Wow just kidded! but I have a concern. advice plz.

[elevan]

True 100% pygmies are pretty straightforward with coloring.

If they are not registered though...you're likely to have some ND thrown in. There is a lot of color variation in NDs.

 

[Ariel301]

That is odd coloring...what a cutie though.

I just had a dark brown and white spotted doe bred to a black and white buck have two white kids...sometimes weird stuff happens. I don't think purebred Pygmy goats have spotting genes though, so maybe there was some mixing somewhere back in the ancestry.

 

[chandasue]

Super Cute is what I'd call that color--I love it when the color is a total surprise! Congrats BTW!

 

[jason_mazzy]

I know all the parents 3 gens back. And they were all pygmies. These are not registered stock, but have been pure pygmies. The father is a red carmel, and the grandmother is a black and white. Its odd that she has agouti front legs and head, and black and white body. Maybe she is a split gene recessive (a true piebald) LOL. or just an old throwback to a cur goat................... Either way really active and cute.

 

[elevan]

Unregistered. Then I'm sure you've got some ND or something in the far ancestry of her. Doesn't diminish that her color is very cute!

There are still some people out there that think all dwarf goats are pygmies...and don't really believe that they are a breed unto themselves. Unfortunately I've ran across a few of them

As to what her coloring is called...I think it's helmstead that is really good at that...

 

[SDGsoap&dairy]

I don't know about pygmies, but if she were a Nigerian she'd be black roan with white and frosting.

Congrats, she's a cutie!

 

[Emmetts Dairy]

First Congrats!! Beautiful baby!!!

Generally your doe will pass an afterbirth or placenta after all kids are delivered. Usually this will occur within 2 hours after delivery, but should happen within 12. Do NOT assist in taking the placenta from the doe. If you pull on it, you can cause permanent damage to the uterus and possible internal bleeding resulting in death. Sometimes when the placenta is passed the doe will have contractions as if delivering another kid. Some does will eat the afterbirth. Just keep your eyes open and keep looking for evidence. If you think she has not passed it after 12 hours..call the vet..they have medications that will help this pass. I think "Karen" just went through this with a doe. I recall reading she had to get medication for a doe that did'nt pass the placenta. But dont wait...really...she can really get ill!!

There are 2 schools of thought on eating the afterbirth. One is let them, the other is don't. For those that let the doe eat it, they feel it is the natural thing the doe does and provides nutrients to the doe. For those that don't, they feel it can cause disruption in the rumen and you end up with problems after, as the afterbirth is not sanitary. Thats a personal choice...

Keep a watch for a few days on her, she will have a bloody discharge. If it is flowing and looks like hemorrhaging, call your vet ASAP. After a few days of the bloody discharge, your doe will continue discharging fluids, but the color and consistency will be that of reddish-brown pudding. This too is normal and can start and stop over the next 3 - 4 weeks.

Check her temp...make sure shes eating, drinking and doing ok!! And enjoy that miracle you have!!!

PS...She the first goat I heard of that turned a nose to molasses!!!
Goaties!! They always keep suprising me! Thats why I love them!!!

 

[helmstead]

What a pretty baby! Congrats!!

I see you have chickens n ducks in there with them...chickens are especially quick about helping clean up afterbirth so between the doe and the birds... you're probably OK.

 

[Emmetts Dairy]

...chickens are especially quick about helping clean up afterbirth so between the doe and the birds... you're probably OK.

eeewwwwww!! But true!!

 

[elevan]

I don't know about pygmies, but if she were a Nigerian she'd be black roan with white and frosting.

Oh, so you're the one I should have referred to for ND type coloring
I knew it was you or helmstead

That's the thing...pygmies don't have that coloring unless there is a cross someone in the genes (even far back). Everything is pygmy until you see that belt and spots :/

I like the frosting thing...reminds me of a chocolate cupcake with marble frosting... Ok, now I'm gonna have to go bake!

I see you have chickens n ducks in there with them...chickens are especially quick about helping clean up afterbirth sickbyc so between the doe and the birds...wink you're probably OK.

Hadn't thought about that, but you're right - those chickens would have been all over that "treat"


Congratulations again Jason!