Mrs. Paula Sandburg spent considerable time breeding goats at Connemara
and at the Sandburg's previous home in Michigan. Goats from her herd,
dubbed Chikaming, won numerous awards at state fairs.
Mrs. Sandburg believed drinking goat's milk had benefits over drinking
cow's milk. She was convinced that her gall bladder problems were cured
by drinking goat's milk.
She pioneered a technique of breeding goats that involved choosing
a male goat (buck) to mate with a female goat (doe) based on his mother's
or sister's genetic make-up and physical characteristics.
In this activity you will be asked to choose the best mate for a female
goat named Cherikha (the name of Mrs. Sandburg's first Nubian goat).
The task is to create a female goat who delivers at least 4 pounds
of milk per day within two generations. Briefly study the dairy
goat diagram and the breeding points before
you choose which male to breed with Cherikha.
Breeds
at Connemara: