Posted by Joyce Johnston on December 06, 2000 at 17:06:37:
In Reply to: Re: extra parts posted by Vicki McGaugh on December 05, 2000 at 12:13:48:
Sorry for not having the ickies; but our boers definately have 4 functioning teats that I greatly appreciate when they have triplets and quads. The South Africans bred for 4 functional teats to accomodate muliple offspring. Either she feeds them; or you feed them. I prefer it be she.
Boers are meat goats; not milk goats. While there is great controversy over the number of teats boers should have; it is a management decision. For those owners who cut off the teats; I feel sorry for the goat.