what breed could these little does be?

[wittleacres]

Got these 2 girls from a hobby farmer who breeds goats as pets, they don't know what breeds their goats are....they just call them all miniature goats lol. They are 2 months old. What breed/breeds do you think they might be?

 

[Melanie]

They look like Nigerian Dwarfs to me. Possibly mixed with pygmy.

 

[Pearce Pastures]

They look to be a cross, not purebreds. The flop of the ears and the sellers "mini" comment makes me guess they are part Nigerian Dwarf but I am not sure of what else. Do you have pics of the parents?

 

[Pearce Pastures]

PS seems you have little kids and I see horn buds on those babies. If you plan to disbud, which is a matter of a few seconds rather than a major surgery later, you should do it this week.

 

[OneFineAcre]

They seem pretty good sized for 2 months old. Tells me they have some standard breed goat in them. They seem too large to be just nigerian or nigerian pygmy cross.

 

[wittleacres]

This is the lighter ones mom

 

[wittleacres]

And the darker ones mom, the dad looked like this one

 

[goatboy1973]

Look to be Nigerian Dwarf/ dairy cross. Good looking goats BTW. Very healthy in appearance.

 

[goatboy1973]

This is a very popular cross by the way. You see a lot of these crossbred goats in the form of Kinders which is a crossbred dairy goat with varying %'s of Nubian and Nigerian Dwarf. Looks like a mini version of a Nubian with airplane ears.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Small correction...A Kinder is a cross between a Nubian and a Pygmy. I believe a mini-Nubian is a cross between Nigi's and Nubians.