goats and sheep

wow, that's really weird. thanks for the pictures. the first one looks photo shopped, but the second is really too cute!

bibliophile birds said:

sorry, i wasn't trying to say you were wrong. i'd probably call them geeps too. i was just relaying info.

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Ah, don't worry, I didn't mean to sound offended. It's just weird when I've used a word for years and then find out it's defined as something else.

bibliophile birds said:

according to Wikipedia, geeps cannot occur naturally as they are the fusion of two embryos, one sheep and one goat, making them a chimera rather than a hybrid. it goes on to say that actual goat-sheep hybrids are poorly documented. there apparently was a well-documented on in 2000 in Botswana (the Toast of Botswana), but that's about it.

i think these pictures are of the same geep...

this picture is kinda weird

but this one's kinda cute

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HI There, New to the board and found this old thread. Hopefully someone sees it. Anyway, I do have a natural born Geep. His mother is a sheep and father is a goat. There was a twin set, but the female did not survive longer than about an hour after birth. she was around 2 lbs. They were premature. the male who lived was about 5 lbs at birth. The mother did not want them, she had no interest in a weakling (male couldn't walk for hours, so we finally pulled him in to bottle feed and keep alive).
The female born was white, had lamb body w the super curly wool hair. She had a goat head/face w goat legs. The male, now named Sammy, is mostly brown, and his fur looks like goat hair, but if you feel closer, its all wool underneath. He has a lamb face and goat looking legs, the back legs are mostly all white.
I have done a ton of research and can find a couple possible examples, to include on born in Arizona this last spring.
I contacted UC Davis vet school as they have research lab. Hoping to get genetic testing done to prove what we know ( the sheep and billy goat were the only 2 animals in the pasture.)
Here is a pic of Sammy. Would love to find anyone who has seen this before, any advice etc. I grew up raising cows pigs and horses, but this is my first goat or sheep. (long long story on how I ended up w this cute fella) Now a month old.

Do you have pics of the momma and dad?

I love the idea of geeps but really look forward to any genetic testing results!

SheepGirl said:

Do you have pics of the momma and dad?

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I made a thread just for the geep.. posted pics of both parents.
http://www.backyardherds.com/threads/a-geep-yes-a-goat-sheep-hybrid.30609/

mysunwolf said:

I love the idea of geeps but really look forward to any genetic testing results!

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yes me too, I know some people probably think I'm crazy, including a couple local vets and the nearest vet school! unless it was a miraculous conception, or something jumped over a 6 foot chainlink fence- That BillyGoat is the dad lol.