In 1971 we bought Chieveley Serena and started breeding British Toggenburg type goats with the Prefix GONGOOZLER because we lived by the Grand Union Canal in Warwickshire.  ('Gongoozler' is a canal boatman's term for people who stand on the canalside watching the boats passing;  appropriate as we tethered the goats on the towpath).  The herd name changed to PARCMAWR when we moved to a smallholding of that name in West Wales.

Some pictures of successful BTs from previous years can be found here

                Being a bit middle-aged, I was beginning to think about reducing my goat numbers, but about ten years ago  I 'fell' into Boer goat breeding more by accident than design.  At the same time, I had one or two bits of bad luck with the BTs, so now I am concentrating on the Boers.

Some pictures of the early Parcmawr Boer cross breds can be found here

                Arusha came as a bit of a surprise, so we decided to try to breed "Kalahari Red" Boers. 

Some pictures of our red goats can be found here

                I still have one BT for our milk supply, so her kids are all Boer X British Toggenburg.  These make useful 'house' goats, having a good milk supply, but able to breed kids for the freezer or replacement milkers, depending on which type of male is used.   Castrated Boer X BT males make fine big animals.  In 2005 we bred a matching pair of these and I became inspired to try my hand at harness goats.

To read about our harness goats, go to the next page

                        

 100%  Boers Macriloda Benita with kids Delius and Donnybrook (left) and Donnybrook as a goatling (centre) and Macriloda Jalna, a pure-Canadian-bred.

                                   
100% stud males: Parcmawr Egar (left), Parcmawr Gilgamesh (centre) and Macriloda Hugh