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Lunapixels18

Would it be a good or bad idea to accept this free goat?

Help Request

For whatever reason I can't get the image to upload, but somebody I know is offering me a free 2-year-old Nigerian dwarf nanny, she just looks like a typical Nigerian dwarf with a brown and white pattern, she is bread and this is her first pregnancy, the part that I'm concerned about is she was bred to a Boer goat...

They said it was not intentional, the buck had hopped the fence and bred her, I am interested in her as I do want a friend for my 6-month-old Buck (who is going to be castrated) but I'm worried that since the buck that bred her was so big (he was over 200 lb) that the kids maybe too big for her to have, and I can't afford a C-section, plus the only vet that will do them is almost an hour drive away from me.

So please let me know if you would take this goat, like I said she is free, but I don't want to be getting something just for it to die while having her kids, she's also pretty skittish, they said they had never really handled her much so I would have to do a lot of work with her on that, like you can't get within 10 feet of this goat without her running so that will be fun to deal with if I decided to get her.

Let me know your opinions!

Posted Aug 21, 2026, 2:34 AM UTC

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