KWAK
Ridin' The Range
I plan on breeding a nubian buck to my Toggenburg and Alpine does, both does and buck are great looking animals... But I'm wondering what the ears will be like? Floppy? Straight up?
What will I get?
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Catahoula
Overrun with beasties
'Airplane' ears. Many have relative big ears that stick out side way. Too heavy to go up like Alpines but still have some lift to them so they don't lay flat.
AshleyFishy
Loving the herd life
My doelings are half nubian half nigerian and they have airplane ears.
goatboy1973
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Totally agree. Most likely airplane ears.
treeclimber233
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I bred my Nubian doe to a Nigerian buck and her babies ears are laying down almost as flat as the mothers ears. So maybe you will get lucky and have ears that flop.
goatboy1973
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Kinda like breeding a flop eared rabbit to a regular eared rabbit. LOL!
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I love airplane ears! 
and no ears just not long floppy ears! 
and no ears just not long floppy ears!
goatboy1973
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I don't mind floppy ears, but they sometimes can get the tips frost bitten in the winter though. I had some LaBoers (earless Lamancha/Boer cross goats) they were very meaty goats but kinda hard to ear tag. LOL!
From a management standpoint, I prefer some kinda ear since we participate in the USDA Scrapie Eradication Program cause the gvt. has us to tag each goat with one of their tags.
From a management standpoint, I prefer some kinda ear since we participate in the USDA Scrapie Eradication Program cause the gvt. has us to tag each goat with one of their tags.
