WyldeStyle was born with the first litter of kids on our farm. She continues to be naughty and I adore her.

WyldeStyle’s dam is Willow, who is a solid cream color with random spotting and roaning. Crash is WyldeStyle’s sire. He has a light buckskin/swiss marked combination pattern.

WyldeStyle is beautiful with a Swiss marked pattern.

Tam has a buckskin pattern. His sire is light buckskin, while his dam is a medium buckskin.

WyldeStyle birthed quads this year! 2 does and 2 bucks. All are light buckskin.

This is the 3rd time WyldeStyle has been bred with Tam. The result has been a total of 9 kids – 5 does and 4 bucklings. Every single one has been adorable with a light buckskin pattern.

EUMELANIN COLOR

Color	Tam	WyldeStyle	EWS1	EWS2	EWS3	EWS4
Dark Brown	–	–	–	–	–	–
Black
Unknown	–	–	–	–	–	–

PHEOMENANIN COLOR

Color	Tam	WyldeStyle	EWS1	EWS2	EWS3	EWS4
White	–			–		–
Cream		–
Tan		–	–	–	–
Gold	–	–	–	–	–	–
Red Brown	–	–	–	–	–	–

AGOUTI LOCUS PATTERN

Color	Tam	WyldeStyle	EWS1	EWS2	EWS3	EWS4
Solid	–	–	–	–	–	–
Chamoisee	–	–	–	–	–	–
Buckskin		–
Cou Clair/Blanc	–	–	–	–	–	–
Swiss Marked	–			–
Sundgau	–	–	–	–	–	–
Hidden	–	–	–	–	–	–

WHITE SPOTTING & MODIFIERS

Color	Tam	WyldeStyle	EWS1	EWS2	EWS3	EWS4
Random	–	–	–	–	–	–
Belted	–	partial	–	–	–	–
Schwartzal	–	–	–	–	–	–
Roaning	–
Frosting		–
White Poll	–					–
Moon Spots	–	–	–	–	–	–

POLLED, OR NOT

Color	Tam	WyldeStyle	EWS1	EWS2	EWS3	EWS4
Polled	–	–	–	–	–	–
Horns

Science is Fun & Genetics are Fascinating!

Please keep in mind this information is primarily for me. I’m posting it publicly in case others are interested. However, I don’t claim to know all the things. This is my method for keeping records of the genetics because I find it fascinating and I’m trying to educate myself.

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WyldeStyle was one of the first group of kids born on our farm. She’s always been a bit naughty & I adore her.

WyldeStyle’s dam is Willow, who is a solid cream color with random spotting and roaning. Crash is WyldeStyle’s sire. He has a light buckskin/swiss marked combination pattern.

WyldeStyle is beautiful with a Swiss marked pattern.

Tam has a buckskin pattern. His sire is light buckskin, while his dam is a medium buckskin.

WyldeStyle birthed 2 does and a buck. All are light buckskin and so adorable. All three look a lot like their daddy, Tam.

EUMELANIN COLOR

Color	Tam	WyldeStyle	DWS1	DWS2	DWS3
Dark Brown	–	–	–	–	–
Black
Unknown	–	–	–	–	–

PHEOMENANIN COLOR

Color	Tam	WyldeStyle	DWS1	DWS2	DWS3
White	–		–
Cream		–
Tan		–
Gold	–	–	–	–	–
Red Brown	–	–	–	–	–

AGOUTI LOCUS PATTERN

Color	Tam	WyldeStyle	DWS1	DWS2	DWS3
Solid	–	–	–	–	–
Chamoisee	–	–	–	–	–
Buckskin		–
Cou Clair/Blanc	–	–	–	–	–
Swiss Marked	–		–
Sundgau	–	–	–	–	–
Hidden	–	–	–	–	–

WHITE SPOTTING & MODIFIERS

Color	Tam	WyldeStyle	DWS1	DWS2	DWS3
Random	–	–	–	–	–
Belted	–	partial	–	–	partial
Schwartzal	–	–	–	–	–
Roaning	–
Frosting		–
White Poll	–		–	–
Moon Spots	–	–	–	–	–

POLLED, OR NOT

Color	Tam	WyldeStyle	DWS1	DWS2	DWS3
Polled	–	–	–	–	–
Horns

Science is Fun & Genetics are Fascinating!

