Dudauman Park Boer Goats

21/10/2022

DUDAUMAN/AMANI BUCK/RAM SALE RESULT. Thanks and congratulations to buyers at our St George sale.. Despite worries about rain and a softer goat market, buyers from Qld and NSW bought all the rams and 40 of the 52 bucks at an average price of $1000. Agent Anthony Hyland and team from St George did a great job. Most of the bucks had above average EBVs and top performers were also on offer, so buyers will be improving their production performance, EBVs and genetic linkage.
THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT - WE'LL BE BACK NEXT YEAR.

12/10/2022

SALE-OH!, 50 DUDAUMAN PRODUCTION BUCKS, ST GEORGE TUES 18/10. Pics and info are now up on A+ (starting at Lot 60 of joint sale with Amani Dorpers). You should be able to sort the supplementary info sheet if you want to. Contact Colin 0417 404 799 or Anthony at GDL 0429 698 612 or go to
https://dudaumanpark.com/sale-2021/ or
https://auctionsplus.com.au/auctions/sheep

23/09/2022

DUDAUMAN PRODUCTION BUCKS ON R&R AFTER A COMMERCIAL JOB. We will offer 60 of their younger brothers and cousins at ST George and Auctions Plus on Tuesday 18th October.

01/09/2022

Dudauman Park Buck Sale date

22/07/2022

GOATS WON'T CROSS WATER? CAN'T SWIM?

07/07/2022

DUDAUMAN SEED-STOCK DOES are finishing off the 2022 drop. Their female progeny from last year are now available for private sale as yearlings; the bucks will be at our St George sale in October. Top production stock at commercial prices. Contact Colin, Rob or Anthony Hyland (GDL, St George).

15/06/2022

MORE KIDS WITH BETTER B.C.S.
Our post on 30/12/21 charted Body Condition Scores in a doe mob before joining, scored by Dr Gordon Refshauge of NSW DPI. Preg scanning was on 1/4/22 and Gordon has computed the results below. Does with better BCS at joining averaged much higher preg and scan (twinning) rates. Preg rate was 50% at BCS of 2 and ca 100% at BCS of 4. Twinning rate was 100-150% at BCS of 2-3, rising to over 200% at BCS of 4. Kidding is under way.

03/06/2022

GOAT WEBINAR - 7.00 pm Thurs 9th June

Details at :
https://fb.me/e/4TlgibhSm

26/04/2022

YOUNG XB DOES AT EAST BLAND STATION, NSW. Sired by Dudauman bucks and joined to Dudauman bucks.

FOR PRIVATE SALE from this mob :
100 Scanned pregnant (110% to kid in June)
140 Station mated (to kid in September)
AGENT: Anthony Hyland, GDL St George, 0429 698 612
BREEDER : Colin & Rob Ramsay 0417 404 799 & 0409 044 203

09/04/2022

VERY IMPORTANT SURVEY!!
Have your say on KIDPLAN. Like it, don't like it, or never heard of it, your answers to this MLA-funded survey will help make Australia's world-leading genetic system for goats better for producers. You can respond as a commercial producer or a seed-stock breeder, on mobile or computer, at these links :
Seed-stock breeders: https://uniofqueensland.syd1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9ZF4tarxV1HS0Hs
Commercial producers: https://uniofqueensland.syd1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bHKL7SdXVB3ZClg

02/04/2022

DUDAUMAN PARK YOUNG BREEDER SALE 2022
HAS BEEN POSTPONED

We will offer the same stock later in the year.
Apologies for any inconvenience.
Contacts :
Anthony Hyland (GDL St George)
Colin or Rob Ramsay (Dudauman Park)

23/03/2022

DUDAUMAN PARK SALE - 250 YOUNG BREEDERS
Tues 12th April on A+. Agent Anthony Hyland, GDL St George
(Catalogue after scanning 1st April)

A selection of seed-stock does (with Kidplan numbers)
Groups of Dudauman-bred yearling does
Groups of F2-type does DPK-mated (scanned SIK/empty)
Groups of F1-type does DPK-mated (scanned SIK/empty)
Red does DPK-mated1.

