Anyone have mini nubians or other Nigerian Dwarf crosses?

[cjb]

The Kinder thread got me curious..

We have one ND doe whom we will, of course, breed to an ND buck.

However, I have a 3/4 Nubian and three Obers that I was thinking about crossing with an ND buck, if I can find one out my way.

Anyone have experience with ND crosses? I am particularly interested in mini nubians.

[Mary Cody]

I have a little bit of everything crossed with ND's. ND and pygmy, boer, and togg. I just love the colors, and some have short ears, some airplane ears and some floppy. I am looking for a nubian doe to breed my ND buck to for next year. I just love the minis!

[lyceum]

I absolutely LOVE Mini anything, especially Mini Manchas. We have 1 Lamancha doe bred for 1st gen minis and are planning to breed 3 more. We are also going to try Mini Boers. Our meat market wants all sizes, so well muscled smaller goats would be a plus. Of course, I will still have my Purebred Nigies along with Minis.

Carisa

[pookshollow]

Like I mentioned in the other thread, I have twin mini-Saanens. I don't think they'll get very big. They're about 2 1/2 months old, and much shorter than the Saanen twins who are about 4 1/2 weeks old. They're much wider, just shorter! My ND buck is a dark chamoise, but the twins came out white. A slightly "dirty" white, certainly not as bright white as the Saanens. I guess I could use them in a laundry detergent commercial - "Are your goats dingy?" LOL

This is my first time with this breeding, so we'll have to see how they turn out.

[goatkid]

I have a little doeling out of a Nigerian dam and Nubian sire. She's adorable. She has frosted airplane ears and wattles. Normally, she has a little bleat like a Nigerian, but when she really wants to speak up, she sounds likea Nubian. Plans are to breed her to a Nubian buck to get kids that look more like Nubians.

[cjb]

You did a ND doe and Nubian Sire?!! Wasn't that rough on the doe?

[cjb]

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curious if you can actually breed a mini doe to a full sized buck. Seems like a very bad idea.

[Spinner]

Originally Posted by pookshollow

Like I mentioned in the other thread, I have twin mini-Saanens. I don't think they'll get very big. They're about 2 1/2 months old, and much shorter than the Saanen twins who are about 4 1/2 weeks old. They're much wider, just shorter! My ND buck is a dark chamoise, but the twins came out white. A slightly "dirty" white, certainly not as bright white as the Saanens. I guess I could use them in a laundry detergent commercial - "Are your goats dingy?" LOL

This is my first time with this breeding, so we'll have to see how they turn out.

I was thinking about breeding my ND buck to a Saanen doe. I think it would be great to have mini Saanen milkers. My ND buck is white so I should get some pretty kids out that cross. I'm wondering how good of a milker one might be. Any thoughts on that?

[jen74145]

Originally Posted by cjb

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curious if you can actually breed a mini doe to a full sized buck. Seems like a very bad idea.

From my understanding, absolutely not a good idea. Big doe to little buck is safest.

Lyceum, I wonder... for mini Boers, why not try pygmies instead of Nigies, seeing as pygmies are a small meat goat themselves? Just a thought...