Nigerian Dwarf?

Pamela

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This is our Grammy goat. We did not ever intend to buy her. My husband had bid on and purchased 3 newly weaned kids. When he picked them up, someone had insisted that she had purchased one of our weanlings. So they offered Grammy goat to us, she was in dire need of a milking and no one had claimed her, so we brought her home. So for $20 we got a doe in milk! Anyhow, I am not sure of her breed. I think she a Nigerian Dwarf, but would welcome your input and thoughts.
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I really like her. She is kind of ornery, but I think she is just spunky. I can't wait to get kids out of her
 

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Maybe a cross between a nigie and a pigmy? She looks healthy.
 

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she is almost as tall as my yearling nubian does. Which is mostly why I question the ND. It seems to me she is a bit big?
 

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to me she looks like a Nigerian/something cross. what ever she is, she's a cutie. are you continuing to milk her? and how much milk is she giving?
 

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Congrats on your new doe! :thumbsup

Her face looks wrong to be a Nigerian, but the way her body/face look I wonder if she is part boer.

You may want to get a fecal on her. It looks like she has dried scours on her tail. It could be mucous from kidding :idunno Just thought I'd mention it anyway.
 

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I'm just gonna throw this out there...but maybe she's a Kinder type (Nubian x Pygmy). Her head looks like it could have a bit of a roman nose like a Nubian, and she's shorter and stockier like a pygmy...?? Some of my first generation Kinder's have perky ears like hers and are nearly as big as my Nubians. ... Just a guess, lol!
 
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