10/03/2022

WORMS & MORE WORMS - WHAT CAN YOU DO ABOUT THEM?
It’s a very bad year for goat parasites in eastern Australia. QUESTION : What can you do to reduce your pain, costs and losses? Is genetic worm resistance real? ANSWER : This chart gives the answer - it ranks the actual, individual worm egg counts on 80 young bucks from the Dudauman 2021 drop, bred, born and raised together as a single ‘management group’. They all look healthy with no scours or deaths – the only obvious symptoms are chalky coats and reduced growth rates. The best (most resistant) ones are carrying and shedding less than 200 eggs per gram (not worth drenching); the wormiest ones are over 3000 epg. As they are all treated identically, the difference is primarily genetic. The EBVs, which we will get shortly from Kidplan, will sort out which ones will throw the most worm-resistant progeny. CONCLUSION : There’s no magic bullet, but the right bucks can save you a lot of pain and cost. (BTW, our compliments to Stockwatch, Temora NSW, for excellent analytical work. And a quick reminder for new breeders : resistance of worms to drenches is a totally different issue; and so is worm resilience.)

12/02/2022

DUDAUMAN PARK “FUTURE BREEDERS”
Tuesday 12th April 2022
On-line auction with data, videos & inspections prior

300 Dudauman-blood yearling does
• 60 Dudauman purebreds with EBVs (NSM, pictured) **
• 220 F1/F2-type, mated to Dudauman bucks (preg scanned)
• 20 F2-type reds, mated to Dudauman red bucks (preg scanned)

10-20 Bucks with EBVs

** Brothers of these does will be in our annual buck sale at St George on 19th October. Please save the date.

29/12/2021

BODY CONDITION SCORE CONT'D. Lots of interest in NSWDPI's work on BCS so here are the expert scores done by Gordon Refshauge. This is a mob of purebred does in very good condition but not fat, pictured previously. They mostly scored 2.25 to 3.5. The few over 4.0 were mostly failed breeders this season; those at 2.0 or less were slow to wean September kids. Our dorper ewes in the same good health would probably score a whole point higher. A nice run of F2's might be a point lower, perhaps? We'll soon see how BCS relates to fertility and kid survival.

19/12/2021

BODY CONDITION SCORING IS GOING DIGITAL
BCS can help to improve mating, nutrition, reproduction and profit results in sheep and goat enterprises but is difficult to do accurately and repeatably. Dr Gordon Refshauge and his team from NSWDPI were at Dudauman Park on Thursday, trialling their prototype digital BCS scoring device on does prior to mating. It's called Score4Sure - you can google for it. [BTW the does (pictured below) were mostly 2.5 to 3.5 score with a few fattys at 4 and lactations or foot abcesses at 1.5 to 2.0. We'll see how that relates to preg rates.]

29/11/2021

DUDAUMAN WEANER DOES.

There are moments when it all seems worthwhile! We will be offering around 200 young does, including half of these 2021 weaners, in March/April.

21/10/2021

DUDAUMAN BUCK SALE WRAP-UP. Thanks and congratulations to all buyers, under-bidders, helpers and supporters. 100% clearance at an average of $1359 ph and a top of $3400. Top buck was an all-around 4-star buck with top 5% Boer$ index and growth rates, plus top 10% maternals, acquired by Pieter van Jaarsveld of Sunset Hill Boer Goats, Qld. Anthony Hyland and his team at GDL did a great job.

LEAD SIRE in the sale was Dudauman 7255 "Juba" (pictured). He will be standing for semen collection over the summer.

13/10/2021

DATA AND PICTURES POSTED

Just letting you know that information on the bucks in our sale is now available. Breeding, EBV and Genetic Type data is on our website. Pictures are currently being uploaded on Auctions Plus.
Feel free to visit the website or contact us direct. https://dudaumanpark.com/sale-2021/
Colin Ramsay 0417 404 799
Rob Ramsay 0409 044 203
Anthony Hyland 0429 698 612

"WE'RE HEADING FOR ST GEORGE - SEE YA - TUES 19th October"

24/09/2021

How do I shop for a high performing ram?

SHOPPING FOR A HIGH PERFORMING RAM (or BUCK)
" ....factor in what you can and can’t see"
(MLA 23 Sept 2021)

TAKE A LOOK AT THE VIDEO
https://youtu.be/O-vnehsXaYU

"MLA General Manager, Michael Crowley, said visual and structural assessments of potential sires remain vitally important, and using genetic selection tools including Estimated Breeding Values (EBVs) and Australian Sheep Breeding Values (ASBVs) is just as critical."

“Shopping for a high-performing sire involves factoring in what you can and can’t see,” Mr Crowley said.
“Hard to measure traits such as fertility and eating quality require tools such as breeding values to help make progress in improving profitability.”

“This means creating a shortlist of high performing sires that meet your targeted breeding outcomes using objective selection, then on sale day, choosing sires from that shortlist that meet your physical assessments and budget,” Michael said.

