Help! I think I've been tricked :-( goats

[bossofchaos]

I have read that and basically every other website about both breeds. But the similarities in the two are so much alike and I can't come to a conclusion as to what they are. I was hopeing someone on here would be able to tell by looking at the pics and measurements.
Thank you so much for helping me. I really appreciate it.

 

[SA Farm]

No problem

Based on their confirmation, I would say Nigerian Dwarf, or at least mostly. My doe is Nigerian Dwarf and she looks a lot like yours. Her daughters are part Pygmy.



*I'm afraid I don't have a good side view of her, but like your does, she is proportionate rather than stocky.

 

[bossofchaos]

Oh wow! Thank you so much that's like music to my ears I bought a buck (oberhasli) to breed with and our main reason is for the milk. The woman who I bought our buck from said the markings and color pattern didn't look like a nigerian. But yours looks the same

 

[miss heny]

nigerians can be any color, heck, I am waiting for one day someone to breed neon pink! You'll never know what your gonna get. (Okay, I was joking with the pink, but you should get the jest.)

 

[SA Farm]

Yes, the pygmys have a limited color palette, but the Nigerians don't.
Here's my new buckling for breeding this fall. I'm hoping I'll get some fun colors from this match!
Probably not neon pink though...

 

[bossofchaos]

He very handsome ill post a pic of my oberhasli baby. It will be awhile before he's breeding but he's got great genes and from grand champion parents so I'm really excited

 

[miss heny]

Yes, the pygmys have a limited color palette, but the Nigerians don't.
Here's my new buckling for breeding this fall. I'm hoping I'll get some fun colors from this match!
Probably not neon pink though...

Nice buckling!

Well it got you think, no? XD

 

[SA Farm]

Oberhasli goats look gorgeous. Wouldn't a buck of that size make for a potentially difficult birthing for your does though? From what I understand, it would be better to breed a nigerian buck to an oberhasli doe, wouldn't it? I'm not sure of this with goats, but I know with dogs and horses you don't breed larger males to smaller females for the fear of the baby being too large for the females to birth.

 

[SA Farm]

Nice buckling!

Well it got you think, no? XD

Hmm...he's orange and she's got some white on her, so maybe neon orange?

 

[miss heny]

Oberhasli goats look gorgeous. Wouldn't a buck of that size make for a potentially difficult birthing for your does though? From what I understand, it would be better to breed a nigerian buck to an oberhasli doe, wouldn't it? I'm not sure of this with goats, but I know with dogs and horses you don't breed larger males to smaller females for the fear of the baby being too large for the females to birth.

X2, you try to not breed a buck bigger then your doe, specially for first time breeders.