Cute baby animals... I haz them!

[claireducky]

Here's our newest additions to the menagerie around here:

 

 

 

2 bucklings, born yesterday afternoon. :D

[Mirshann Uuranor]

So cute!  What kind of goats are they, Mother?

[claireducky]

Nigerian Dwarfs.  The mom is about 20 in tall at the withers, and the babies are about the size of a 4-6 week old kitten lol!

[LilyElizabeth]

They are so cute!

 

[Barmacral]

Nigerian Dwarfs.

 

An oxymoron.

[Mirshann Uuranor]

Nigerian Dwarfs.  The mom is about 20 in tall at the withers, and the babies are about the size of a 4-6 week old kitten lol!

OMG I think I want one. *squee*

[Minuet]

How adorable!!

[Wayward_fool]

Must... resist... pouncing... and... snuggling... to... the... ground...

 

*twitches*

[Bursius]

How are they grilled over a spit with dabs of BBQ sauce every half hour or so?

[Elgee]

*Rolls eyes at Bursius*

 

They're absolutely adorable, Claire! I love goats - my parents used to farm with them, and I always had baby goats as pets. They're so intelligent! And naughty  ;D

[Mirshann Uuranor]

*dabs BBQ sauce on Bursius and then stands out of the way so as not to be trampled by Min* :D

[Tharengore]

Ok whats with mini animals??

 

I mean we have the wannabe dogs, you know the ones same size of a cat or rat. Now goats just bigger then house cats. 

 

Just woundering here...

 

Oh and Bursius goat is generally good grilled and with BBQ sauce...

[claireducky]

Well the mother goat is much bigger than a house cat, Tharengore.  We've got the hugest wandering tom cat and I've seen the two of them square off once.  The goat won. Handily. 

 

This isn't a true "miniature" breed like you see in dogs, etc-- they're not stock of a larger breed just shrunk-- they're a breed of West African descent that was originally imported to the US to feed large game cats like Lions in zoos.

 

Why they're a great goat-- their smaller size makes them easier to handle and less dangerous (getting butted by a full-size goat sucks!).  Additionally, this is a dairy breed (NOT a meat breed as you and Bursius seem to think).  Even though they're small, a doe can produce anywhere from 1-8 lbs of milk a day (which is a lot!)

 

Our goal for the future is to cross breed Nigerian Dwarfs with Angora (wool-producing breed), so we'll have the ultimate multi-purpose goat:  smaller stature, dairy producer, and we can shear it for wool as well :)

[Mirshann Uuranor]

*Goolges how much a gallon of milk weighs*

Geez!  They can give nearly a full gallon of milk every day?! :o

Holy crap.  Busy little dairy goats. :P

[Daruya]

They are adorable, claire!  We used to have some Nigerian dwarf goats.  DH named them Abraham, Martin and Joan (hey, Joan was a girl so we could hardly name her John! LOL!).  John blessed us with a doe but we ended up giving all of them to a friend.  After a couple more babies, Amy (new owner) took Abraham and Martin to the vet for "brain surgery."  ;D 

 

We used to get a chuckle when Amy would tell us how the goats would butt the underside of the trampoline when her boys were jumping on it.  They sure can be characters!