Goat coloring - newbie

[cooky]

So we bought two goats ... supposedly a brother and sister Boer goats. The female is perfectly colored for the Boer's but the boy is not. I've been researching pics and nothing I've come across for Boer goats even faintly resembles him so we're guessing maybe he's a cross of some kind. He's a solid light tan color with a dark stripe down his back and a dark tail and dark feet. Any ideas?

 

[Egg_Newton]

Something like this?

from rebelridgeboergoats.com

 

[Rocco]

So we bought two goats ... supposedly a brother and sister Boer goats. The female is perfectly colored for the Boer's but the boy is not. I've been researching pics and nothing I've come across for Boer goats even faintly resembles him so we're guessing maybe he's a cross of some kind. He's a solid light tan color with a dark stripe down his back and a dark tail and dark feet. Any ideas?

Sounds like at least one parent isn't full blood Boer. We have had "outta the blue" colored kids out of purebred Boers before....they still have the genetic diversity to throw some different colors.

 

[cooky]

Something like this?
http://www.backyardherds.com/forum/uploads/1894_2011-3-29-dsc_0033.jpg
from rebelridgeboergoats.com

Yes, but he's not red like this. He's a light tan color. I'll try to post a pic of him tomorrow. Is this a Boer cross?

 

[Egg_Newton]

No she is full blooded I believe. I just did a Google search for rare Boer colors and she is what popped up on a website for rebelridgeboergoats.com

 

[Southern by choice]

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

 

[AshleyFishy]

Boer goats come in colored head or solid colors. Just the head or whole body can be black, red and don't forget about your modifiers like cream or dapple. Sounds like your boy got a throw back gene to either spanish, alpine or nubian though. Those breeds are mixed with boer often. And as SbC said there is a difference between full and pure bloods.

Edited to add... my boer buck is 94% and solid white!

 

[Rocco]

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.

 

[treeclimber233]

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

 

[AshleyFishy]

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

Fullblood is all boer goat in their background. Pureblood is a very high percentage of boer, think it is like 94% for does and 97% for bucks. Then you have percentage boers which are anything below pureblood but no lower than 50% I think.