![]() Mini Manchas carry more flesh than standard dairy goats, so wethers or cull does make excellent meat animals. They produce a half gallon to gallon per day of milk richer than that of standard dairy goats and tend to have calm manners on the milk stand. Jubilee, a Mini Mancha.Īt 20-39 inches, Mini Manchas range in size from a Boxer to a Saint Bernard. The value of combining high milk production with high butterfat and low feed requirements became apparent and the Miniature LaMancha (Mini Mancha) was created. Some dairies interested in shorter gestations and easier kiddings for their yearling LaMancha does bred them to Nigerian Dwarf bucks, then sold the kids for meat. A 14-month-old Kinder, weighing 80 pounds, should dress out to about 50 pounds of meat, a dressing percentage of nearly 63%. The kids grow quickly, reaching 60-80 pounds by 14 months. Multiple births of three to five kids are common with seven reported sets of sextuplets.Ī kinder doe can produce three to four quarts of milk per day. Like Pygmies, they breed any time of year. Using logs and sloping hills to make up for the size difference, the Little Buck That Could managed to get the job done and the first Kinder does were born in 1986.Īt 20-26 inches, Kinder goats are about the size of a Rottweiler. The owners didn’t want to take the does off site for breeding, so they tried putting them in with a Pygmy buck. In 1985, Zederkamm Farm in Snohomish, Washington lost its Nubian buck, leaving two Nubian does behind. The Kinder goat, a cross between a Pygmy and a Nubian goat, is a dual-purpose milk and meat goat. Each goat produces six ounces to two pounds per sheering. Pygoras produce up to a quart of milk a day. Nigoras produce up to a gallon a day. ![]() They both produce three distinct types of fleece: Type A, a fine mohair that doesn’t coarsen as the goat ages Type B, a mix between cashmere and mohair and Type C, a cashmere with soft handle and low luster. Pygora goats owned by Goat Journal writer Janet Garman.Īt 22-27 inches for Pygoras and 19-29 inches for Nigoras, these goats range in size from a Labrador Retriever to a Mastiff. Nigoras were developed in the United States in the early 1990s to fill a niche for a small, hardy, dual-purpose goat for homesteads and small hobby farms. Pygoras were developed in Oregon in 1978 by Katharine Jorgenson, who wanted an animal that produced silver gray mohair fleece. Both dual-purpose goats provide incredibly soft, warm fiber and sweet, high-butterfat milk. Pygoras are a cross of Angora and Pygmy goats, while the predominant breeds in Nigoras are Angora and Nigerian Dwarf. Nigerian Dwarf goats make great pets, 4-H projects, show goats, and milk goats for people with smaller properties and an aversion to having their foot stepped on by a 100+-pound animal. Because they breed any time of the year, you can alternate breedings between two does and have sweet, delicious milk all year round. Higher butterfat percentage produces more cheese, butter, and soap per gallon. The milk is higher in protein and butterfat than that of larger dairy goat breeds. The does have larger, easier-to-milk teats and produce between one to two quarts of milk a day. The Nigerian Dwarf stands 17-21 inches, but instead of the “keg on legs” shape of the Pygmy, they display finer bones with longer legs and a longer, elegant neck. Recognizing the distinction, breeders started formally developing the two types. For the first ten to twenty years, people thought they were the same breed. Are goats good pets? Pygmy enthusiasts point to their docile, friendly, inquisitive natures and adorableness, for a resounding yes. This breed is commonly used as pets, 4-H projects, and show animals. The Pygmy’s short legs and small teats make milking difficult, although people who milk them swear by the flavor. Pygmy goats breed year-round and can bear one to four young every nine to 12 months. They have a full coat of straight, medium/long hair with males sporting a full beard and cape-like mane. They’re stocky and heavy-boned with a barrel-shaped body and short legs. Although officially a meat goat, they were brought over to be used as laboratory animals, zoo exhibits, and exotic pets.Īn adult Pygmy goat stands slightly smaller than a Golden Retriever. These hardy, adaptable miniature goats arrived in Europe from Africa during the mid to late 1800s, then America in the 1950s.
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