Author Topic: Pimping my pygmy billie (Read 1524 times)

mojocafa · « **on:** September 21, 2015, 10:53:02 am »

Thinking of advertising my pygmy billie for stud

What's the pitfalls?

Have safe, secure paddock and shelter,
He is registered

Any advice appreciated,

Anke · « **Reply #1 on:** September 21, 2015, 11:31:56 am »

Look into CAE certificates (if you have them for your goats not worth the risk to bring any females that are un-tested), make sure you have a good lice, and also a mite treatment available (whatever you use normally), and if you are offering boarding you really should make sure that any on-coming goats are fully vaccinated against both clostridial and pasteurella disease, and you have an agreement ready to cover any emergency vet costs and what to do if goat dies while at yours....

Be prepared to deal with orf coming into your flock (not really a problem just something to be aware of), plus I guess there are other bio-security issues....

....

bit of a minefield having someone else's goats on your farm IMO...

Goatherd · « **Reply #2 on:** September 21, 2015, 02:20:19 pm »

Don't forget your CPH rules animals coming on has to stay for 6 days as no movment off for 6 days
I have it all the time i have 3 high grade bucks for stud use Anke s guide lines are spot on.

Anke · « **Reply #3 on:** September 21, 2015, 02:38:09 pm »

There are exemptions for visits for stud, before I had my own male/used AI I used to send in separate movement forms for the on and the off journey, noting on it "Move to mate/stud" and as long as a) my holding will be on standstill for 13 days after (in Scotland) and b) the male is in an isolation unit there are no problems. Most goat breeders offering stud will have isolation unit status. No idea if the rules in England/wales are the same as Scotland though.

If as a stud owner you offer boarding then it would be advisable to have the "guest accommodation" in either a separate building (you will preferably have two females coming together and able to share a pen) or have 3m exclusion area between the visiting goats and the home goats (like you would have for showing CAE accredited goats in a normal goatshow). Then of course your holding will go into standstill as well as females arrive. If any more females come before others leave then it gets quite complicated, as new standstill would be triggered with new arrivals.

mojocafa · « **Reply #4 on:** September 21, 2015, 05:01:35 pm »

Oh my word, you have made this very easy for me, it's not happening.
All these things I hadn't taken into consideration, so glad I asked!

My career as a pimp is over before it's started

Anke · « **Reply #5 on:** September 21, 2015, 06:05:42 pm »

That's exactly why my boy stays at home and I have started to get mine AI-ed... and where I do offer some selected stud services (from herds which have the same health status as mine), this is for fly-by-matings only... and even then the standstill is really off-putting. Not many GG breeders in my part of the world though, so a) own male is really useful and b) I don't have to turn down too many people....