Question about breeding

Buckhuntr · #1 02/12/13, 03:35 PM

If I bred my ND buckling to a full-sized Nubian, would the offspring be mini-Nubians?

nehimama · #2 02/12/13, 03:42 PM

Yes!!!!!!

Buckhuntr · #3 02/12/13, 03:57 PM

So what would be the advantage of a mini?

CaliannG · #4 02/12/13, 04:32 PM

Smaller size of dairy goat opens up a bigger market to the urban/suburban/backyard crowd. Also, they tend to be more efficient feed converters. Due to the smaller size, they have a higher stocking rate than standards, with nearly as much milk production, but without the issues of the tiny, hard-to-milk teats that you often get in NDs.

It is a case of "This goat is too BIG! This goat is too small..... But this goat is juuuuusssstt right!"

Buckhuntr · #5 02/12/13, 07:45 PM

Hmmmmm... Once we get our new and improved goat barn built, and a larger area fenced in, sounds like we need to look for a Nubian or other dairy breed doe to do some crossing.

Maybe by that time Rocco will have gotten the hang of his role.

Alice In TX/MO · #6 02/12/13, 08:08 PM

Also higher butterfat milk. Yummo in coffee.

Frosted Mini's · #7 02/12/13, 09:00 PM

And extended breeding season.

Backfourty,MI. · #8 02/12/13, 09:07 PM

If you breed a Nigerian Dwarf Buck with any standard size dairy doe you'll get a 1st generation mini Nubian, Mini Alpine, etc.

Frosted Mini's · #9 02/12/13, 10:06 PM

The kids in mini breeding, at least with MDGA, are one generation higher than the lowest generation parent. If you breed back to one of the original breeds, it is a 1st generation. If you breed, for example, a 4th generation buck to a 1st generation doe, the kids of that breeding will be 2nd generation because of the doe being a lower generation number. So, the short answer to your question is yes.