Is 7months to young?

[meme]

Well, she's a mini so I don't know if she will ever reach 80lbs. If so it will be a while. I weighed her this afternoon and she was 35lbs. I'm going to breed my ND's tuesday and wait 2 months and the breed my minis. That way she and the buck will be a little more capable. I did notice today the boys are starting to smell a little musky. And Blue, my ND buck, had a yellow streak on his forehead....and so it begins....
I'm pretty excited this will be my first breeding season. I can't wait for babies and milk!

80 pounds is for standard breeds, sorry. I am not sure of the 'rule' for Nigies and pygmies.

 

[chicken pickin]

I was curious as to when to breed also. I know I have read numerous times that 12-18months is best. I have 2 ND doelings they are roughly 5 1/2- 6months old. The breeder I got them from said the larger doe(she was a single) should be ready and the right size for breeding in January, that puts her roughly at 10 months old. The 2nd doe was a twin and she is smaller and also her mom was petite (I so hope she grows bigger than her mom) I will wait to breed her until she is about 18months old.

And I had a question - At what age are goats considered full grown?

 

[Egg_Newton]

They aren't fully grown until they are 3 years old. From what people on here said they should be 2/5 their full grown weight.

 

[HoneyDreameMomma]

Our NG, Holly, was pregnant when we purchased her last year. She was almost 6 months old, and was more than a month along. We were a bit concerned she might have issues, because she was smaller than the other two goats we purchased (we're more on the side of waiting 12-18 months). However, she gave birth to two beautiful doelings without much trouble, and has been an amazing mama.

Like others have said, it can work, but I think the weight and size should be taken into consideration. Holly is definitely our smallest adult goat. Our 5 doelings that are 5-6 months old are almost as big as she is. I've heard that breeding your does too early can stunt their growth. Not positive it's true, but taking our girls into consideration, it looks like it might be.

 

[OneFineAcre]

Our NG, Holly, was pregnant when we purchased her last year. She was almost 6 months old, and was more than a month along. We were a bit concerned she might have issues, because she was smaller than the other two goats we purchased (we're more on the side of waiting 12-18 months). However, she gave birth to two beautiful doelings without much trouble, and has been an amazing mama.

Like others have said, it can work, but I think the weight and size should be taken into consideration. Holly is definitely our smallest adult goat. Our 5 doelings that are 5-6 months old are almost as big as she is. I've heard that breeding your does too early can stunt their growth. Not positive it's true, but taking our girls into consideration, it looks like it might be.

I don't know of any scientific studies, but Fiasco Farms website said that they could see no difference in size at 3 years old for does bred at 7 months vs does bred at 1 1/2 years.

 

[meme]

Our NG, Holly, was pregnant when we purchased her last year. She was almost 6 months old, and was more than a month along. We were a bit concerned she might have issues, because she was smaller than the other two goats we purchased (we're more on the side of waiting 12-18 months). However, she gave birth to two beautiful doelings without much trouble, and has been an amazing mama.

Like others have said, it can work, but I think the weight and size should be taken into consideration. Holly is definitely our smallest adult goat. Our 5 doelings that are 5-6 months old are almost as big as she is. I've heard that breeding your does too early can stunt their growth. Not positive it's true, but taking our girls into consideration, it looks like it might be.

I don't know of any scientific studies, but Fiasco Farms website said that they could see no difference in size at 3 years old for does bred at 7 months vs does bred at 1 1/2 years.

I have always read that too, but last month I saw two twin Lamancha yearlings. The dry yearling was much taller and more filled out than her sister who had kidded two months before. Very interesting!

 

[OneFineAcre]

Our NG, Holly, was pregnant when we purchased her last year. She was almost 6 months old, and was more than a month along. We were a bit concerned she might have issues, because she was smaller than the other two goats we purchased (we're more on the side of waiting 12-18 months). However, she gave birth to two beautiful doelings without much trouble, and has been an amazing mama.

Like others have said, it can work, but I think the weight and size should be taken into consideration. Holly is definitely our smallest adult goat. Our 5 doelings that are 5-6 months old are almost as big as she is. I've heard that breeding your does too early can stunt their growth. Not positive it's true, but taking our girls into consideration, it looks like it might be.

I don't know of any scientific studies, but Fiasco Farms website said that they could see no difference in size at 3 years old for does bred at 7 months vs does bred at 1 1/2 years.

I have always read that too, but last month I saw two twin Lamancha yearlings. The dry yearling was much taller and more filled out than her sister who had kidded two months before. Very interesting!

I don't doubt that a bit. But, according to Fiasco farms, they will catch up by the time they are full grown at 3 years old. Again, that isn't scientific and I don't know for sure.

We usually breed most of ours at 12-13-14 months I had a doeling accidently bred at 8 months old. She's 18 months old now and smaller than others from the same line at 18 months. I guess I will find out if she catches. up by the time she is 3 y/o