For more information visit genetics.mla.com.au

18/09/2021

CHOOSING THE RIGHT BUCKS FOR A JOB …..

….. is very difficult to do visually, however expert you are, particularly from a big line-up of similar animals. And there are invisible genetic types that suit some purposes and are unfavorable to others, so using bucks without genetic progeny testing data is one of the biggest risks to herd development, turn-off and profitability.

Dudauman bucks come with data on structure, growth, muscling, reproduction and worm resistance to help with that choice. To illustrate, we have posted information on seven example bucks from the line-up that will be for sale at St George on Tuesday 19th October. To see what these could and couldn’t do for your herd, please visit https://dudaumanpark.com. Data on the rest will be available early in October.

Feedback is welcome. BTW, the bucks pictured here are 15 months old.

05/09/2021

CHANGE OF SALE DATE
Thanks to COVID, we've had to push the date of the Dudauman Park Buck Sale back a week to Tuesday 19th October. Apologies for any inconvenience. 11.00 am at the St George Showgrounds. Back-to-Back with Amani White Dorper ram sale.

27/08/2021

BGBAA ELECTION : WHO SHOULD DUDAUMAN PARK VOTE FOR?
It’s great to see sensible younger people prepared to stand for election. But sadly, the conversation so far has been about governance, personalities and politics. What we are actually interested in, as commercial seedstock producers, is how the association could improve the breed, its performance, its adaptation to Australia, and its acceptance in commercial circles. So we would be interested to hear from prospective directors (or incumbents) what policies they would argue for in regard to improving :
• productive performance and genetics
• structural conformation and classification
• integrity of pedigrees
• the role of ‘purebreds’ and ‘upgrades’; and
• the relationship of Reds, Kalaharis and Standards.
Incidentally, we will be voting against approval of the directors reports for the reasons set out by Bruce Mackenzie and because it is the only way we have of protesting about the narrow and non-commercial policies adopted by the association under successive boards.
Colin Ramsay
Dudauman Park Boers

18/08/2021

SALE OH!
Confirming that the Dudauman Annual Buck Sale will be held at St George, Qld at 11.00 am on Tuesday 12th October.
100 young bucks from our 2020 drop will be on offer, bred selectively, raised hardy and fully assessed. There are different types to give a boost to different meat goat enterprises - carcass, maternal, worm resistant and full-blood. Trait data and pics on our website dudaumanpark.com . Assessment program :
Breeding ……….. by DUDAUMAN PARK
Classing………….. by CLASSIMATE
Worm counts … by STOCKWATCH
Muscling ………… by RACHEL CHIRGWIN (ADVANCED LIVESTOCK)
DNA ………………. by GenomNZ/AGRESEARCH
Genetics …………..by KIDPLAN

26/06/2021

18 YOUNG DOES SCANNED-IN-KID 150% FOR SALE ON
AUCTIONS PLUS TUESDAY 29/6/21.
Dudauman-bred Australian Purebreds 12 mo.
Due to kid in September
Also 18 unmated and 4 scanned empty.
MORE INFO on A+ and dudaumanpark.com.

21/06/2021

Dudauman Park Boer Goats updated their website address.

Dudauman Park Boer Goats updated their website address.

21/06/2021

DUDAUMAN PARK
OFFERING 40 YOUNG DOES
on
Auctions Plus, Tuesday 29th June 2021

mated to top Dudauman sires at 10 months old
Lot 1 : scanned in kid
Lot 2 : scanned undetectable
Lot 3 : too young to mate

FOR MORE INFO CHECK OUT THE DUDAUMAN PARK WEBSITE
https://dudaumanpark.com/stock-for-sale/

13/06/2021

Dudauman Park Boer Goats updated their phone number.

Dudauman Park Boer Goats updated their phone number.

13/05/2021

After years of offering bucks 'out of the paddock', Dudauman Park's third annual buck auction is set for Tuesday 12th October 2021 at St George, Queensland.

The 115 bucks in the mob are 11 months old and growing out nicely. We will be posting information on them on this page as it comes up.

This picture is last years mob sold at St George.

12/05/2021

Dudauman Park Boer Goats updated their phone number.

Dudauman Park Boer Goats updated their phone number.

12/05/2021

Dudauman Park Boer Goats updated their phone number.

Dudauman Park Boer Goats updated their phone number.

12/05/2021

Dudauman Park Boer Goats updated their business hours.

Dudauman Park Boer Goats updated their business hours.

11/05/2021

This is the first test post from Dudauman Park Boer Goats.