Craigslist ad for goats

luvzmybabz · #1 01/17/10, 06:17 PM

I am not interested in buying these really I only have a certain amount of space for my animals but was wondering I normally have singles Flushed this year but according to this ad the 2 younger doelings 6 months, are the same age despite the HUGE (IMO) size difference is this normal? or is there some craigslist antics going on.

http://oklahomacity.craigslist.org/grd/1557136398.html

nehimama · #2 01/17/10, 06:28 PM

Well, in the last photo, I see both babies nursing on Mama. Don't know if that's conclusive or not, though. Hmmm.

NeHi

nehimama · #3 01/17/10, 06:29 PM

Oh! ! ! I see it now! The one doeling is squatting to pee, and this makes her look shorter/smaller than her sibling.

NeHi

luvzmybabz · #4 01/17/10, 06:50 PM

that is what I thought at first also, but if you look at the first picture when you are looking from behind the middle is not squatting (no angle to the back leg) and is still much shorter then the other

Maybe it is because I have heard so much about g6s lately, and I have a wether here that I am wondering about. He will be going to a new home soon and they know that it is possible but just a wether so..........

Alice In TX/MO · #5 01/17/10, 07:02 PM

Udder looks lopsided, too.

Natalie Rose · #6 01/17/10, 07:09 PM

Even with the little one squatting, there is a big difference in the length of their front legs.

Natural Beauty Farm · #7 01/17/10, 10:08 PM

Cocci kid possibility, stunts growth.

deineria · #8 01/17/10, 10:32 PM

Yes, cocci is something to consider, though I'd think both would have had it.
Our two Nubian kids had it, and they are stunted for sure.

goatkid · #9 01/18/10, 01:25 AM

I've had litters wher one kid was smaller than the rest. Usually it's the bucklings that are bigger, but in this case, one of the doelings could have gotten more nourisment inutero. The doe could also have had 3 or 4 kids and the buyer only took the doelings. The small kid would be the runt.

betsy h. · #10 01/18/10, 04:05 AM

If it were G6S, you'd know it- most die really qiuckly- most do not last for even a year.

The doe kid looks smaller becasue she is- she looks healthy, but perhaps took the traits of the different genes she got dealt. Resembles mom pretty well, same chest and wide. The other one could be showing the sires traits. I do not see evidence of coccidia, but I am sure that as in all kids, they need to be treated.

Looks like a good deal to me.