AAGBA Registered White Angora Goats

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When selecting goats to start our breeding herd we decided to find the finest fleeced, older goats, of sound body available here in the northeast. Our thought was to find suitable animals already acclimated to our geographic area and breed to produce a healthy, hardy northern angora goat. Our search took us to almost every state in the northeast as well as southern Canada. We purchased goats from many breeders - Susan Cutter, who had some of Deb Pamplin's line; Louis Sweet; Diane Nolan; Lois Vedder,; Fritz and Pat Vohr; Alain and Francine Sauve and Chris Cook ; just to name a few. Some of our initial nanny goats were 8-10 years old. That was 1992. In 1999 we purchased a buck, from Fred and Linda Speck in Kerrville, Texas. Tex, or FLS8-1811 is a twin brother to FLS8-1810 one of the Speck's top producing breeding bucks. He is the son of FLS6-1382 , grandson of FLS2-404 and a great, great grandson of the Haby H-584 " Superfine".

FLS8-1811 is the foundation buck for most of our herd today. A true stud buck, he produces extremely fine haired kids, with good style and character of fleece. He is structurally correct with a wide spread of horn and deep chest. He has produced many blue ribbon goats for us. We are pleased to be the owners of this fine Speck buck.

In 2005 we again visited Texas and purchased a number of nanny goats to diversify our breeding bloodlines. We also purchased two bucks. Goats were obtained from Fritz and Hazel Keuble, Freddie and Mary Alice Flach, Bonnie and Dale Naumann, Jimmy Holman, the Graffe family, Barbara Sanders, and Fred and Linda Speck. One of these goats, a yearling buck from Jimmy Holman, was Grand Champion Buck at the *Northeast Angora Goat Show at the NYS Sheep and Wool Festival in October 2005. One of 1811's daughters was the Grand Champion Doe. This year, 2008, we have 57 kid angoras from this combined genetic pool.

Naturally Colored Angora Goats

For the past five years we have been breeding a small number of naturally colored angora goats. Our breeding bloodlines come from Edie and Wayne Van Valkenburgh, Greta Dise, Tina Evans and Roberta and David Rose. In addition, while in Texas in 2005, we came across a breeder of commercial grade white angoras who occasionally has what he calls a "blue horned" goat born in his herd. These goats are amazingly fine haired, predominately white fleece goats with some colored hairs in their fleece. They have dark pigmented skin, and a greyish blue color cast on their face, ears, and lower legs. Their eyes and mouths are rimmed in black, giving them the appearance of the exotic. We purchased a number of these blue horned goats to add to our naturally colored breeding program. We'll have to wait and see the results.

Buckwheat Bridge Angoras is a member of a number of professional Angora Goat organizations:

Our philosophy has always been to select the best goats possible to breed to achieve our goal -- the finest mohair we can produce. We offer for sale, yearling age registered angora goats and older, for those wishing to start an Angora goat breeding program of their own, or established breeders looking to diversify their breeding bloodlines. Visitors are welcome to visit the farm by appointment only.

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Telephone 518-537-4487
Email: slhdem@valstar.net