breeding polled goats?

[Hollywood Goats]

the buck that my horned goat was bred to has a polled gene (1 of his 4 kids is polled), I wonder is her kids will be polled.

 

[jodief100]

the buck that my horned goat was bred to has a polled gene (1 of his 4 kids is polled), I wonder is her kids will be polled.

I did a little research today and from what I read my earlier speculation was correct: the polled gene is the dominant.

Given that, a horned goat cannot carry the polled gene. So if one of his kids was polled either he or the doe he was bred to must be polled.
Unless it is a very unusual case of random mutation or the polling was mechanical as opposed to genetic (i.e.: physical injury)

It could be what I read today is wrong. But the math suggests it is not.

If the buck is polled, the Punnet squares in my earlier post illustrate the chances of what you could get.

 

[rebelINny]

We bought a set of quads from a large scale dairy goat farm a while back. They were bottle fed our own goat milk. They all died at weaning age. They were all polled. Not sure if that had anything to do with it. However, all the kids we vaccinated for CD&T this past spring died a few weeks later while all the ones we didn't are alive and healthy. Something wrong with the vaccine?

 

[freemotion]

We bought a set of quads from a large scale dairy goat farm a while back. They were bottle fed our own goat milk. They all died at weaning age. They were all polled. Not sure if that had anything to do with it. However, all the kids we vaccinated for CD&T this past spring died a few weeks later while all the ones we didn't are alive and healthy. Something wrong with the vaccine?

Holy Crap, that needs to be reported to the manufacturer. Did the polled goats also get this vaccine?

 

[rebelINny]

Yes the polled goats did get this vaccine. I did report it today actually after I put that post up. It was an email though so we will see.

 

[helmstead]

There has been a lot of talk at the shows this year about a bad batch of CD&T out there...hearsay is several breeders lost kids and adults alike after vaccinating. What hearsay DIDN'T lend me was the manufacturer of the darn vaccine...which would have been nice to know.

Lucky me, I had stocked up on late 2009 lots of CD&T and didn't have to buy any yet this year.

 

[SDGsoap&dairy]

I hope they're able to track down lot numbers...

 

[rebelINny]

Well if they got it from either from hoegger goat supply or jeffers livestock then it is Colorado Serum Company and I called them and filed a report. The serial number on mine is 355. Basically I am the only one that has reported on this batch and because I didn't do a necropsy and can't prove that it was the vaccine then I am out of luck

 

[Jupiter]

Well if they got it from either from hoegger goat supply or jeffers livestock then it is Colorado Serum Company and I called them and filed a report. The serial number on mine is 355. Basically I am the only one that has reported on this batch and because I didn't do a necropsy and can't prove that it was the vaccine then I am out of luck

I had a problem right after vaccinating my goat too. She'd never been vaccinated before. Right afterwards, her health really deteriorated, but she pulled through. Now I wonder if it was the vacc or just something else.

I'm sorry to hear that the company won't look into it further.

 

[Emmetts Dairy]

Personally...I would not breed a polled goat. I would not want that gene in my pool...but that just how I feel. Personal opinion. I dont think its worth the risk. I look for better lines in milk production and overall health.

People do it..I just would'nt.