Nice Article
http://www.goatworld.com/articles/tgm1.shtml
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Central Part of the US, Kinder Beginnings
The Kinder goat was started in Washington State in the late 1980's, it made its way into Missouri in 1991. There was another breeder in Missouri earlier on but I never knew her. She was not breeding Kinder any longer when I first came on the scene.
We started to promote the Kinder right away. It was before we had any Kinder on the ground that we started setting up displays and handing out literature about the breed; Searching out places where ever we could.
Work started on trying to get the Kinder into the Missouri State Fair in the spring of 1992. The Director of the Fair was very much in favor of exhibiting new breeds (you can read his letter below) but the Dairy Goat Superintendent did not share these feelings.
It was with the approval of the Fair Director and help from Dr.Helen Swartz that we were able to exhibit Kinder kids at the Missouri Fair in the fall of 1992.
We were not welcomed with open arms. Neither the Angora Goat Superintendent nor the Dairy Goat Superintendent really wished to share any of the barn with a new breed.
The Kinder was once again put on exhibit in 1993, this time we had a few grown does to display as well as kids.
In 1994 the Kinder finally made it into the show ring at the Missouri State Fair.
Had it not been for a very open minded Fair Director along with help from Dr. Helen Swartz,Small Livestock Specialist in Missouri, I wonder if the Kinder goat would have ever found its way to the Missouri State Fair show ring?
We started to promote the Kinder right away. It was before we had any Kinder on the ground that we started setting up displays and handing out literature about the breed; Searching out places where ever we could.
Work started on trying to get the Kinder into the Missouri State Fair in the spring of 1992. The Director of the Fair was very much in favor of exhibiting new breeds (you can read his letter below) but the Dairy Goat Superintendent did not share these feelings.
It was with the approval of the Fair Director and help from Dr.Helen Swartz that we were able to exhibit Kinder kids at the Missouri Fair in the fall of 1992.
We were not welcomed with open arms. Neither the Angora Goat Superintendent nor the Dairy Goat Superintendent really wished to share any of the barn with a new breed.
The Kinder was once again put on exhibit in 1993, this time we had a few grown does to display as well as kids.
In 1994 the Kinder finally made it into the show ring at the Missouri State Fair.
Had it not been for a very open minded Fair Director along with help from Dr. Helen Swartz,Small Livestock Specialist in Missouri, I wonder if the Kinder goat would have ever found its way to the Missouri State Fair show ring?
Saturday, January 16, 2010
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Friday, January 15, 2010
Missouri State Fair
In 1992 the Kinder were put on display at the Missouri State Fair in Sedalia, MO. Harvey Considine was the dairy goat judge there that year. We ask, if after he had finished with judging, he would come back to see the Kinder goats that we had on exhibit to give us his opinion of the breed.
Harvey was always so willing to help goat breeders, he came back to see our animals after the dairy goat show that day. He told us that he felt there was a place for this breed but he had only one question, "how are they going to milk"? We only had Kinder kids so we personally could not give him an answer. We knew there were Kinder in Washington State that were good milkers.
It was right then, that I decide, that my Kinder were going to milk and they would milk well. I would search out milk lines to add to my already started Kinder herd. I was determined that I would have a good dual purpose animal for both milk and meat.
I was truly on a mission. I bred, culled, milked, and had them evaluated by Harvey Considine almost every year. When Harvey would come and evaluate an animal some what low, I would cull that goat out of my herd. I might have loved it dearly but it had to go if it didn't meet the standards.
I finally was able to breed Kinder that would milk and were also meat animals. They had good body conformation, good udders, milked well and would win in the show ring.They were a true dual purpose animal that were winning blue ribbons.
Harvey was always so willing to help goat breeders, he came back to see our animals after the dairy goat show that day. He told us that he felt there was a place for this breed but he had only one question, "how are they going to milk"? We only had Kinder kids so we personally could not give him an answer. We knew there were Kinder in Washington State that were good milkers.
It was right then, that I decide, that my Kinder were going to milk and they would milk well. I would search out milk lines to add to my already started Kinder herd. I was determined that I would have a good dual purpose animal for both milk and meat.
I was truly on a mission. I bred, culled, milked, and had them evaluated by Harvey Considine almost every year. When Harvey would come and evaluate an animal some what low, I would cull that goat out of my herd. I might have loved it dearly but it had to go if it didn't meet the standards.
I finally was able to breed Kinder that would milk and were also meat animals. They had good body conformation, good udders, milked well and would win in the show ring.They were a true dual purpose animal that were winning blue ribbons.
Monday, January 4, 2010
Kinder Goat Association
An article in a small farm magazine in 1990 was the beginning of my becoming a Kinder goat breeder. At the time we owned our home and 2 1/2 A. in the middle of a small town setting on the bluff above the Missouri River. We were looking for a goat that would be an easy keeper and one that we could care for on such a small amount of land.
I saw the magazine open to the article about the Kinder Goat at a goat show in the northern part of Missouri. The article was written by Kristin Heinbaugh. There was a picture of a Kinder buck and one of a Kinder doe, the doe was Zederkamm Liberty. Liberty proved to be the grand lady of the Kinder goats with many pictures and articles written about her.
Liberty was one of the first to be known as Kinder goat. Thus the beginning of the Kinder breed as we know it today. She was the first to earn a star in milk testing and was one of the first Kinder to be evaluated by Harvey Considine. As a result of this first Kinder evaluation Harvey later created a Kinder Score Card to be used just for Kinder goats. This score card is used by both breeders of Kinder goats and as a guide for judges who will be judging Kinder goats in the show ring.
Because of Liberty and a group of interested breeders in Washington state the Kinder Goat Association was formed along with the Kinder Registry. Today the Kinder goat is raised and bred all over the United States and also in other countries.
Many thanks to Liberty, to those dedicated people who formed the association and to Harvey Considine for giving us such an important guide (the Kinder Score Card) to go by.
I saw the magazine open to the article about the Kinder Goat at a goat show in the northern part of Missouri. The article was written by Kristin Heinbaugh. There was a picture of a Kinder buck and one of a Kinder doe, the doe was Zederkamm Liberty. Liberty proved to be the grand lady of the Kinder goats with many pictures and articles written about her.
Liberty was one of the first to be known as Kinder goat. Thus the beginning of the Kinder breed as we know it today. She was the first to earn a star in milk testing and was one of the first Kinder to be evaluated by Harvey Considine. As a result of this first Kinder evaluation Harvey later created a Kinder Score Card to be used just for Kinder goats. This score card is used by both breeders of Kinder goats and as a guide for judges who will be judging Kinder goats in the show ring.
Because of Liberty and a group of interested breeders in Washington state the Kinder Goat Association was formed along with the Kinder Registry. Today the Kinder goat is raised and bred all over the United States and also in other countries.
Many thanks to Liberty, to those dedicated people who formed the association and to Harvey Considine for giving us such an important guide (the Kinder Score Card) to go by.