The Mini-Apline is being developed by breeding a registered Nigerian Dwarf buck with a registered Alpine doe. Not the other way around. It would be too hard for a Nigerian Doe to deliver a kid from a standard sized Alpine buck. Both parents have to be registered with one of the many registries. The kids from this first cross is the 1st generation of Mini-Alpine. When the breeding of a 1st gen doe with a 1st gen buck takes place and the kids are born that is the 2nd generation, and so forth. There are times when a 1st gen will be bred with a 2nd gen. The kids from this breeding will be a 2nd generation. Don't think a Nigerian Dwarf buck can not reach the tallest Alpine doe. Believe me, I've seen mine breed them, it does work. Quality is of the utmost importance so getting Alpines or Nigerians from a sale barn is not what to get.
Piddlin Acres V Don Juan is a very good example of a sire to use in a breeding program. He has the milking genetics backing him up. He has been sold but his son, Lover Boy, out of Blackberry, will be breeding two new standard Alpine doe's this late fall for 1st generation kids next spring.
To the right is Linfor Romantic Serenade who was used in my breeding program for the first generation kids. I have 2 of her daughters, Aruba and Sonnet. As of 6/26/10 we have added 2 Standard Alpine doelings, Rock Star & Bleuberry(spelt as on her papers) to the herd. They will be bred to Lover Boy for 1st gen kids to add new bloodline's to the herd. When I get some good shots of them I'll put them up. They came from Mikaela Spaulding in Oaklahoma and I'm very pleased with the quality of these young doelings. I know she has some milkers for sale now. She has Dreamy-Hollow in Norman, OK. Tell her I sent you.
