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Advice on building a herd in Central Texas - sale barns vs breeders
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<blockquote data-quote="TdJ" data-source="post: 1702116" data-attributes="member: 27352"><p>On my list is a herd of dorper so feed the local expats. But they're escape artists (maybe not as bad as other sheep) so hog fence is a must. I'm close enough to Dallas, Austin and San Antone to have access to a pretty significant market, I know there are others already in so we'll figure it out slowly. Or not. I make killer biltong, have a buddy that cranks out seriously good boerie but any production at scale is going to be a problem. Granzins in NB has a boerie recipe but they treat the process like summer bratts and way to finely ground.</p><p>Interesting that you went minority breed, I'm leery of doing that up front but bonsmara are not as far off as nguni for example. I suppose I'll find out by learning from the sale barns and watching the herds as I drive down the road. Know a guy that runs longhorn stud for example, that works here but other than selling to people who love long horns there's no benefit. Still, 20 g's for a stud bull isn't a bad pay check.</p><p></p><p>Why did you guys head to the UK? I left as quickly as I could, and it still took 8 years.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TdJ, post: 1702116, member: 27352"] On my list is a herd of dorper so feed the local expats. But they're escape artists (maybe not as bad as other sheep) so hog fence is a must. I'm close enough to Dallas, Austin and San Antone to have access to a pretty significant market, I know there are others already in so we'll figure it out slowly. Or not. I make killer biltong, have a buddy that cranks out seriously good boerie but any production at scale is going to be a problem. Granzins in NB has a boerie recipe but they treat the process like summer bratts and way to finely ground. Interesting that you went minority breed, I'm leery of doing that up front but bonsmara are not as far off as nguni for example. I suppose I'll find out by learning from the sale barns and watching the herds as I drive down the road. Know a guy that runs longhorn stud for example, that works here but other than selling to people who love long horns there's no benefit. Still, 20 g's for a stud bull isn't a bad pay check. Why did you guys head to the UK? I left as quickly as I could, and it still took 8 years. [/QUOTE]
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