Welcome to the Boer Goat Corrals at S & A Farms on the "Black Rock barrens" in Western Indiana
SOUTHSIDE GIRLS
Hi! We're the Dahnkes. We've been in the livestock business for over 40 years, and raising Boer goats for 12 years on our farm here in Indiana. We're members of the Indiana Boer Goat Classic, AMGA (American Meat Goat Association), IMGA (Illinois Meat Goat Association), ABGA (American Boer Goat Association), and lifetime members of the USBGA (U.S. Boer Goat Association). Before the Boer goats, we raised and exhibited registered Hampshire sheep and were known for the corrrect body conformation and consistency in our stock. You've most likely seen Steve and Nate out and about in the showring at many of the midwest shows. Steve's the tall "graybeard" guy in bibs.
EASTSIDE GIRLS
We sell breeding stock, show stock and meat goat wethers. Our main goal is to raise goats that are productive, consistent, competitive, and pretty with good Boer breed character. Because we have a business in town, our does must be able to kid on their own and raise their kids without a lot of assistance. We've found our Boers to be wonderful animals who have individual personalities and who can be very bossy with other goats, and us. When we started our goat operation, we focused on the percentage does, in part because they were a streamlined, beautiful animal while the fullbloods tended to be stockier and bigger fronted. Having a lot of experience with livestock, we knew what those big fronts could do to a kidding season.
When we were looking for our first bucks we decided to go with what we believed were "tried and true" bloodlines. Well, as "tried and true" as we could find in an industry in its infant stages in the U.S. So we purchased bucks that had already been used at least 1 season by someone else whose program we respected. We started with RDR Bias who was sired by Ryals N342, and two Downen bucks, K-204 who was Pipeline's twin brother, and P-132 who was a Pipeline/Dello son, and a Bodacious buck. We took these bucks and put them on does we had purchased from Gail Christian, Mike Kelly, Valton Suddreth, and the SistersII. We got lucky - all these crosses worked and we ended up with a core group of 200 percentage does that we blended with the does we purchased for our breeding program. Through the years, we've continued to buy the best does we could find to add to this group, going back to these initial breeders as well as adding both percentage and fullblood does from Erby Chandler, Farmers Stock Exchange, Charles Turner, Marvin Shurley and Paul Payne. We've cut back from the 500 breeding does that we've carried for several years, and currently have around 60 fullblood Boer does and 240 percentage does in our program.
Visit the 2009 Spring All Star Meat Goat Wether Sale and meet the consignors
All of our meat goat wethers are sold beginning through our All Star Sale in the early Spring. We do not do early sales, although we do allow potential buyers to visit the farm to evaluate our offering beginning the 1st of March each year. Buyers can leave mail bids or arrange to place phone bids if they cannot attend the sale. To see the 2009 offering a updated show results through the year click on the Sale of Allstars banner on the left.
Later Spring born wethers will be offered for sale on Mike Kelly's Summer Sale, June 21st in Texas. Wethers and does purchased at past All Star Sales have been very successful for their buyers, including state fair, regional, county and jackpot show champions - the two wethers pictured above were the 2007 and 2008 Indiana State Fair Grand Champion wethers - both purchased at the All Star Sales.
2008 All Star Wether - Grand Champion Indiana State Fair.
2007 All Star Wether - Grand Champion Indiana State Fair
The Illinois Spring Fling 2009 is being held April 11, 2009 at Clinton, Illinois. We have consigned meat goat wethers, three show does, one of whom is a red paint, and a fullblood buck to this sale.
We will offer two eye-catching show does on the Friday evening, April 17 sale at the 2009 Tri-State Boer Genetics Spring Sale in Greensburg, Indiana. On the Saturday, April 18 Production sale we are offering a show doe, a bred doe and a stylish young buck.
The next wethers we will offer for sale will be on Mike Kelly's Summer Sale, June 21st in Texas. These will be our late wethers, suitable for the Southwest Show Circuit and Fall Shows.
We will offer several bred does at the Tri-States Fall Sale in 2009.
We will also offer several bred does, on Larry Martin's Fall Sale in Illinois.
We have breeding stock available for sale at our farm - pictures of current offerings are on the Goats for Sale Page. We open our farm to visitors who are welcome throughout the year, except when we are kidding. We are usually available evenings and weekends - if you want to talk to us, please feel free to give us a jingle.
For information on our consignments to sales and stock we have for sale off the farm, go to:
S & A Farms Champion Bloodlines Percentage and Full Blood Boer Goats Steve & Anita Dahnke 3387 N 1100 E Otterbein IN 47970 Phone: (765) 497-3342 [9-6 Monday thru Saturday] (765) 583-1228 [evenings and Sundays) Email: boergoats@snafarms.com
