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Livestock => Goats => Topic started by: Blinkers on January 09, 2012, 11:45:15 am

Title: Shame these are Males !
Post by: Blinkers on January 09, 2012, 11:45:15 am
Perfect little uns if only there were females  ::)

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Post by: Bionic on January 09, 2012, 11:45:56 am
oh, they are so pretty.  :)
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Post by: Lesley Silvester on January 09, 2012, 11:49:21 am
They are pretty and they'll taste good.   ;D
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Post by: Blinkers on January 09, 2012, 11:51:10 am
Yup - they're destined for the freezer sadly.......but I'm hoping to have those skins back  ;) ;)
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Post by: jaykay on January 09, 2012, 11:51:27 am
So pretty - and spotty  ;D
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Post by: BadgerFace on January 09, 2012, 11:58:28 am
*swoon* they are beautiful, far too pretty to be boys !  :goat:
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Post by: richmorpygmygoats on January 09, 2012, 01:38:35 pm
WOW they are very nice!
Rich
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Post by: jinglejoys on January 09, 2012, 02:03:05 pm
You could always try driving them as a pair ;D
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Post by: YorkshireLass on January 09, 2012, 02:10:10 pm
I didn't know you could cross a goat with a dalmatian!  ;D
Title: Re: Shame these are Males !
Post by: Blinkers on January 09, 2012, 06:23:34 pm
Its bloomin typical isn't it.  The best ones are always the boys !!!  Been trying to breed a female like this for the last 2 years as the male is mottled, and up until now, only had 'patchy' coloured kids (male and female) but these......are something else......darn it  :P
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Post by: little blue on January 09, 2012, 07:06:53 pm
could you offer them as stud?  try and swap for one similar but unrelated, to get more chance of breeding a female?
  they are beautiful  :)
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Post by: salopman on January 09, 2012, 08:55:56 pm
They are very similar to the father - I saw him in Oct, he is a lovely marked male
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Post by: wytsend on January 10, 2012, 09:57:59 am
Would defo keep one back  & also repeat the mating.  Castrate the other one & they can live together.

Colouring like this can't be put in the freezer if the breeding is good enough !!!!!!!! 

Who are the parents by the way ?
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Post by: Blinkers on January 10, 2012, 12:27:47 pm
Mum is an Ivans and buck is a Klimova.    Mum not been milk recorded although does have a nice udder.   The kids are very prettily marked but IMO heads aren't really good enough for stud males.   I had a male kid last year who had 'splashes' of colour on him and he had a fabulous head and he went on as a stud male, but these two are rather 'feminine' looking.    :-\     The dam's Mum is due to kid in a couple of weeks to the same buck and so 'fingers crossed'  ::),
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Post by: Cinderhills on January 10, 2012, 01:11:39 pm
They are beautiful.  :)
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Post by: colliewoman on January 10, 2012, 10:05:39 pm
Oh I think they are the loveliest goats I have ever seen! :love: :love: :love:
I can't stop coming back to look at the photo! I'm with wytsend, they are too stunning for the freezer :trophy:
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Post by: Lesley Silvester on January 10, 2012, 11:59:28 pm
I didn't know you could cross a goat with a dalmatian!  ;D

 ;D ;D
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Post by: Blinkers on January 11, 2012, 10:50:50 am
Oh I think they are the loveliest goats I have ever seen! :love: :love: :love:
I can't stop coming back to look at the photo! I'm with wytsend, they are too stunning for the freezer :trophy:

I know  :'( I'm pig sick about it. Even the veterinary nurse was swooning over them  :)
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Post by: colliewoman on January 12, 2012, 06:28:04 pm
Well sometimes you have to keep your stock persons head on and make the choice that is logical.
and sometimes you have to stuff it all and keep em cos they are too cute for curry ;D
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Post by: sabrina on January 12, 2012, 08:02:49 pm
Very pretty  :)