This was a great kidding season! We had lots of beautiful, healthy babies. But, even though the does obviously did the majority of the work in raising the kids to be healthy and strong, today we'd like to acknowledge the other half of the gene pool. So these are the bucks we bred to last fall. Thanks guys!
Paco is a 100% Kensing Spanish buck with a lot of personality. He has great parasite resistance and plenty of bulk. He is 2 years old and has done a great job for us. Because Paco has such an impressive genetic-makeup, he makes a fantastic all-around buck. Last year, we bred Paco to some of our finest Kensing Spanish and Spanish/Kiko cross does to produce some really fantastic Purebred and Crossbred Spanish kids this Spring.
Juan is also a Pure Spanish buck from the Kensing line. Juan is two years old, very intelligent, and has phenomenal parasite resistance. All this combined with the color he throws to his kids, makes him a real winner as a buck. Because his 'crucial genetics' are so evenly matched with Paco's, Juan was bred mainly to black-furred Spanish does to enhance their strong color genes. However, he was also used extensively on the lighter colored does that needed an extra 'color boost.'
Roman Ruler is the buck we use to produce our Spanish/Kiko crosses. He is a Purebred Kiko and has served us very well for the last 5 years. Roman is quite unique - not only because of his excellent parasite resistance - but also because he is one of the few Kikos that has such gorgeous markings. Even though we have mainly chosen to raise Pure Spanish goats on our ranch, Roman is such an outstanding buck, that we couldn't let him go when we made the switch. Now we breed him to Pure Spanish does as well as the Spanish/Kiko crosses that aren't related to him.
Marcos, Santos, and Renaldo are our three youngest Kensing Spanish bucks. For their first breeding, we paired them each with a couple full-grown Spanish does just to see what they could do. But more importantly, we split the three bucks between our 7-10 month old does that were mature enough to breed. By using the smaller bucks, we were able to avoid injuring the young does. All three bucks did very well and we look forward to great things from each of them!
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