We started our goat experience with several Nubians and a Pygmy buck, intending to breed 1st Generation Kinders. This is not a quick process. Along the way, we fell in love with the Nubian breed, both for their elegant profiles and rich milk, but also because I like a tall goat. And I really like our goats to get along.
At this point none of our Nubians live with us and they are missed. Photos for reference only.
Moxie
(Lizzie x Naat)
Moxie Pedigree
Moxie is a sweet, calm doe. She kidded with a doeling on Fathers Day in 2015, without assistance, our only black-eared kid on the farm to date! Moxie has great brisket extension and is a breeze to handmilk, with nicely shaped udders and large orifices. Moxie easily gave 3-4 lbs milking once a day until she freshened.
DeeDee (Delta Dawn)
Leah x Naat
Dee Dee shares a sire with Moxie, though their dam’s influence is apparent in their makeup. Dee’s topline is quite level and her barrel more substantial – well suited to carrying 1st Generation Kinders! She has her dam’s head and walk, though gets along well with the rest of the herd and was a good mother.
Emma
Chloe x Mikey
Emma was our last ‘original’ goat and herd queen and guard. Dottie is her daughter and they shared the ability to ‘milk through’ the winter so were able to offset bred does with milkers and keep milk flowing year round. Emma was registered 50% Nubian and taught us how complicated it was to ‘breed up’ to American Nubian status.
Dottie
Emma x Blackjack
Dottie was our first baby born at the farm and looks much like her Grandmother Chloe who was with us for the first year. Dot is an excellent mother, easy to hand milk with large orifices. She is registered 75%, so doe kids were American Nubian.
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