Oh, craigslist...

[Southern by choice]

I don't know- I like all the right stuff but I like eye candy too.
I have a friend that has black goats unfortunately that black is all her goats seem to produce... kinda boring really.
I don't want a whole herd of black goats or white goats so if a goat is pretty like you said it is icing on the cake.
2 goats that are the same- but one is flashy and one is boring... I'd go with the flash too.

 

[Ferguson K]

I don't know- I like all the right stuff but I like eye candy too.
I have a friend that has black goats unfortunately that black is all her goats seem to produce... kinda boring really.
I don't want a whole herd of black goats or white goats so if a goat is pretty like you said it is icing on the cake.
2 goats that are the same- but one is flashy and one is boring... I'd go with the flash too.

I can agree with you on this.

My main point here is that they're selling a goat as a producer of 100% blue eyed offspring. At a year old the odds of him having offspring on the ground is slim, but not unaccomplished.

My goats are all different colors. I like that.

My Boer's always looked alike. Very few variances. When Prudence came along and was a red, I got excited.

Don't get me wrong here.. I'd LOVE some moon spots or paints. I'm happy with my greys and champagnes... But variety would be nice.

 

[babsbag]

If that little buckling is only a year old and he has kids on the ground then he was serving does at 7 months of age. While that is certainly possible highly unlikely that he has enough kids on the ground to know that he only throws blues eyes. However IF he came from an homozygous blue eyed sire AND dam I do believe that he would only throw blue eyes. Possible, but not probable.

@Southern by choice , are you saying that your blue eyed buck bred to a blue eyed doe did not give you all blue eyed kids? They should have been.

I have a polled doe and out of 5 kids only one has been polled. Her polled daughter has given me three polled kids out of 10 kids, and two of those are 0 for 2. I am hoping that I get some polled does this year but the odds are not in my favor. Since most people won't ever breed polled to polled I think it is harder to see that gene thrown consistently.

 

[Southern by choice]

yep and the only buck the two does were with

 

[babsbag]

@Southern by choice That breaks all of the rules of genetics and dominant genes. So is the buck wearing blue contacts or the doe?

Seriously though, I just looked it up and you can get brown eyes from two blue eyed parents if they aren't homozygous so I guess that explains it. However if you have two brown eyed goats (or humans) you will never get blue.

 

[Mini Horses]

I LOVE EYE CANDY, TOO.

The wonderful variety of color in goats (some) is exciting. Given the choice of two genetically equal, I'd go with color I liked. I have Saanen doe who has given me 3 white does, upright ears, from a very black Nubian buck. Now these are beautiful does!! The body is better than mom's....both lines had outstanding milk backgrounds. The buck has consistently given me kids of great body on his kids regardless of doe being less than streamlined. THAT is what I wanted. Let's face it, some mini-nubs show more of the slightly bulkier look of the nigies.

The Saanen cross does will be considered for keeping for milkers. I am not "loving" all white herd but these are beautiful does. The twins may be sold, once milking....because I don't need this many to milk.

The buck was purchased because of the lovely kids he throws. He is 4gen mini (but not small) and except for the Saanen, has always given be dropped ears on even the "flying nun" ears of the lower gen mini nubs. If I could change anything on the buck, only his 4 gen to a 5 or 6. LOL...obviously can't. So I am good with him anyway. But, in his case he was not looked at for his own color --- I saw his kids from a couple yrs, owner posted she "may" sell and I jumped on it!!

 

[samssimonsays]

Eye candy LOL babsbag, I had similar frustrations with the animals I bred. They never seem to follow the rules...