Aped
Ridin' The Range
Okay so I have nigerians now, after contemplating mini-nubians for a bit. And I have also been looking at the various milk test awards/line-ups and some of the numbers are really impresive for nigerians. Some are well over 1/2 gallon a day.
So I was wondering. If a nigerian/nubian mix has more milk output than the nigerian but less than a nubian, what does a 3/4 nigerian 1/4 nubian make? My theory is that it would boost milk output compared to a pure nigerian then perhaps that mix could be bred to pure nigerians and with proper breeding you could keep the higher output and with succesive breedings reach purebred nigerian status again.
is this a crazy idea or have other people done it before, not that I plan on doing it. I mean I was looking on one of the goat association websites and saw a goat from either jobi dairy goats that milked over 1700 lbs in 305 days!
http://www.andda.org/Milk_Records/Top_Ten/2007.htm
That can't be all nigerian!
So I was wondering. If a nigerian/nubian mix has more milk output than the nigerian but less than a nubian, what does a 3/4 nigerian 1/4 nubian make? My theory is that it would boost milk output compared to a pure nigerian then perhaps that mix could be bred to pure nigerians and with proper breeding you could keep the higher output and with succesive breedings reach purebred nigerian status again.
is this a crazy idea or have other people done it before, not that I plan on doing it. I mean I was looking on one of the goat association websites and saw a goat from either jobi dairy goats that milked over 1700 lbs in 305 days!
http://www.andda.org/Milk_Records/Top_Ten/2007.htm
That can't be all nigerian!
. I think it would take more generations to get up the milk production but I dont' know, I like my Mini Nubians with their ears and roman noses. there are some small Mini Nubians--I dont' know how they milk- I like my 2nd and 3 rd gen Mini Nubians.