Please keep in mind this information is primarily for me. I’m posting it publicly in case others are interested. However, I don’t claim to know all the things. This is my method for keeping records of the genetics because I find it fascinating and I’m trying to educate myself.

#2kpioneer

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Thankfully another uneventful kidding season. All the mamas did great.

Our farm gained 7 bucks and 5 does.

I pushed out their kidding dates this year because I don’t like having babies in the colder, rainier weather. This year they were born the last week in April and first couple weeks in May – except for Moon, who kidded in July because her first breeding didn’t take.

Georgia

2 bucks

Willow

1 doe & 2 bucks

Wyldestyle

1 doe & 1 buck

Bunny

1 buck & 2 does

Moon

1 buck & 1 doe

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WyldeStyle was one of the first goat kids born on our farm so I have an extra soft spot for her.

This was her first time being bred. The pregnancy went smoothly and she delivered two healthy kids.

Tam’s sire is light buckskin, while his dam is a medium buckskin. Tam also is buckskin.

WyldeStyle’s dam is Willow, who is a solid cream color with random spotting and roaning. Crash is WyldeStyle’s sire. He has a light buckskin/swiss marked combination pattern.

WyldeStyle is Swiss marked, which means she is black with white areas on her legs, ears, face, tail and band around the belly. Also, as opposed to the more common black, the area around her mouth is a pink/peach color and her hooves are whitish.

WyldeStyle had one boy and one girl. Both are buckskin. Both are obnoxiously cute.

EUMELANIN COLOR

Color	Tam	WyldeStyle	CWS1	CWS2
Dark Brown	–	–	–	–
Black
Unknown	–	–	–	–

PHEOMENANIN COLOR

Color	Tam	WyldeStyle	CWS1	CWS2
White	–		–
Cream		–
Tan		–
Gold	–	–	–	–
Red Brown	–	–	–	–

AGOUTI LOCUS PATTERN

Color	Tam	WyldeStyle	CWS1	CWS2
Solid	–	–	–	–
Chamoisee	–	–	–	–
Buckskin		–
Cou Clair/Blanc	–	–	–	–
Swiss Marked	–		–
Sundgau	–	–	–	–
No Pattern	–	–	–	–

WHITE SPOTTING & MODIFIERS

Color	Tam	WyldeStyle	CWS1	CWS2
Random	–	–	–	–
Belted	–	partial	–	–
Schwartzal	–	–	–	–
Roaning	–
Frosting		–
White Poll	–			–
Moon Spots	–	–	–	–

POLLED, OR NOT

Color	Tam	WyldeStyle	CWS1	CWS2
Polled	–	–	–	–
Horned

Science is Fun & Genetics are Fascinating!

Please keep in mind this information is primarily for me. I’m posting it publicly in case others are interested. However, I don’t claim to know all the things. This is my method for keeping records of the genetics because I find it fascinating and I’m trying to educate myself.

#2kpioneer

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Continuing my fascination with genetics, this post is about the coat patterns of goats.

In my previous post on coat color, I mentioned that the Agouti locus determines the color of a goat. Part of determining the color is also determining the pattern.

A goat receives two alleles on the Agouti locus – one comes from the dam, one comes from the sire. If the alleles are the same (homozygous), such as both being buckskin, then the kid would also be buckskin. However, if the alleles are different (heterozygous), different combinations of color patterns can be expressed. The Agouti alleles are co-dominant, meaning they both can be shown. In general, though, the pattern with most tan will be expressed.

