Polled goat genetics

[H Diamond]

If the does are horned, then there is a pretty strong chance you do not have polled kids.

 

[Stacykins]

I bought the females breed n they had polled kids there breed to a different male
I bought the females bred, and they had polled kids. They're bred to a different male.

There, fixed it. Is typing correctly so difficult?

Anyway, unless the does are polled, or the buck they were bred to is polled, then the kids are not polled. Polling is a dominant trait, not recessive. Meaning a parent must have the trait in order to pass it on.

 

[Bunnylady]

K I asked bc I had 2 kids born polled last year n both parents had horns I just had 1 of them kid n was wondering if the kid would have horns r not

Polled is a dominant trait, which means that if a goat has the gene for it, it is polled. Getting polled offspring from two horned parents should be impossible - if the does have horns, I suspect somebody made a mistake about which buck these does were bred to last year.