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Old 02/24/11, 07:03 PM
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Breed identification

These goats do not belong to me but I am curious what breed (s) they might be. Any guesses?

Doe 1 with doeling

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Doe 2 with buckling

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Doe 3

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Bucks

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My guess is that the does are poorly bred Boers and the bucks might be poorly bred Nubians or Nubian/Nigerian mixes?
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Old 02/24/11, 07:37 PM
 
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first three are boer crosses and the last are some dwarf or pygmie cross?
Sure is a cute doeling in the first pic.
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Old 02/24/11, 07:50 PM
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Boer & Boer crosses in the first 3 pictures & the 2 bucks I'm guessing a nubian cross of some kind because the ears are too long for a Nigerian or pygmy. I do think those bucks look awfully skinny though.
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Old 02/24/11, 08:16 PM
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Boer & Boer crosses in the first 3 pictures & the 2 bucks I'm guessing a nubian cross of some kind because the ears are too long for a Nigerian or pygmy. I do think those bucks look awfully skinny though.
I think it's the photo angle that makes the bucks look thin. Here are a couple more of them.

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and more of the doeling (born today)

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and the buckling (born today or yesterday)

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Old 02/24/11, 11:38 PM
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they are all mix breeds, the does are all boer mix, not pure by any means, the bucks are not skinny they are just narrow built, probably some kind of scrub spanish mix with maybe some nubian in there at some point, basically they are all good scrub eaters, nothing fancy,
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Old 02/25/11, 03:13 AM
 
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look like some boer/kikos not too far from here.
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Old 02/25/11, 11:52 AM
 
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The black and white bucks look like Spanish goats. The others look like Boer mixes, They could be Boer/Spanish, Boer/Kiko, or Boer/Dairy.
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Old 02/25/11, 03:24 PM
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Thanks for your responses everyone. The owner has them for brush control and pets so the breeds really didn't matter. I was just curious about them.
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