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Identifying Goat Breeds

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#1 ·
Ok so i have these two goats. both of them stand about 50 cm high and are not getting any bigger. :P

One is completly black with little bits of white the other is a fudge colour brown with black points and a black stripe along her spine.

My question is what breed are they? We got them from the RSPCA so they could be mixed. if any one has any idea i would love to know. THANKS

Mine are the two in the front in this first photo. (not the one with the black and white face)

 
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The brown and black one looks like an Alpine cross.
The Black one I have no clue, probably just a cross of some kind of really funky breed.

List of breeds: Fias Co Farm- Breeds of Goats

American Dairy Goat Assosiation Breed Standards(maybe your goat looks more like one or the other): Breed Standards
 
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They could, they are adorable any how. They always seem like they take for ever to grow, than next thing you know the little one you carried in your arms, now can pull a 200 pound man off his feet. Good luck with them, it is always a surprise in the morning around here with my families three.
 
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Hi,
Both of your goats are mixes.
Based on first picture and markings on the brown/black goat (bay colored body with black points on head, belly, topline, and legs) it looks strongly to have Oberhasli (my goat breed) or Alpine. Oberhaslis are always marked similarly as your goat, but Alpines can also have those markings as well as many other colors. However, the larger slightly bent ears in the second picture strongly suggest Nubian is in there somewhere. Alpines and Oberhaslis have shorter erect ears while Nubians have long floppy ears. When Nubians are mixed with other dairy goat breeds it will produce ears just like the brown one.

Based on all the pictures, the smaller black goat has the markings and body type of a Nigerian Dwarf mix or a Pygora type mixed with Nubian (again, the slightly larger more flopped ears.) It could be what is called a mini Nubian- part Nigerian and part Nubian. The wavy hair coat may suggest the Pygora mix more though instead of a Nigerian mix. Although he/she might have grown up some and slicked out of the fuzzy kid coat and look more dairy goat like now.
Too cute that's for sure!
Goats are like potato chips... you can't have just one!
Leah
 
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