Somewhere....Pigs are flying....

[Emmetts Dairy]

She is cute...and her ears do look like elf ears!!! She will stick out for sure!! No mistaken her in a room full of Nubians!!

 

[20kidsonhill]

Will she throw no-ears to the boer crosses, half-ears?

Just wondering, she is very cute. Love the color?

Wait, you can't get solid ears if there are no ears, just saying.

 

[elevan]

Will she throw no-ears to the boer crosses, half-ears?

Just wondering, she is very cute. Love the color?

Wait, you can't get solid ears if there are no ears, just saying.

I was recently doing some reading on LaManchas and read that the ears are dominant so even when bred to another breed...the ears will either be "no" ears or "elf" ears (such as Jeep has).

I read it in Carol A. Amundson's book How to Raise Goats
It's a great book with info on multiple breeds.

 

[Roll farms]

LOL...didja notice her little nubbies are frosted???

I've never seen an LM cross w/ "airplane ears" or anything...I'm hoping by being half Nub, then crossed boer, maybe just maybe I'll end up w/ long ears.

If I do, that'll be a keeper.

I have a friend who has been breeding LM's for years and she crossed to Nubians sometimes. Most of her kids were either none or elf, but she got the occasional pendulous eared kid, too.

 

[julieq]

She's very cute!

 

[Ariel301]

Welcome to the Dark Side!

I said the same thing when we got our does. I thought they looked like aliens. But they were CHEAP so we couldn't say no.

Now I won't own anything else! I got offered a Nubian kid for free this weekend and I said no way. It's the personality, they're like Golden Retrievers, just so sweet and willing to please.

She's a beautiful girl, love that flashy coloring.

Elevan, the ears are pretty dominant. A gopher eared Munchie crossed with Alpine or Nubian style ears will produce elf-eared kids. The nubs tend to be longer if there's Nubian and shorter if Alpine style. Two gopher eared goats will always produce gopher ears. There's a 50% chance of either if you cross a gopher to an elf. Elf to elf can produce elf or some weird throwback to whatever made the elf ears in the first place.

 

[elevan]

Elevan, the ears are pretty dominant. A gopher eared Munchie crossed with Alpine or Nubian style ears will produce elf-eared kids. The nubs tend to be longer if there's Nubian and shorter if Alpine style. Two gopher eared goats will always produce gopher ears. There's a 50% chance of either if you cross a gopher to an elf. Elf to elf can produce elf or some weird throwback to whatever made the elf ears in the first place.

Good to know, thanks!

As I posted, I was just repeating what I'd read. The author raises nubians, but writes about a wide variety of breeds. The book is mostly general to all goats though.

I've been recently looking into lamanchas... Almost bought one last week but I was "5 minutes" too late on the call...

 

[greenfamilyfarms]

I absolutely love her. Really!

Flo, our Manchie-eared doeling, is actually only 25% LaMancha and 75% Alpine and has elf ears. Her sister had Alpine ears.