What kind of goat is this?

[freedomfrom4]

I visited my friend and she has several pygmy goats but the brown one looks different. Her face is narrower or something. Any thoughts? Is she just a pygmy with a different look or is she something else? Oh and the chains are to hold on the bells to scare cyottees.

[Alice In TX/MO]

Never ever put something like metal chain around a goat's neck unless you have a breakaway connector.

I lost a wonderful buck with a dog collar on. He rubbed on a branch stub, got it caught, spun around, and choked to death.

Hungry coyotes won't be deterred by bells. They like dinner music.

[pookshollow]

The brown one is probably a Nigerian Dwarf, or a Nigie cross. The broken chamoisee on the left is probably a Nigie/Pygmy cross. Pygmies aren't usually broken-coloured.

And I second the warning about the chains! I don't leave collars on my goats although I have thought about putting bells on the wethers. If I do go that route, I'll use the dog collars with the plastic buckles - I know they break.

[freedomfrom4]

Like I said they are at my friends house. I know chains are a bad idea. The brown one looked so different from the rest of them. Her features are different along with her attitude and color, so it got me wondering. Thanks for the feed back.

[southerngurl]

Those bells won't stop a coyote at all. Those goats will be eaten.

[jordan]

Frankly I think all the goats pictured are ND's. None have the cobby appearance that a pygmy/ND cross would still have and none show pygmy color patterns. They do appear a little on the thin side though.
What is that in the ear of the Chamoisee??

[lasergrl]

the things in the ear look like seeds, they are all over the white one too.

If they are small, probably nigerian crosses, or pygmy bred with standard dairy?

[southerngurl]

Look like beggar lice. My goats love to eat them off their coat when they come in from browsing.

[jordan]

Originally Posted by southerngurl

Look like beggar lice. My goats love to eat them off their coat when they come in from browsing.

Eewww! Tell me that isn't what it sounds like! Or is that a southern term for something else?

[southerngurl]

Originally Posted by jordan

Eewww! Tell me that isn't what it sounds like! Or is that a southern term for something else?

Heehee, they are a seed from a plant that sticks to your clothes.

[Vicki McGaugh TX Nubians]

And they are beautiful and very high in protein and calcium. Sadly the name though as they look like violet blossoms in the understory of the woods. Vicki

[WeaverRose]

I used to have bells on the sheep collars, not to scare the coyotes (they don't scare easily) but to alert us if the flock was running at night. Meaning something was chasing them. Then we got a Great Pyr or two and that took care of the problem.

[greif]

those are goats from the devil.... just look at the glowing eyes

[freedomfrom4]

Ok the goats free range where ever they want during the day and come home at night. I think the bells would help locate them if need be also. She is so far in the woods she doesn't have to fence them and they never go far. The lady that has them hates the chains but likes the bell. I will see if I can find the dog collors someone was talking about before. They look like deer cought in the headlights don't they

[christie]

They make sort of a plastic chain for livestock that will break.
I buy a lil double ended snap for me bells. So I can clip it on and off. They don't like the bells on them all day,. But I put it on them if I let them loose in the woods so I can hear where they are... and also if something is chasing them. Chains have to go!!