The Bucks who have succeeded in the Mericol Stud have been ‘Topman’.

Tarzan T66
- Supreme Champion Buck, Brisbane 2000
- Supreme Champion Buck, Brisbane 2001
- Reserve Champion Sydney 2001

Toby Mer 067
- Reserve Junior Champion Sydney 2001
[By Limo]

Topman
- Champion Buck Victoria 1997
- Champion Buck Victoria 1998
- Supreme Champion Exhibit 1997
- Supreme Champion Exhibit 1998

Manfred
- Champion Buck [Reserve?] 2002
- Champion Buck Nation Vic Goat Show 2002
- Supreme Exhibit, National Goat Show 2001
- Champion Buck Berwick Goat Show 2003
- Supreme Exhibit, Berwick Goat Show 2003
[By Apple]

Note: Both Topman and Tarzan were sold to ‘Big Bucks Stud’ in Queensland, Australia, to establish a superior bloodline in that state. They have subsequently purchased both Toby and Manfred as well, as testimony to the success of the bloodlines established at Mericol.

Mericol Stud has been responsible for establishing many other successful Boer goat studs throughout Australia.

Recognised as the leader in Australia to obtain top Boer breeding stock, Mericol have studs and overseas buyers clambering for selection. Mericol are very generous, with fair dinkim buys who want to buy the best animals available from the farm. All animals are for sale.

Most leading south South African Studs are represented in the Mericol Bloodlines.

In the first purchase Nico Batha does and bucks were introduced with fantastic success in 1996. An embryo transfer program expanded the number of extremely high quality animals.

In the same year, wanting to succeed as the leading stud in Australia, Mericol introduced embryos from Theuns Batha Kanfotein Stud, the home of Tommy, the most successful sire of his time in South Africa. In 1992, this successful Sire Tommy had 34 kids and grand kids in one show, and won the second highest number of points. This is the first time this had been done by the first and second generation off spring of one Sire “Tommy”.

As a result of this embryo program, Kids were born with length and tremendous bone and muscle. The most encouraging finding was that the correctness in legs and pastens?? This stamped a future correct breeding program.

In 2000, embryos were selected from Boetie & Stephan Malam. The does were of very high quality, and mated to only two excellent Sons of Vlek. These sires were “Limo”, presently Eastern Cape Champion Buck in South Africa, and “Apple”. These two bucks showed in the kids to have extreme length with tremendous bone and meat carrying qualities. Many of these animals were sold throughout Australia, and New Zealand.

Not one to stand still and be satisfied with just the best, I visited South Africa to select embryo’s from the country’s two leading breeders. To further improve Mericol Stud, Nico Batha and Lukas Berger were my prime objectives, and 300 beautiful kids resulted from the venture. We currently have offspring by these magnificent does.

I like to think of the Boer Goat as the bonus breed. It makes use of feed which otherwise would have gone to waste, such as thistle, blackberry and many woody species normally requiring chemical spraying, and this does allow more valuable grasses to dominate and produce better pasture for other animals to graze along with the goats.

The Boer goat is a very likeable and intelligent animal. They have looked after my family and I for the past 6 years, and therefore we are most grateful.

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