Boer and pygmy cross?

Reed77 · #1 06/21/11, 03:08 PM

My neighbor asked me if I had a pygmy buck to breed with his doe pygmy, I told him no all I have is a boer buck. But it made me wonder, could you cross the 2? would the baby be too big for the doe to give birth? what would the baby look like?

nehimama · #2 06/21/11, 03:12 PM

If it were my pygmy doe, I would NOT breed her to a Boer buck. The birthing process may well kill her. Now, if there were a nice Nigerian Dwarf around, that would work tons better.

Reed77 · #3 06/21/11, 03:15 PM

Thats what I thought

LoneStrChic23 · #4 06/21/11, 04:14 PM

Agree.

No big breed bucks on mini sized does. You could do that breeding the other way around (pygmy buck on a boer doe) & it would be safe.....

saanengirl · #5 06/21/11, 04:18 PM

Never use a full sized buck on a minature doe. You have a guarantee of a dead doe or a c-section or both.

ozark_jewels · #6 06/21/11, 05:04 PM

In the past, way back there, my sister had pygmies and she also bred Alpines. Several accidents happened where Pygmy does got bred to a BIG Alpine buck. Never did we lose any of the does, but some of those kids were quite large and the does did need help.
I would never purposefully breed a full-size buck to a Pygmy doe. Recipe for disaster. I have seen the results of Boer doe and Pygmy buck.....cute, smaller than a Boer, bigger than a Pygmy. Airplane ears. I see no reason for that cross though.

LoneStrChic23 · #7 06/21/11, 10:49 PM

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Originally Posted by ozark_jewels

I see no reason for that cross though.

Something fun to look at until you send it to freezer camp?

KSALguy · #8 06/22/11, 12:20 AM

it all depends on how the doe is built and if she is a true MINI< true mini over bred pygmes have enough trouble birthing pure pygme babies, let alone something from a larger breed, now if you just have normal dwarf type goats it is possible to have them bred to a larger breed buck, i have seen it work, and so has Ozark Jewls, and i am sure others have seen it work, there was someone on here last season that had a grade type Pygme/Nigerian looking doe that got bred to a Nubian buck and deliverd twins just fine, but then again its all in how the animal is built and if its an experianced doe carrying multiples,