We’ve all seen the commercials where that dude uses the flex-seal tape and plugs a leaking swimming pool OR uses it to tape a boat back together.

After spending the past several weeks cussing and discussing bucks and buck options with various people, from coast to coast, I have came to the conclusion that MOST do not have a breeding program.

I always try and ask about the genetics in their doe herd and what traits are most important to them.  You don’t have to like me but I have always done my best to match up what they were needing.  To the point, that I have said, “I don’t have one that fits what you are looking for.”  There isn’t many in the industry that will be this honest.  I’ve done this for a lot of years and I take pride in honestly representing what we sell.  And in all actuality, I have left money on the table as I am too harsh on my stock.  But our repeat customer list is like Snoop Dogg—HIGH!

However, when I ask, what are you needing to do in order to improve your doe herd?  And the reply is, “We need to handle better behind the shoulders, make them wider to the ground, make them prettier and put more ass into them, while adding bone and keeping loins wide.”

My next question–What is your budget?

The answer is always, ALWAYS, $2,500.   My answer will always be –I would give $25,000 right now on a buck that that will do all that.

Let’s be real.  Most breeders are just looking for a roll of Flex Seal.  Something that just stops the leaking.  They don’t have a program in mind.  They just want that hole in their roof to stop leaking.

When we got started, Kela and I bought doe kids that we really liked–regardless of genetics.  Then, I realized that she was serious about having more than a couple of goats.  Later, I realized that this goat deal was going to be legit.  So, we focused on quality with similar genetics.  I bought stuff from the Powell-Holman herd, Harbour family stuff and Charles Turner family goats.

Kela had bought a purebred type buck.  Then, Fred Slater and I bought a buck from some dude named Mike Kelly.  He didn’t look like much.  But Mike said, “Keep the daughters.  Figure out what trait that needs improved on the most and move forward.”

He was right and I am right.  That buck was a bottle baby named Harley.  He made great designed females with a good look and lots of maternal characteristics.  I’ve wrote about him before.

In all honesty, a breeder needs to know their market as well as their herds positives and negatives.  If you are trying to win majors, well that requires this.  If your goals are county goats and sellable goats, well this goat will work.

I can sell goats.  I can make really good goats.  I can help you make really good goats that are highly marketable.  But if you give me a cut-off saw and tell me to cut a boat in half–I’m going to make a mess and a roll of Flex Seal isn’t going to fix it.

Why cut the boat in half?  Figure out what a priorities list.  Is it structure, muscle, balance.  Then find something within your budget that fits your priorities.  Then name give that animal that cool name.

I’m not trying to sell bucks.  All that I have left are the mature bucks.  No guesswork with these dudes.

Buck name–yeah, some of you people are already thinking it–Flex Seal.