Two other things to consider are pattern modifiers and white spotting. White spotting can change what we see on the goat’s coat, masking its genetic color pattern.

Agouti Allele’s

This is not a complete list, but the most common in Nigerian Dwarf Goats

SOLID

When only pheomelanin is present and no eumelanin this produces a solid pattern. This is the most dominant pattern.

Our goat, Bunny, is a solid light cream color with white spotting.

CHAMOISEE

Also known as Badgerface. Goats with this pattern are tan or brown, with a black (or dark brown) underbelly, dorsal stripe, facial stripe, and lower legs.

BUCKSKIN

Also known as San Clemente. The body on a buckskin can be cream, tan, or dark reddish brown. They are distinguished by their black (or dark brown) cape around the head, neck, and shoulders. Buckskins also express black (or dark brown) on top of their tail and chevron on the back legs. Their head is black (or dark brown) with lighter stripes.

Vern is a dark buckskin with random spotting.

COU CLAIR/COU BLANC

Also known as Peacock. These goats have a tan (cou clair) or white front (cou blanc), while their back half is black (or dark brown). They also have black (or dark brown) facial stripes.

SWISS MARKED

Also known as the Toggenburg pattern. Goats that are Swiss marked have a black (or dark brown) body. The pheomelanin (white, cream, or tan) areas include all 4 legs, facial stripes, ears, and under the tail.

WyldeStyle is Swiss marked.

SUNDGAU

The Sundgau pattern is similar to the Swiss marked pattern with a black (or dark brown) body and light legs, facial stripes, ears, and under the tail. However, the Sundgau pattern also has a light underbelly. It also has black (or dark brown) stripes on their light legs.

NO PATTERN

When there is only eumelanin and no pheomelanin present, this produces an all black goat. This is the most recessive pattern.

COMBINATION PATTERNS

Because goats can show both the pattern they inherited from their dam and the one they inherited from their sire, sometimes combination patterns occur.

Crash is a Buckskin/Swiss Marked combination.

White Spotting & Other Modifiers

Sometimes, in certain areas the eumelanin and/or pheomelanin pigments are not produced. This results in white spotting.

Genetically, the base color is still present, but it is masked by the spotting.

There are multiple genes associated with white spotting, so one goat could have multiple spotting patterns.

RANDOM

Random spots on the body

BELTED

White band around a goat’s midsection. The belt may go entirely around the goat, or not – and be referred to as a partial belt.

WyldeStyle has a partial belt with her Swiss markings.

SCHWARTZAL

The body is primarily white with dark markings on the head and sometimes the legs.

ROANING

Roaning is when white hairs are sprinkled among colored hairs. They are single hairs, not spots of white.

Georgia has roaning throughout her body.

FROSTING

When ticking occurs on the muzzle, ears, or tail it is known as frosting.

Georgia also has frosting.

WHITE POLL

A white poll refers to a white spot on top of the head.

Bunny has a white poll.

MOON SPOTS

Moon spots are random spots of color on top of a base color.

Moon has moon spots.

My goal is to take this information to learn more about and enhance our own herd.

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Wyldestyle is quite appropriately named. I love her. She has a lot of personality and is a favorite of most everyone who comes to visit. But, she likes to escape.

She was a tiny thing, weighing only 2.4 pounds, when born. She was raised by her mama, but also bottle fed.

Her coloring is somewhat rare for a Nigerian Dwarf, being Swiss marked.

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PEDIGREE

PLENTYWATER WYLDESTYLE
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DOB: 6/20/17
disbudded, with scurs
Black & white with little roaning, Swiss marked

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KIDDING HISTORY

2019 Kidding

x Tam
DOB: 5/10/2019
Twins: 1 doe, 1 buck

2020 Kidding

x Tam
DOB: 5/31/2020
Triplets: 2 does, 1 buck

2021 Kidding

x Tam
DOB: 4/23/2021
Quads: 2 does, 2 bucks

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