No Nubians for Me

[SkyWarrior]

I am not dissing Nubian folks. After having owned a half Nubian half Boer, I get the loudness of the Nubians.

Criminy, they scream! When they want something, they scream. When they see you, they scream. They just scream! How in the heck can you folks who own Nubians put up with that?

Thank goodness for my relatively quiet LaManchas, Saanens, and Alpine!

 

[Queen Mum]

I actually know someone who has Nubians that are quiet. I am not sure what it is they do. But one day they stopped giving the girls alfalfa twice a day and the whole farm was a cacophony of yelling and hollering does. "Hey, WHERE IS OUR ALFALFA!?

I have one part Nubian Doe. Brownie. She is such a happy little thing. She is not hideously noisy, but she talks to me. She never screams, just talks all the time. "Hi Mom, how are you today?" Hey, Mom, where is the corn?" "Mom, are we going out for a walk today?" "Hey, my turn, my turn on the milkstand!" "Oh, oh, oh, my toe hurts!" "I found the BEST leaves, they are over here. Come look. You are NOT looking, come and see." "How are you doing today." "Ack! There are airplanes flying overhead!"

Never stops talking. And Mama, the queen, an Alpine, goes over to her, nips a bit of hair on her butt and says a quiet, "Hush!"

 

[ragdollcatlady]

I love the Nubians talkativeness.... My boer Andy is as talkative but sooooo much louder than our nubian Bambi was....he has more depth and lung capacity.... boy can you tell!!!!

 

[ThreeBoysChicks]

Nina and her twin daughters are nubians and are very quiet. The Nubian doe that I purchased as an adult is more vocal, but not at all excessive.

 

[michickenwrangler]

Personally, I don't like Nubians for the whole loudness thing either.

That being said, I got a package deal on some meat goats last fall and three of them were Nubian/Boer crosses. They are the QUIETEST goats on the property! One of them did like to jump on me though. He was one of the first to go to slaughter.

 

[lovinglife]

I hardly ever hear mine, and when they do talk they are not loud at all, they are young though, that may have something to do with it. Also they were not bottle raised so they really don't care if I am not around all the time.

 

[SuburbanFarmChic]

Our Nubians were very quiet. The loudest goats we have ever had were Nigerians. And they seem to carry further because of the higher pitch.

 

[Fluffygal]

Fiona hollers at feeding time and when she sees me; however, my ND buck Abel can out holler her.
It gets noisy in the evenings at grain time as they all act like they haven't had food in days even though they have been eating forage n hay all day. Chickens are right in there with them on grain calling.

 

[CrazyCatNChickenLady]

My first goat was a nubian/boer bottle baby. I got him at 2 weeks disbudded and banded for $25. They must have known he was going to ba a screamer cause they warned me! They said he was going to scream the drive home and all night. Yes, he did! We almost turned around a mile down the road he was that noisy but he was my first and I wasn't giving in that easy. He went to freezer camp at about 14 weeks old. :/

Then I got a mini nubian wether later on. He had the cutest little hum but he also could belt it out when he wanted to. Such a screamer! I got him at 8 weeks and he wasnt really weaned like she said he was.. He never really got over it and I gave him to a 4H family down the road and they ended up sending him to the freezer too..

I'll stick with my lamanchas for now! They're extremely quiet except for one of the bucklings, Mcgee. He's soooo noisy and he's not very smart so he just stands there and screams for no reason. Like the other day he got "left behind" on our walk. He didn't follow and instead of running to catch up he just stood there looking at us and was SCREAMING as loud as he could!! He's staying though because dbf is sticking up for him.. He will be wethered and I'm leaving the quiet buckling intact. My Nigerian buckling can also make a lot of noise when he wants. He's 14 weeks old and makes sure I dont forget his grain. He usually only lets out one ot two actual screams but he's a talker too!

 

[WhiteMountainsRanch]

I actually know someone who has Nubians that are quiet. I am not sure what it is they do. But one day they stopped giving the girls alfalfa twice a day and the whole farm was a cacophony of yelling and hollering does. "Hey, WHERE IS OUR ALFALFA!

We have 11 Nubians and they are pretty quiet unless they run out of feed.