I have raised only Pygmy goats (not reg) for the last 14 years and just recently got a Reg ND buck to get me some different colors on my babies. Oh and the colors I am getting! Not disappointed in that department. I have just recently gotten interested in the "milking" side of the ND and started looking at my ND buck's background. I have not a CLUE if he is out of good milk stock or not. I did find Pecan Hollow on line and they have very nice milking stock, but don't know any of the others. He has Rosasharn, Redbud,Shamrock, Flats Rocks, Piddlin Acres, Goodwood. Can anyone help me????
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OK thanks alot! I will see if I can find anything on line about them. We did DHI on the cow herd I milked. We did it 11 times a year and kept all records in a PC there in the office. We could look at them at any time and see who was slackin :-)
I am pretty sure Pecan Hollow just does one-day milk stars, and they don't really tell you much. It simply means that the goat produced a minimum amount of milk on a certain day. And with one-day tests, the breeder can even pick the day to do the test, so you can do them when your goats are all around their peak. And a goat that produces 2.5 pounds with a high butterfat could get a star where a goat with 3.5 pounds and lower butterfat would not get a star. And there is no differentiation between that goat that gave 2.5 pounds and one that gave 6 pounds. And while 2.5 pounds is not too bad for a first freshener at her peak, it's terrible for a four year old. You really have to look at the individual records. I have milk records on my website, so people can look at them. If you google the does in your buck's pedigree, maybe you can find their records online.
And you really shouldn't get too excited about goats that are three or four generations back, because the ones that will have the biggest influence on milking are the dam and the sire's dam.
Even sellers with good milking stock can vary from goat to goat, so I think you'd want to track down your buck's dam, and see if she's had anyone keep records on her milk production. That's where you'd look to as far as background goes from what I understand.
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I am pretty sure Pecan Hollow just does one-day milk stars, and they don't really tell you much. It simply means that the goat produced a minimum amount of milk on a certain day. And with one-day tests, the breeder can even pick the day to do the test, so you can do them when your goats are all around their peak. And a goat that produces 2.5 pounds with a high butterfat could get a star where a goat with 3.5 pounds and lower butterfat would not get a star. And there is no differentiation between that goat that gave 2.5 pounds and one that gave 6 pounds. And while 2.5 pounds is not too bad for a first freshener at her peak, it's terrible for a four year old. You really have to look at the individual records. I have milk records on my website, so people can look at them. If you google the does in your buck's pedigree, maybe you can find their records online.
And you really shouldn't get too excited about goats that are three or four generations back, because the ones that will have the biggest influence on milking are the dam and the sire's dam.