & bred her to a purebred registered black & white spotted Nubian buck, "The BAAR Capn'." She surprised us with a single doe kid, Aria (Pictured above right bottom). Aria now has a new home.
Since my focus now is just my dairy & fainting goats. We have started cutting our boers way back. It has been hard but I know it has to be done. Fortunately we have found some really good forever homes for my older does, like Arwyn. She now lives with Uncle Jared in Atlanta, Louisiana. THANKS UNCLE JARED!!
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"NDR STORM'S RAIN CLOUD"

Another edition from Never Done Ranch was "NDR Storm's Raincloud, a Fullblood doe. Rain did quite well for me & I was very proud of her. Unfortunately when she was about 18 months old, she stepped through a board on a ramp at one of the shows & that would end her show career.
Rain is an absolute sweetheart & is always ready to please. I started her young dressing up & so she never minded. She was a Christmas present one year & my little cousin showed her & they won overall. Then the next year she was "The Watermelon Queen" & we won overall.
Rain has always be laid back & so I never was afraid to put her with younger kids. Above is a new friend, "Shadow," that I met at the Watermelon Festival in DeRidder in 2006. Shadow needed a showmanship goat & so I loaned her Rain. Rain was on her best behavior & Shadow was so excited about winning her award. I really like helping the younger kids, especially the Pee Wees.
Rain first set of babies were twins, one of each. "BSGR's Patrick & BSGR's Joy." Unfortunately we would loose Joy to an accident before she was 6 months old. Patrick now lives at my cousin's & has had his first babies hit the ground.
Rain's second
set of babies was twin does. "BSGR's
Stormey & Cloud" Unfortunately Rain
would get a congested udder & we
had a very hard time with her.
We tried to put the babies on a
bottle & worked with every 2
hours. They would have none of it.
Sadly we would loose first Cloud &
then Stormey a few days later.
For 2009 we also bred Rain to a
purebred Nubian buck, 4-Ever-R's Alp Venice
hoping for spotted does. Well we got
a beautiful fawn colored line backed
buck. Spirit will be sold as a wether
when he is old enough to be
weaned.
Seems like that is our lot in life for 2009. So far we have had 19 babies hit the ground & 14 have been bucks.
Rain will
be one of the very few boers
that will stay here. She again had
problems with her bag & so she
will be retired & live out her
life here at the ranch.
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"BAYOU
ACRES SNEAKERS"

Sneakers was
a doe we got from Aunt Wanda
& Uncle Jack Crane in Monterey
Louisiana, Bayou
Acres Boer Goats. I loved her. She
didn't like Mom or Dad much, but
I could do anything with
her I wanted. She did well placing
in the top 3 each time I showed
her.
We were anxiously waiting her babies
February 2008 unfortunately Sneakers would
come down
with what we thought was Toxcemia. We
treated her just like we did Arwyn
& she was getting
better we thought. We had went to
Aunt Wanda's to get some more meds
& by the time we
got back, she had crossed the Rainbow
Bridge. Just a few days before she
was to deliver.
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2008 was a rough kidding year for us.
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"RAINBOW ACRES SPICE"
Ever since we first went to visit Never Done Ranch in DeRidder, I fell in love with the colored goats. There were paints & even solid reds & blacks. That's what I eventually wanted to add it our herd.
We would purchase a percentage doe, Rainbow Acres Spice from Brent & Kelly Gaspard in Lake Charles, Louisiana in 2005. (Pictured below top left). She was a real handful at first, but finally mellowed out & did well.
We bred her in 2006 to one of Uncle Dennis solid red bucks, SCS Osirus. Here would be my red babies. (Below, top right) Twin girls. BSGR's Isis & Paprika. I showed them both for a while, but Isis began to edge her sister out & eventually Paprika would stay home to be a brood doe.

Spice did not catch for the next breeding so we skipped a year & then just like the others, we bred her to a fullblood Nubian, "The BAAR Capn' ". She kidded twin bucks, which were both sold as bucks for commercial herds. (Pictured above bottom two pictures.)
Spice also now lives at Uncle Jared's in Atlanta, Louisiana.
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"BSGR's Paprika"
"BSGR's Isis"

I
finally had my red goats. Thanks Uncle
Dennis & Aunt Judy. We took them
to the AgExpo at less
than 20 days old & they
placed 1st & 2nd in their class.
Also there Mom & helped my cousins,
Tommy & Christopher show the girls
in the Pee Wee Class. They were
so excited about their wins.
(Pictured above top left show &
the right with their awards.)
Both the girls did quite well
but Isis would start edging her sister
out so Paprika would stay home to
be a brood doe. Pictured below
with her 2009 twin bucklings.

Isis (pictured below) did quite well for me, but since my focus has changed I don't show her anymore. She was bred for her first kidding to a purebred Nubian buck, "4-ever R's Alp Venice". She kidded on June 4, 2009 with twins, a beautiful black & clean two teated doeling & a VERY unusual spotted buck. Since I am not showing boers anymore, her kids will be for sale at weaning. Pictures will be posted as soon as they are available.
Isis will also go to live at Uncle Jared's after she has weaned her babies.

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For the Love of Spots!!

I first fell in love with the spotted Boer when the T4 Ranch was having their dispersal sale & I saw "Polka Dot" in their catalog. I was hooked & hope to some day have spotted Boers. It would take a few more years to realize this goal but thanks to Bayou Acres Boer Goats in Monterey, Louisiana it would finally be a reality. "Bayou Acres Marmelade" was born 02/10/08 and is turning out to be one beautiful young lady & the sweetest personality to match it.
Marmy is so laid back & easy going that when she first came to live at our ranch, my mom just about worried herself sick because Marmy was so laid back & really wasn't real out going & active like the other goats. Mom was always worried she was getting sick, but she wasn't, just REALLY, REALLY laid back & she continues to be. Because of her great laid back personality, she had no problem with me dressing her up for the 2008 State Fair of Louisiana "Dress Your Goat" competition.
Marmy will be old enough to breed late this summer & I sure do hope she passes on her beautiful coat to her babies. For now Marmy will stay here at the ranch.
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The boers were my first. They are a wonderful breed of goat & through them I learned lots about showing & the responsibilities of taking care of goats. They will always have a special place in my heart.
Since my focus has changed & I am no longer showing boers, I will not be adding any boers to our ranch & all babies born out of boer does kept here will be for sale.
Special Thanks to Uncle Dennis & Aunt Judy of Never Done Ranch in DeRidder Louisiana & Aunt Sandy Odom from Never Rest Nest in Leesville Louisiana for all your guidance, help, & encouragement with my goat project. I couldn't have done it without you.
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2009 Boer
Kiddings - All Does Bred to 100%
Nubian Buck
2 Does 6 Bucks
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We will
be breeding our spotted percentage doe
later this summer for
late December early January 2010 babies.
All babies from this breeding will be
for sale.
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Page last updated: 06/10/09