Is this a Nubian????

[Theykeepmebusy]

http://odessa.craigslist.org/grd/2189121393.html

 

[themrslove]

He kinda looks more boer to me...
I doubt that he is pure anything. But he really looks more of a 'meat' goat than a 'dairy' goat to me...

 

[Theykeepmebusy]

That's what I was afraid of, you don't know how many disappointments this is to me.

 

[Theykeepmebusy]

O.k....if this guy is dad and mom is Saanen.....and I'm expecting the does out of them......deal was, I would get milking does, for trade of a bull calf, have all documentation on this trade, she has the bull calf and I still have no doe kids....Am I getting some milking goats??? :/ Or should I just shoot for the cash end of our trade? Was to be if there are no does kidded. But also for Nubian/Saanen milk goats. Not meaty Boer looking guy.


There was also suppose to be a breed back in a year with the does to him, but obviously this isn't happening....2 kind of ways, lol.


The goat in the picture with the jenny is the "Saanen x Nubian" doe, kind of hard to tell.

http://odessa.craigslist.org/grd/2189107305.html

 

[Roll farms]

If that's a pure Nubian billy, I'll eat my hat.

He looks like a Boer x, could be to Nubian...could be to ???

The doe looks to have saanen in her, and w/ the floppy-ish ears it might be saanen x nubian or it might be saanen x boer.

The 'trusting' part of me wants to think she truly doesn't know any better...maybe she was 'told' he's Nubian....

But how could you live in TX (Boer capitol of the US) and NOT know???
(I know you're newer to goats....but she's a 'breeder'....)

 

[SDGsoap&dairy]

The ad says he came from a dairy... maybe they use a boer to freshen their dairy does if they don't need replacements? Some folks do that so they can sell the kids for meat.

 

[greenfamilyfarms]

I would most definitely NOT pay $250 for him.

 

[Theykeepmebusy]

It is as I thought, this guy is the father of the doe kids I will get, so will I have to x them off as milking goats. I sent her an email, from the ad, and it's deff. the same person. She raises show lambs and seemed so full of information, sells beautiful horses, keeps the nanny to milk the extra ewes
I am really disappointed that he isn't a Nubian for the dairy doe part, like I said I was expecting Nubian x Saanen.. When I first started goats she could of fooled me, but now I probably waist high in goats, when I saw his picture, I just knew he was the from her. I am so disappointed, I figure I will take the kids, in the anonymous email she did confirm that her doe has not kidded yet, I was beginning to think we were going to have a big problem, (money/trade wise) Now it's if the girls I get will be milkers. There would be the only part of goats, the breeding/crossing, I haven't quite figured out.

 

[Theykeepmebusy]

If that's a pure Nubian billy, I'll eat my hat.

He looks like a Boer x, could be to Nubian...could be to ???

The doe looks to have saanen in her, and w/ the floppy-ish ears it might be saanen x nubian or it might be saanen x boer.

The 'trusting' part of me wants to think she truly doesn't know any better...maybe she was 'told' he's Nubian....

But how could you live in TX (Boer capitol of the US) and NOT know???
(I know you're newer to goats....but she's a 'breeder'....)

Thank you Rolls, I took one look at that "Nubian" and said that's a darn Boer cross!!! Then my husband said, how would you know, I've only been looking at Nubian pictures since I first started my quest on goats, and the fact that I have a Boer buck out there, and boy the look a lot alike. So I posted him here, the ad says, meaty and a few other hint words ,to me that points out she does know. I really do love the people in this forum.
Everyone is great.

 

[Theykeepmebusy]

I would most definitely NOT pay $250 for him.

I agree!!!!!