Do dam lines produce more females???

SJSFarm · #21 02/06/15, 06:03 PM

Oh! Dosedots, sorry I ignored it when I saw they were "deformed" - poor babies have ears! I'm so sorry for the 'disabled' goats!

Sorry, I'm quite sarcastic!

I really do love the spots and wild colors Nubians have tho!!!

dozedotz · #22 02/06/15, 06:17 PM

Me, too! It is true that you never know what color they will be...or if the "dreaded" spots will appear...lol. I'll leave the "ear thing" to Pony...she has the best zingers for you who regard the earless wonders as super goats!

Buckhuntr · #23 02/08/15, 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by GoatGirl123

We don't even have 50/50 here -- we've had 5 bucklings and 1 doeling so far. Hoping for twin doelings from Hazel in March, if only to even things out a bit!

Twin bucklings in late November (already decided to wether and keep them), twin bucklings and single doeling yesterday, and buckling/doeling twins a week ago. the single doeling yesterday is mini Nubian, others are ND and/or Pigmy.

Skandi · #24 02/08/15, 10:49 AM

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Originally Posted by dozedotz

Yeah, I don't much like the idea of "gender selection" either. It just beats me why there seems to be a "natural selection process in favor of does" going on here? Watch, next year: 27 bucks and 2 does!! LOL.

Many animaly are biased towards females, since there is more need of them than males to keep up population levels.

I'm pretty sure that stress is also meant to change the balance in some species, though I have no idea if goats are covered by either of these things.