Too small?

[LadyIsabelle2011]

Really...I always did kinda think she might have a little nigerian in her...if she does it would not be a bad thing considering I was hoping to use her as a dairy goat any way and Nigerians being a dairy breed an all...I always was a little worried because she seemed way too sleek for a pygmy...I always worried that she was under weight...

 

[helmstead]

She is pretty small still, I'd make sure she had another 10 lbs or so and gains some width through the hips before you breed her. You can tell she's still growing - her butt's higher than her withers. She doesn't show the maturity I'd be looking for yet.

My ND does range from 40 to 50 lbs on average. Only my BIG girls (one ND/Pygmy who is a fatty and one hefty hoss of a ND doe who is nearly at the maximum height for the breed) weigh around 70 lbs.

 

[elevan]

Her frame is really the tip off that she's either Nigerian Dwarf or a cross of pygmy / ND... Although some people will call any small breed goat a pygmy it doesn't make it so...

The second class of pygmy that I mentioned (sleek) is still stocky boned but tends to have a slightly longer neck and just look a little more refined.

ND's have a dairy goat build...in miniature. That's more along the lines of what your Isabelle looks like. Helmstead raises NDs so she's very well versed in them...if she thinks it's a ND...I'm fairly sure it probably is or mostly is

That just makes it better for you - since you want her to be a milker

 

[LadyIsabelle2011]

Yup, I am a happy camper as far as her being a ND or ND cross,

thanks for all the advice, all really good info that I have been needing. I am definently gonna wait until she is more mature...hopefully by this winter she will put on some weight cause considering how hot the summers here are I don't want her having a summer kid...I may end up waiting a whole year before I even get a taste of goat milk *sigh...but I will say, her health is worth more to me than a couple ounces of milk every day