The test will start on April 29. The bucks will be weighed every 14 days. The final 70-day weighing will be conducted on July 8. While on test, the bucks will have free-choice access to a commercial concentrate diet of at least 16 percent protein. The diet will contain a coccidiostat and ammonium chloride. Grass-alfalfa hay will be fed free choice.The top 75% of bucks within any breed or breed group will sell. The tentative date for the sale is August 2, 2008. The sale will include an invitational doe sale.
Nominations for the test are being accepted until March 15, 2008. A nomination fee of $20 must accompany each nomination form.
2008 PA Meat Goat Testing Program
