Breeding season has once again come around. It was decided to hold off on AI till the spring time with some of our young up and coming does. We hope to have some promising fall kids from the crosses we have planned. We have a few does due in January bred to a Remington grandson. We're hoping for some pretty doe kids from that cross. Most of the older does are bred to a RRD Hammertime son. He's been throwing kids with perfect heads and great bone and twists. Two of our does are bred to a buck nicknamed Kapow. He originated from Jerico Farms and has quite the impressive pedigree. Most of all though, we like the length, heads and necks he throws in his offspring. We also put our Junior buck Mr. Jingles in with a doe to see what he'll throw. If you're looking for spring wethers or doe kid prospects we'll have plenty from January on through April.

Sand Dollar Farms has gone through a tough, eventful year. Several prized animals were lost. Health issues became a constant battle with some of the animals. Fencing became unreliable and had to be repaired. Yet all of this has not made us quit. If anything it has only improved our management practices and made us more determined to succeed. This year some of our stock will be shown at a few ABGA sanctioned shows. Tiffany Alemany of Bad News Boers will be handling them. She has become a partner of ours. We are confidant our stock will perform well and hope to raise awareness of the quality animals we possess. We also hope to be experimenting with AI in the near future. We purchased a doe bred with Collateral Damage semen and had been pleased with the result. This will allow us to improve our genetic pool with considerably less cost than purchasing a buck from all the herds we admire. Sand Dollar Farms is taking steps in the right direction. Watch out for us in the show ring!

The American Boer Goat Association is having a Membership Drive! ABGA has a limited time offer for all owners of non-ABGA registered Boer goats to enroll their herd for free. Whether you have 1 or 100 goats, ABGA is waiving the normal enrollment fees for all goats currently registered with another United States based Boer association. We will also waive the transfer fee if the transfer has not yet been completed, so find those registration certificates and save, save, save. But, as the old saying goes, all good things must come to an end. This offer is good through March 31, 2006 only. You must have your paperwork in the ABGA office by March 31 to qualify. All you have to do is fill out the Membership Drive Application and the Herd Enrollment form and send them in with your original non-ABGA certificates.