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We have EARS!
Not in a million years would I have said I was getting a single out of Strudel! She is naturally big (great capacity and depth) but I thought at least twins, maybe triplets! I bounced and felt nothing and even went in to check because I couldn't believe it.
BUT HE HAS EARS! And look at that roman nose! That's what I get from breeding a 75% boer to a Nubian buck!  I love his markings too. Black facial stripes and a black triangle at the back of his head. It's dim in the barn, I'll get more pics once he's steady on his feet, dry, and outside in the sunshine.
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05/12/11, 12:07 PM
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Wow, you sure do! When I saw the first pic, I just figured he was a pure nubian, my mouth dropped when I saw the next pic of him with his earless momma! He's a cutie!
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05/12/11, 12:32 PM
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Congrats! He is cute and not only does he have ears....he has big ears!!! )
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05/12/11, 01:35 PM
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Aww, how cute! Sometimes they have triplets and it looks like singles, and sometimes it's a single when it should, really, be triplets!
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05/12/11, 02:16 PM
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He is adorable! Congratulations! So his momma is Lamanch/Boer? & his daddy is a nubian? Love the long ears what ever mix he is.
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05/12/11, 03:07 PM
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Such a cutie!
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05/12/11, 03:18 PM
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Congrats!!!! 
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05/12/11, 03:50 PM
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Congratulations!
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05/12/11, 03:52 PM
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Hey look! There's a baby goat attached to those huge ears! 
Sometimes genetics can be a funny thing. 
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05/12/11, 04:18 PM
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Must have been them long ears that took up the extra room! What a cutie!
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05/12/11, 04:26 PM
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Mom must be SO confused! "Oh my heavens. What are those floppy things?!!!" lol He's a doll.
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05/12/11, 04:50 PM
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Omgosh!!! He is so cute! I love his ears!! Congrats!
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05/12/11, 11:21 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Backfourty,MI.
He is adorable! Congratulations! So his momma is Lamanch/Boer? & his daddy is a nubian? Love the long ears what ever mix he is.
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Exactly. Dam is 75% boer, 25% LaMancha. I couldn't find a disease tested boer herd to buy a buck from or use, and we didn't have our AI tank last fall. SOOOO I used my friend's purebred, disease tested nubian bucks on my senior does.
I used my miniature buck on my boer doelings - bred 3, only one took apparently. >  BUT that particular infertile (and mean as spit!) mini buck is now made into jerky, and I have his son and an unrelated mini buck to use instead. I also bought a purebred Boer buck from a tested herd so I won't have to breed them for cross kids in the future.
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05/13/11, 12:07 AM
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What a BIG little guy!! Congrats!!
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OMG, he has the cutest ears! Congrats, he is adorable
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05/13/11, 10:29 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mygoat
Exactly. Dam is 75% boer, 25% LaMancha. I couldn't find a disease tested boer herd to buy a buck from or use, and we didn't have our AI tank last fall. SOOOO I used my friend's purebred, disease tested nubian bucks on my senior does.
I used my miniature buck on my boer doelings - bred 3, only one took apparently. > BUT that particular infertile (and mean as spit!) mini buck is now made into jerky, and I have his son and an unrelated mini buck to use instead. I also bought a purebred Boer buck from a tested herd so I won't have to breed them for cross kids in the future. |
He is adorable no matter! I rmember your new boer buckling Waylon, he's a little cutie too!
I had 1 of those mean as spit bucks & he was butchered & fed to the dogs.
Now I have 3 bucks, all lovers & so friendly that I don't know which one to get rif od but I definately don't need 3 bucks.
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05/13/11, 05:39 PM
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Yup, ears certainly make the goat...
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05/13/11, 06:01 PM
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Yup, ears certainly make the goat... |
I'll only agree because I like my boers... of which, ONLY this buckling and Waylon have them. 3 of the boer does have lamancha ears (this kid's dam and her two doelings from last year, 88% boer), one has airplane (75% boer, 25% fainter) and one has upright (50% boer, 50% fainter). All the rest of my goats have upright.
And you can keep those NUBIANS to yourself!
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05/13/11, 06:14 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mygoat
I'll only agree because I like my boers... of which, ONLY this buckling and Waylon have them. 3 of the boer does have lamancha ears (this kid's dam and her two doelings from last year, 88% boer), one has airplane (75% boer, 25% fainter) and one has upright (50% boer, 50% fainter). All the rest of my goats have upright.
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LOL!
Goat breeders. We'll defend our breeds to the DEATH! 
I was actually reading the standards for Saanen and Alpine... Of course, I can't afford to keep multiple breeds, so it's just daydreaming.
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