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Southern by choice
Herd Master
I get what you're saying about Nigi's and color, Southern! I raised pygmies for the show ring for a whole bunch of years...and OMG...heaven forbid that one is born with some white where it ain't supposed to be! I've ventured away from the pygmies a bit, but they are my first goat love, and will always have a place in my heart and on my farm. BUT - now I am in looooove with color so I'm committing pygmy heresy and breeding pygmies without a worry in the world about a mis-mark, lol! Won't be able to register those, but they sure are cute!
Having said that - I still try to educate some folks on what is a true pygmy. Today on Craigslist I saw someone wanting to trade a nice enough Nigerian buck for a "blue-eyed, tri-colored pygmy"! Ain't no such thing!
I love the Pygmy's! My friend has one and she has bred her to a Nigerian Buck ... all blue babies. All blue eyed too! Momma has a big beautiful udder! I so want a blue goat! But then I tell myself... NO.... no collecting goats because they are pretty!
Where I am if I was raising Pygmy's for meat I would sell out every season faster than any other animal on my farm! Truth be told I just can't do it... the tiny animals are cute!
Had a little wether that a dog got to and we had to put him down so we put him in the freezer. Leg o' pygmy is quite yummy - and it fits in the roasting pan, lol!
Hopefully you'll at least get twins from each of them...although the one is big enough, it does look like triplets. 
