strange how genetics work...

[mammawof3]

Had bought several dairy does off a friend who is selling out, they were running with her "Boer" buck-Saanen kidded friday-1 solid black kid,with one white leg, and white heart on forhead-1 white kid with brown feet that have black v's,brown top of head with black on either side! Mostly black Alpine kidded this morning with BIG twins,buck kid is solid white, doe kid looks like a holstein cow-not seeing any boer sign yet!

[Goat Freak]

Congradulations!

[ozark_jewels]

I have had Boer/dairy cross kids that totally surprised me with their colors. Here is an example. I bred Cocoa(Lamancha/Alpine):



To FB Boer buck, Junior:



And here are the triplets they produced together. Two does and a buck!:






Congrats on the babies!! I'd say your seeing lots of Boer with all that white from a mostly black doe........

[mammawof3]

Emily,
What lovely animals!!Your Boer buck is NICE!-my little doe kid looks alot like your triplet w/the most black-big kids for trips! And congrats too you on your kids!Don't you just love the babies!

[Goat Freak]

AWWWW, They are SOOOO cute! By the way, which ones are the girls and which one is the boy, just out of curiostity. They sure are lovely babies, thank you SO much for sharing the pictures.

[ozark_jewels]

Originally Posted by MotherClucker

Lol yes it is weird. I bred a silver chamoise buck to a blonde doe and got a pure white buck kid and a black doe kid with a bit of white on her on 6/6/05.

The boy is the white one..his name is Romeo and the girl is the black one and her name was Sydney. It is strange how they play out isn't it. (Sydney is no longer with us...she died on 7/24/05 due to enterotoxemia )

I can hardly wait to see what I get this year (let me tell ya I was not prepared at ALL for having a black kid out of that pair )

Those are adorable!!

[ozark_jewels]

Originally Posted by mammawof3

Emily,
What lovely animals!!Your Boer buck is NICE!-my little doe kid looks alot like your triplet w/the most black-big kids for trips! And congrats too you on your kids!Don't you just love the babies!

Thanks! And yes, I love the babies. Even tough people lose their hearts to goat kids.

[ozark_jewels]

Originally Posted by Goat Freak

AWWWW, They are SOOOO cute! By the way, which ones are the girls and which one is the boy, just out of curiostity. They sure are lovely babies, thank you SO much for sharing the pictures.

Hi Goat Freak, your very welcome.
The mostly black kid with the funky ears was a buckling. He went in the freezer at about 3 months, but I kept both doelings as replacements. They grew out great and have never had a health problem. Thats the kind I like! Here they are a couple months ago. They are now due to kid in March.

[ozark_jewels]

Originally Posted by Goat Freak

AWWWW, They are SOOOO cute! By the way, which ones are the girls and which one is the boy, just out of curiostity. They sure are lovely babies, thank you SO much for sharing the pictures.

Hi Goat Freak, I'm glad you liked the pictures.
The buckling was the mostly black kid with the funky ears. He went into the freezer at about 3 months, but I kept both doelings as replacements in the herd. Here they are about a month ago. They are both bred for March kids.

[ozark_jewels]

Sorry for the double post, guys. Blame it on my computer, it said the 1st one didn't go through!

[Goat Freak]

That's all right, they sure are pretty, kinda weird to look at their baby pictures and then see what they look like all grown up.
By the way, MotherClucker, they are ADORABLE! I am sorry that you lost Sydney, she looks like she was a sweetheart, and PRETTY too!

[GoldenWood Farm]

yes she was a sweetheart. Both were sweethearts. Romie her brother was depressed when she died. Sydney was my baby doll. She was the sweetest gentlest little gal.

Her momma was bred to a chocolate and white buck this year. Should prove to be interesting. Plus I bred my white doe to my black buck. Both are solid colored. So that should prove to be VERY interesting.

MotherClucker