tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5336785203194998674.post4301706833761385449..comments2024-02-07T07:33:33.618-08:00Comments on Living on a farm in Slovakia: Kid 4 and 5Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09879543831809715687noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5336785203194998674.post-38208369933626914982011-02-20T03:38:20.942-08:002011-02-20T03:38:20.942-08:00Hi Skannie
Our white goats are certainly not pure,...Hi Skannie<br />Our white goats are certainly not pure, I indeed think that the mother of the two-colored twins has a hidden recessive gene for color. And I am certain that the colored kid has AN blood. The other twins??? Doesn't really matter since the might-be-inbred-kids are both males (or at least not females).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09879543831809715687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5336785203194998674.post-72007340287982186252011-02-18T18:01:25.115-08:002011-02-18T18:01:25.115-08:00Aren't they gorgeous! The colour of the kids d...Aren't they gorgeous! The colour of the kids doesn't necessarily indicate the father. When I bred a white saanen goat to a brown anglo-nubian sire the kids were pure white, but their ears were more floppy than a saanen. It looks like white is a genetically dominant colour in goats. So they would only be coloured if they inherited the colour gene from both parents, which would mean the mother carried a hidden recessive gene for colour. The mother of your non-matching twins obviously has a hidden recessive and possibly may not be a pure-bred Slovak white short-haired goat. So if you want to know the father, it's the ears you need to pay attention to.skanniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04313518865807960069noreply@blogger.com