any one breed ibex

I thought donk here on the forum did.

he still on here?

Yeah somewhere. I remember him posting some pic of one earlier this week or last week. Maybe just not seen this yet.

Don K on here does .

here are a few.

pm sent don k

I have a breeder that has pure Nubian Ibex and Alpine Ibex.

HoofHunter at Pecan Crossing Ranch had some, and when I was there his plan was to raise and sell them. Not sure if he has any now or not

I know a guy his name is Lance Clawson He has pure Nubian Ibex, as well as Transcaspians. His number is 512-773-7070.

I wanted to let everyone know that I do not currently have any Alpine Ibex available. My breeder has decided not to sell any right now. Sorry about that.....

PecanCrossing website has a few listed on it for sale

Ever wonder why you don't see a lot of Ibex like you do the other exotics? I don't know what it is , but they are hard to raise. This year I had 19 kids born and as of this morning I have 12 still alive. They are in a 10 acre trap and I check them everyday. If they were out in the larger pasture I am sure there would be a lot less alive. I have 3 nannies in a 75 acre pasture and have not raised a kid there in 2 years. This year I had about 6 females that did not breed.The last nanny to kid did so 4 days ago. This morning I did not see the kid. keep looking and finally found it. Its eyes were mattered shut. I caught it and took it to the house and soaked them in warm water until I could get them open. Then took her back to her mother. If I had not found it there would be another dead in a couple of days.

I have pulled 2 kids so far and have them on the bottle. The last one was pulled yesterday and she had her eyes matted as well and was able to loosen the dirt. I have come to the conclusion that it is best to bottle raise the weaker ones and improve my mortality rate on them. So far I have had 21 kids and lost 2, pulled 2 for the bottle.

We had ten and lost five and the owner decided to bottle feed the rest and not take any chances. Coulpe of them looked like they had been horned and we saw a mother throw one five feet in the air. not sure about why they die but in the short time i saw them thier life didnt look to easy.

INTERESTING thread guys. Makes you wonder how these things survive in the wild in their native habitat at all. Do the mothers tend to be alot more nurturing in the wild? Hell, it sounds like these Texas animals would throw the kid 5' in the air and be half way accross the pasture before it landed if they saw a coyote or cougar!

Earl

It is not their mothers that throw their kids, it is the other females. They don't like it when another kid gets close to them and especially when they are eating.It is all a learning process. the kids learn to stay away from the other nannies. After a couple of weeks the kids start staying together except when they want to nurse. As for surviving in the wild, not a whole lot do. If they make it for about a month they have a pretty good chance of living.There is a good post on utube of a fox trying to catch an Ibex kid. It is amazing how they can climb and jump. How's it going Earl. Doing any hunting lately?

My latest count is 27 born, 2 dead and 2 on the bottle. I have a third with a very matted eye and tried to catch it today (unsuccessfully). I still have 6-8 nannies who have not had any yet, but they look like they could pop at any minute. Don - How is your count now?

You are doing a lot better than me. 19 born and 12 alive. last year I had 21 born and only lost 3. Plus this year I had several that did not breed even though I had the billy in with them for 2 months. I don't know if it was the weather or what. The nannies were all in good shape and I had not changed their feed. Glad you did well with them this year and I would like to see some pictures when you get a chance. Came through Lampasses about a week ago and it looks pretty dry around there too.

I just bought this li'l feller. I am going to put him with some dwarf nannies. I hope he will start breeding this summer.

Does anybody have pics of what the offspring between a ibex and pigmy looks like I was thinking about putting some pygmys with my ibex male.

For what it is worth, you would be better off going to Raz in harper and buying some hybrid nannies than crossing it with pygmy goats. the offspring are not worth anything. Just an opinion and a little advice. He looks like he has a lot of Persian in him, so I would stick with that route and find me some Persian nannies.

I had a neighbor that wanted one of his Boer goats bred to an Ibex.The offspring looked like a Boer goat with ears that went straight up. I think Steven is right, if your going to raise something you might as well try to make some money out of it. At Raz sometimes you can pick up some young male and female Ibex crosses pretty cheap. You can usually tell how a young goats horns are going to look. If they are going straight back they will usually continue to do so. If they are already going out he will probably be more like a Spanish type goat.

I was thinking that Pygmy's would stay in a low fence better. I also hear they are good mothers. (and good eating) The little Ibex is going to be a pet. My boys almost have him in their pocket already.lol I will experiment with different crosses and hopefully come up with "HL Hybrid Ibex"

I was thinking of heading to Bandera. I hear there are some fine nannies down there.lol

Lemme know if you have any for sale Hoof Hunter. I like what you are doing with Ibex. very cool

Steven, here is a picture of the younger ibex with the bad eye you were asking about.

