I have searched the archives and found information that is several years old. So I thought I would ask again to see if there is any new information on the subject as I am interested in it. Has anyone here been doing it this breeding. My reason is to not to have to disbud. So any new info., what have been your results?
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Thanks for the information. Didn't consider the information about just selling the traits. Learning the conformation part is the hardest when starting out. I will try to find the yahoo group.
Deborah Niemann-Boehle said:
I don't have anything new to add. I don't know if it is still active but there used to be a Yahoo group for polled goats, and there were several people on there who were breeding polled to polled. Some did wind up with hermaphrodites or similar issues. The bottom line is that if you are willing to "eat your mistakes," you might as well go for it. I personally haven't done it because I haven't found a polled buck that I like that much, and at the moment, all of my polled goats go back to only one buck, which threw beautiful udders with less-than-awesome production, so I don't want to line breed on him. If you are going to have goats in your herd that are either blue-eyed or polled, you have to be really careful because people are much less likely to sell a polled or blue-eyed buck as a wether because they know that some people just want those traits and don't really care about production and conformation.
James,
I have no personal experience with breeding polled to polled, but I have a friend who has a wonderful champion polled buck. She said she has bred polled to polled a number of times without getting a hermaphrodite, but she HAS had a hermaphrodite from breeding non-polled to non-polled. As she said, "I have heard what people say and can only tell you my experience, so go figure."