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The American LaMancha is a breed of goat that was developed in the United States by crossing a short-eared Spanish goat with purebreds of the Swiss breeds.
The American LaMancha is a popular, sturdy animal with good temperament and personalities. Any color or combination of colors is acceptable with no preferences
The American LaMancha breed characteristics include a dished or straight nose; thick, fine, short hair; and small ears. The two types of LaMancha ears are “gopher” and “elf”. The “elf ear” can have a maximum length of two inches and the “gopher ear” can have a maximum length of one inch with little or no cartilage, and the end of the ear turned up or down in both types. Bucks can be registered with “gopher ear” only and there is no preference for does. The bucks have a full beard.
The American LaMancha is medium in size. Mature does should stand 28 inches or more at the withers and should not weigh less than 130 pounds. Mature bucks should stand 30 inches or more at the withers and not weigh less than 165 pounds.
The French-Alpine is a breed of goat that originated in the Swiss mountain region known as the Alps. They were brought to the United States from France and were selected for much greater size, uniformity and production than goats that were taken from Switzerland to France.
The French-Alpine are hardy, adaptable animals that thrive in any climate while maintaining good health and excellent production. They were developed on size and production rather than color, with a variety of colors from pure white through shades of black, brown, buff, fawn, gray, red, and any combinations of these colors on the same animal.
The French-Alpine breed characteristics include a dished angular nose; long slender neck; short hair; and narrow, erect ears. The bucks have longer hair along the spine and a medium size beard.
The French-Alpine is quite large. Mature does should stand 30 inches or more at the withers and should not weigh less than 135 pounds. Mature bucks should stand 32 inches or more at the withers and not weigh less than 170 pounds.
my pygmy goats kidded! one doe had triplets(two black agouti does and one caramel buck) on Feb. 13 and the other had twin bucks(caramel and black agouti) on March 3! im so excited! they're so cute and sweet and look like little stuffed animals! i love to watch them play on their playground and then they get tired and fall asleep all in a bundle of black and tan fur. the does are such good mothers and i was surprised that the one that had triplets can feed them all! i thought that one would get rejected, but she has no problem caring for all of them. the triplets are so tame and friendly and and greet me when i go out to see them. the twins are a little shy, but im working on them! i just love pygmy goats!
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Curryosity Farm is breeding Registered Nubian Dairy Goats and commercial Boer goats.
We have been raising Nubian Dairy goats since 2000. Our herd began with one doe, Winterbourne Enchanted Cameron, and two wethers.
We purchased our first Nubian buck, Six M Galaxy Hermione's Sirus, on 1/23/04. His dam is a 10*M, two time National Top Ten Production Breed Leader, and a recipient of the ADGA Superior Genetics Award.
We now have five Registered Nubian Dairy Goats, Winterbourne Enchanted Cameron, 4 R Kids Cameron's Ashelin, 4 R Kids Nora's Leila, 4 R Kids Cameron's Darlene, and 4 R Kids Cameron's Adelaide. We attempted to breed Cameron to Sirus before he was sold on 9/17/06. If she settled, she is due to kid on 2/12/07.
Darlene and Adelaide will be bred to Moses, a Six M Galaxy buck, that is now owned by a friend of mine.
Our Boer herd consists of two purebred bucks, four purebred does, and one Boer/Nubian cross doe. We have added two Nubian does, Ashelin and Leila, to the Boer herd this year to produce Boer/Nubian cross kids.
I just fixed a strange problem with Internet Explorer browsers. When viewed on an 800x600 display, or if you resized the Internet Explorer window to a smaller width, the rightmost column (containing the Latest Classified Ads, Popular Classified Ads, Random Image, etc) would disappear (well, not really - it would drop to the left-hand side of the screen, below where the left-hand column normally sits -- so, you'd have to scroll down a long, long way to see the right-hand side's classified ad lists.)
This problem was not visible in FireFox or Mozilla.
This guide covers a variety of topics related to goat ownership: Getting started, care, feeding, housing, and other topics.
We'll be updating this book and adding chapters from time to time. Please come back soon!
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Whoo-hoo! We're proud to announce the following enhancements:
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We're off to a good start, with a many new ads and new users in only a few days. The response has been encouraging.
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