1 year old billies.

This is a pic of my ibex male I picked up at raz can anybody tell me what breed you think he is.

Persian, he has the black collar. He might have a 1/32 or higher Spanish Goat in him. This is based on the slight flare in the horns, but I cannot be sure based on the picture.

He is most likely a hybrid, but he definitely has a lot of Persian in him. You can usually tell a Persian by the dark shoulders and the somewhat thin, blade-like horns (which will have less noticeable knots than other species).

I'm guessing he is still young but not sure how to tell age on ibex. I am going to put up some pics of my female and baby that I have to see if y'all can tell me what they are I think they might also be persian.

Yes, he is still young. I would say 2-3 years old.

Here is a couple of Persian Ibex/pygmy crosses. Both of these billies were around 2 1/2 to 3 years old.

Rickey how much do you sale your hunts for on those ibex/pygmy cross

Dustin, I don't have any right now, but we would get $1200 to $1500 for them. They are not a bad looking hybrid. The 3/4 ibex with a 1/4 pygmy really looks good.

I was thinking about putting a couple Pygmy nannies in with my ibex male. They do look pretty cool.

Why mess with pigmys when you can have goats like these in the same 3 years?

I agree I need to stock up on some nannies wished I would have picked up more last time I was in Harper but i will get this going with a little bit of time.

Why mess with pigmys when you can have goats like these in the same 3 years?

They jump too high and run too fast.lol

Don are all yours in a 8 ft fence?

I might try both I'm not sure yet

No actually all the nannies and the kids are partly in a little over 6' fence and part of it is only 5' cattle panels. I probably have the least wild Ibex in the country.

Selling these 2 billies tomorrow.

Very nice animals don

Had to laugh. I see you have custom bars in the front window. I do too.Nice billies.

Thanks, the bars may be bent now I hear them either beating each other or the trailer up. Better get on the road so they settle down. I got a email yesterday afternoon that they wanted the billies. Got the trailer and took it out to the feeder.The goats are in about a 300 acre pasture. jacked it up as high as as I could get it in front. Put corn in the trailer. Tied a rope to the back sliding door. In the mean time the goats had found me. The 2 I wanted went into the trailer and I pulled the gate shut.I need to go buy a lottery ticket. It never works out this easy.

The ranch I bought my ewe's from sold me this li'l lady cheap. She developed a knack for jumping on cars.lol She will round out the goat herd. She has been bred to a pure Nubian.







Goat farming ain't too hard.lol

What breed of goat is she.

Molly is a Nubian cross. Her colors make her really "goaty". She has been bred with a pure Nubian. I think they will be alot of fun. We almost have them eating out of our hand. The pygmies are more skiddish than the Ibex.

My ibex are getting better but they are still really skiddish I have a young male Ibex I am going to pull from breeder pin to see if I can tame him down.

Here is the pics of him and his mother I'm guessing the are Persian cross.

That is a good looking female Dustin. She should raise you some good kids.

Thanks don I will be in good shape if I can get me about 4-6 more like here.

As mentioned earlier, Lance Clawson has some very nice pure Ibex.

Here is one of my nannies and her little billy, I have this fella sold already.

Cool pic!

Thanks! Check out these Siberian Ibex, I have a billy out of the one on the right. I will get a picture of him this weekend and post it.

Awesome animals!

Here is a picture from a friend of mine who owns Pure Alpine Ibex. unfortunately for me and everybody else, he is not selling any.......

Great animals as well

I also, know another guy who has Alpines and these are his males. I cannot get him to sell me any either. These are in big demand from hunters..

Would definitely look good on the wall! What do they charge to hunt one?

I was wondering what the average prices is for Persian, alpine, Nubian, and hybrid ibex from kids, males, and females.

I could have bought the big Alpine in the second picture live for $17,500, but instead they sold the hunt for $25,000. He is on the wall in New Jersey or Pennsylvania. I heard the same guy shot the Siberian in the other picture for $50,000. Do not know if it is true, but highly likely.

Average market prices are as follows:

Alpines males & females $4,500 and up
Siberian males & females $5,000 and up
Nubian males & females $2,500 and up
Persian (pure) males & females $1,500 and up
Hybrid males $750+, females $250+

Wow! Those were expensive hunts!

What kind of Ibex is it?

You guys quit this!!! I'm going to sleep counting ibex.
Those are some great pictures.

Man those are some beautiful ibex.

The Billy is from my pen with the pure Nubians in it. The nanny shown is a pure Nubian but the sunlight has distorted her color.

Will Scott?