10/25/06, 05:57 PM
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Gig'em
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Lexington Texas area
Posts: 1,198
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Originally Posted by ozark_jewels
Hey, its better than a fullsize buck!! Less probability of kidding problems. Of course there again, the kids will not be registerable as they will have pygmy blood......but theres always next year and registered doesn't matter to some folks.  |
This type of thing bothers me too, Emily. Once you have Pygmy or Boer blood (Or Spanish or Cashmere) in your dairy goats, you can't grade them up to purebred. Ever, ever, ever. Even if it is just a trace of that blood in there. And remember, if the ethical consideration of it is not enough, the ADGA can use DNA tests to find out.
It may not be a concern when you are just starting out in goats, but later down the road, some people want to grade their goats up to purebred and all of their "darlings" that they want to keep and breed, have blood from breeds in them, tucked way back in their bloodlines, that are not allowed in the recorded grade program of the ADGA.
When I bought my very first two LaManchas, beautiful productive animals, one was 1/4 Boer. I was not aware of the "no Boer blood clause" as i am now. I had plans to grade her offspring up. But I cannot. So forever, her offspring will be meat goats or "mutt" dairy goats. I only breed her to freshen her as she does milk well. Her offspring are put in the freezer or added to the meat goat herd.....all because she is 1/4 Boer.
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Diane Rhodes
Feral Nature Farm
LaManchas, MiniManchas and Boers
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