We brought Pete here to put some stature into our herd. We are very happy with the form and function of our does and their daughters, but we just wanted more size. So we introduced Pete's genetics (he has a fantastic show and production background with the same line breedings as most of our herd); due to his size and stature we thought he'd be a perfect mix. Stature covers a wide range of areas. It doesn't matter if a goat is 10 feet tall if it's cowhocked, undershot, and has twisted feet. You need to achieve that size and couple it with correctness; which is what we have here....(please excuse the flabby arms)
Pete broke his pastern when he was about 6 months old, and it never healed properly; this kept him from the show ring and brought him to us. The hoof on that leg tends to overgrow and he requires a bit of extra care with it. No problem, we seem to have a lot of special needs around here. Other than that, he is nicely proportioned and smoothly blended. He has a magnificent head and those wonderful nubian ears and face and he passes those on to his offspring. He's got a very smoothly blended neck that leads to powerful shoulders. He's long, he's tall, and he's dairy. Yep, he was our buck of choice last year (2010) for breeding.
And stature. My goodness this is a BIG buck! He's as big as a pony. In fact he is bigger than some ponies I've seen. He's as gentle as a kitten though. You couldn't ask for a more gentle buck.
Haven't gotten an idea of his size yet? Here's a normal sized buck...
That's my boy Ditto. He is probably the most "dairy" of all our bucks. He almost looks a bit feminine until he comes into rut....then he turns into a buffalo....all head, neck, and shoulders.
Still don't have an idea of Pete's size? How about a picture of him standing next to a car....
We didn't use Pete for breeding this year, but we kept 3 daughters and a son from 2011. Lord willin' The does will be bred in the fall of 2012 for 2013 kids.
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