I don’t even want to be a part of any of these goat discussions but like a great Whitesnake song–“Here I go Again!”   

       I do not know everything about the goat industry.  I know more than most but not as much as a couple of others.  I have been around and been associated with “In Demand” goats.  900, Freaky, 191 and Rumour Has It to name a few.  Let’s take Rumour Has It for example.  Rumour sired two reserve grands at OYE and a bronze at OYE.  He sired lots of other winners.  He sired his share of $10K+  bucks.  His daughters are still working.  His sons have sired winning wethers.  His genetics are still going.  Rumour also had DNA on file with the abga for percentage goats.  We sold a LOT of semen at $500 plus.  And we sold a lot of semen the past 8 years.  It goes without saying that Rumour Has It was a very profitable goat.  His progeny still shows up in genetic profiles.   Plus, he has been dead over 5 years.  Is Rumour the most profitable goat ever?  Heck no!   

        I can’t tell you how much That’s What She Said has generated in semen sales or immediate progeny.  I can tell you this much, it is a shit-load.  She Said will go on the Mount Rushmore of top bucks of all time.  And I bet that he hasn’t sold $765,000 worth.  Maybe he has, maybe not. 

       Raff and Jamie have had as big of run as any for a long, long time.  That Black Gold buck sired a lot of champions and wasn’t around a long time.  But people knew who he was.  

       Here’s what I do know.  I have seen a lot of goats in my career.  And I have never seen a real-life offspring of Hazardous.  Who?  Exactly.  Once you tell somebody that it is that black and white, glued-up, photo-shopped buck from some shooting star deal, they go, “Oh yeah.  That one.”  Not one banner pic of a kid.  No major pic, no district pics, nada.  Not one legendary offspring.  Nothing.  Yet, 2 straws of juice at $3,750.  I think not.  

       And THEN.  A week later, 2 more straws are offered by a legit seller on a legit website and they bring $1,100.  That’s a big damn discrepancy.  I’m a thinking that I’m not the only one that is thinking this is all bullshit!   Hell, the owner of hazardous should have at least ran that offering to $2,500 to protect the value.  Oh, but there are no more straws left!  I might believe that if they kept their stuff stored at REI.  Trust me, I know that the inventory at that place varies from month to month.  

         I don’t wish anybody ill-will.  Yet, I don’t want this bullshit stuff to take over the industry.  Keep it realistic.  Jeez!! 

I called bullshit back on that $70K wether in April and I was RIGHT on that deal.  I’m right on this deal as well.  

Time to start selling t-shirts that says, BS–Kelln said!  on the front.  And on the back–He’s right!  

Come on, people!  Keep it real!