What will I get?

[KWAK]

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?

 

[Catahoula]

'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]

My doelings are half nubian half nigerian and they have airplane ears.

 

[goatboy1973]

Totally agree. Most likely airplane ears.

 

[treeclimber233]

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.

 

[bj taylor]

or what if one ear goes up & one lays down. now that would be a goat for a calendar.

 

[goatboy1973]

or what if one ear goes up & one lays down. now that would be a goat for a calendar.

Kinda like breeding a flop eared rabbit to a regular eared rabbit. LOL!

 

[Southern by choice]

I love airplane ears! and no ears just not long floppy ears!

 

[goatboy1973]

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.

 

[Kitsara]

or what if one ear goes up & one lays down. now that would be a goat for a calendar.

Though, his ear did end up going straight out eventually.