are the breed of goats represented here at our farm. Full grown Nigerian Dwarfs weigh around 70 pounds, and are between 16 and 20 inches tall at the shoulder. They are very colorful and their miniature size makes them perfect for the "little" visitors.
Mother Nigerian Dwarfs are called Does, and their kids are called kids! Yes really... baby goats are called a "kid". Male (or the Dads) are called Bucks.
The first of our kids were born on March 20th. Since then we have had 29 kids born out of 12 does. There are 10 more expected to give birth over the next two weeks. Does can give birth to twins, or even triplets meaning there could be 20 or more kids born. Amazing!!!!
Nigerian Dwarf goats kids can stand with in an hour after being born. With in three hours they are running around the pen.
Nigerian Dwarf goats have many uses such as, milk production, meat, and fiber for clothing. On a world wide basis people consume goat milk more than milk produced by cows.
If you have any questions please post a comment.
Posted by: Nicki Jackson on Sunday, April 20, 2008
Hi Jess...love all the baby goats...now you will have to have that "abstinnence talk with them all before you are over-run.
Posted by: Cris on Friday, May 9, 2008
Dang, my sister is a big time zoologist type person thing, but that's AWESOME!! Love the site, and the pictures. At first i thought you were holding a sheep hehe.