Goat coloring - newbie

[Southern by choice]

There is a difference between "Purebred" and "Full Blood".

If that was directed at me, I am well aware of that. That is why I worded it like I did intending the meaning that one probably isn't full blood but possibly purebred... I almost asterisked the purebred part to offer explanation.

No Rocco-that was for the poster.
Sometimes those new in goats may not know there is a difference.

 

[AshleyFishy]

There is a difference between "Purebred" and "Full Blood".

If that was directed at me, I am well aware of that. That is why I worded it like I did intending the meaning that one probably isn't full blood but possibly purebred... I almost asterisked the purebred part to offer explanation.

No Rocco-that was for the poster.
Sometimes those new in goats may not know there is a difference.

2x

I know I didn't when I got started with boer mutts.

 

[Rocco]

ok I will ask. what is the difference between full blood and purebred.

Full blood is full blood...100% Boer.

Pure bred is, from ABGA website:

"Does between 93.7 percent up to 99.9 percent are eligible for an American Purebred registration."
"Bucks between 96.8 percent up to 99.9 are eligible for American Purebred registration."

So any full blood crossed with anything else can never be bred back up to full blood status.

So, my point in the above original posting was that purebred's have some genetic diversity from the cross-breeding that full bloods do not have. So a purebred can throw something unexpected.

I had a wonderful purebred traditional doe that had some weird color gene somewhere in her background. First kidding was a black and white paint buckling. Second kidding was a solid red doe and a buckskin and white buckling. Third kidding was a B&W paint doeling, a solid brown doeling and a traditional doeling.

I don't know about other goat breeds, but in Myotonic goats once crosses are bred back up above the 94% level they are once again considered as full blood.

 

[Rocco]

No Rocco-that was for the poster.
Sometimes those new in goats may not know there is a difference.

Hopefully AshleyFishy and my additional post cleared up any uncertainties.