6/9/2023 0 Comments Nubian boer cross weight chart![]() Not one I would attempt because I don't think there would be an advantage. I think if chickenlover wants to develop a short legged Boer for the meat and not showmarket, it would be an interesting project. I can sell a small goat for more than I can sell a dead one for. Right now I am concentrating on parasite and disease resistant and high weaning rates. I would love to develop a fast growing, low maintenance, high weaning rate, parasite and disease resistant, low feed input goat. We all find eventually compromises must be made and traits need to be prioritized. Most breeders, me included, are trying to develop their own strains to suit whatever their personal goals are. Not ideal body structure, but not bad either. I have seen a kiko x pigmy and she would have been a decent goat except her teats were lopsided. There needs to be a good balance between the two. They do need height to support the heavy frame but height by itself doesn't make a meatier goat. My own opinion is height in boers is not as important as length. I keep imagining a goat that is built like a pig. This discussion about breeding short legged boers makes me laugh. Want to develop a new line of goats that are more efficient? So does eveyone.I started a similar project 5 years ago working on a better milking goat that could raise kids to an early market weight BUT they had to be low maintainence, disease/parasite resistent, low feed input, good mothers.Did it work? I would say yes.Did I start a new breed of goats? NO I just have a good grade commercial herd that is low maintainence and makes great kids.and they support my FB hobby BTW boers were developed to be taller because they can carry more meat and have a better loin.You are suggesting the reverse.Read some of the boer threads, occasionally you will read someone post that the particular goat is shortlegged.That wouldn't be good. If you wanted a shorter goat you would be better suited to find a shortlegged line of boers and breed them to be shorter.Again shorter = not as good in my book anyway. These goats are commonly sold as pygmys but just get way too big to actually be anything but a crossbred goat. Possibly you may be talking about some sort of crossbred goat that appears to be a pygmy. I guarentee I sell market wethers at 100 days that are heavier, therefore more valuable, than most True Pygmys would ever get no matter how long you feed them. In the US we sell market animals based on their live weight on the hoof when they are sent to slaughter. But recently, the past 20 years or so, they have been bred towards an ornamental or show animal only. In fact, pygmys are meat goats, originally. Inadequate nutrition will decrease body condition, reduce milk production, reduce kid weaning weight and increase kid mortality.I have Never seen a true pygmy goat with a loin any bigger than a large rabbit, and I used to raise pygmys. If there is not adequate pasture, supplemental feed will be required. Kidding should take place when there is an adequate supply of high quality pasture. ![]() However, does will likely lose some body weight due to the high demands of peak lactation in weeks three to eight of lactation and an inability to consume an adequate quantity of feed. During lactation, the doe can consume nearly enough nutrients if an abundant supply of high quality pasture is available, such as in spring or early summer. Nutrient requirements are 2.8 pounds of total digestible nutrients (TDN), 0.41 pounds of crude protein (CP), 7.61 grams of calcium, and 5.33 grams of phosphorus, with 4.14 pounds of dry matter intake predicted (based on default dietary TDN and CP concentrations). The program then predicts production of 4.5 pounds of milk per day with 3.6 percent fat and 3.3 percent crude protein. Select litter size (twins), week of lactation (4), and age at kidding (4). ![]() When lactating is selected under question #2 on the Langston Interactive Nutrient Calculator ( LINC), a form drops down. Calculate the requirements for a 4-year-old, 110-pound Boer cross doe nursing twins in week four of lactation. The lactating doe has very high nutrient requirements.
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