Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Award Winners

The top-performing buck in the 2014 Western Maryland Pasture-Based Meat Goat Performance Test was a Purebred Kiko consigned by Randy & Jodie Majanscik from Butler, Kentucky.

Top-performing Buck
Randy & Jodie Majanscik

The second best performing buck in the 2014 test was a Boer x Kiko consigned by Linda Heise from St. Thomas, Pennsylvania. Linda is a first time consignor. She had a second buck in the top ten, another Kiko cross.

Both of the top-performing bucks were sired by top-performing bucks from previous tests. The Majanscik buck was sired by a Kiko buck purchased in 2012 from John Smith (VA). The Heise buck was sired by a Boer buck purchased in 2011 from Sherrie Losch (PA). Both of the top-performing bucks are bound for California.

An award is presented to the consignor with the three top-performing bucks. This year's top consignor award was shared by Randy & Jodie Majanscik and Brent Ballinger. The Majansciks were also the top consignor 2012, the first year they participated in the test. Brent Ballinger is a first-time consignor from Bardstown, Kentucky. Brent had two bucks in the top-ten, including the number 3 performer, which sold to a buyer in Maryland.

Top consignors
Randy & Jodie Majanscik (L) and Brent Ballinger (R)

The most parasite resistant buck in the test was a Purebred Kiko consigned by Craig Adams from Litchfield, Illinois. Its average fecal egg count was 390 epg, based on six samples. Its highest FEC was only 850 epg. The second most resistant buck in the test was a Purebred Kiko consigned by Kendell & Dana Barnes from Winchester, Kentucky. It had similar data to the Adams buck. Both Adams and the Barneses have a history of consigning bucks with good fecal egg count data.