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Can you separate her at feeding time? It *would* be good to get her down to a decent weight before she was bred; in fact, she may have trouble getting bred if she's very over-weight. Fat does are at risk for metabolic diseases such as hypocalcemia and ketosis, too. I'd knock off the alfalfa...

If you have a bathroom scale, you can pick her up, weigh yourself with and without her, and get a more accurate estimate of her weight. She looks quite stocky, and might actually be heavier than you are thinking. Still, I think you are right to wait to breed her, and give her some more time to...

If you are getting goats for milk, are you sure you want pygmies? They would be the dickens to milk....even Nigerian Dwarfs, which are miniature dairy goats, are often not all that easy to milk. (Pygmies are a small meat goat with tiny teats and usually not much milk production.) What you...

What breed they are isn't nearly as important as what quality they are -- and you can't tell that by the registration papers even with registered purebreds. As has already been said, you need to look at the goats, and at their mothers/sister/aunts/cousins (HMS Pinnafore, anyone, LOL!). If you...

Finnsheep are one of the short-tailed breeds, and don't need docked (others that I know of are Shetlands, Icelandics, and Romanovs). I've had Shetland and crosses, and hope to either get some more Shetlands someday, or some Icelandics. Kathleen