Help with breed

[Jose Perez]

Can I please get some input on what breed these goats are ? Thanks

 

[EggSighted4Life]

Hi, welcome to BYC!

I'm no expert... but those look Nubian or Nubian cross to me. Little cuties they are!

I can tell they are still young since they aren't sporting beards yet.

BYC has a sister site called Back Yard Herds if you haven't checked it out yet. I personally like BYC better even for goat stuff... but if they could get some more participation over there, that might change eventually.

 

[sylviethecochin]

Probably some sort of nubian/pygmy cross, but it's really hard to tell without a side picture and without knowing what size they are. And a lot of commercial goat raisers don't bother with raising purebreds.

 

[sylviethecochin]

I can tell they are still young since they aren't sporting beards yet.

A lot of goats, especially Boers, never grow beards. They do look fairly young, though.

 

[cassie]

Nubian cross of some sort.

 

[Jose Perez]

Thank you all for your help and input !!

 

[EggSighted4Life]

A lot of goats, especially Boers, never grow beards. They do look fairly young, though.

I didn't know that.

 

[Athena2344]

A lot of goats, especially Boers, never grow beards. They do look fairly young, though.

Boer billes do grow beards, as well as most billy goats, including pygmies. Those look like nubian pygmy cross maybe, they are oldertho, you can tell by horn development

 

[EggSighted4Life]

they are oldertho, you can tell by horn development

Ah, my boys were dis-budded so I am unfamiliar with horn growth as a factor.

How much older is "older"?

 

[Athena2344]

Ah, my boys were dis-budded so I am unfamiliar with horn growth as a factor.

How much older is "older"?

They are between 6 months and 1 year old. The one with a striped face is older, and has more nubian showing through. Young, but not baby babies