Kinder Goat Breed – Everything You Need to Know

These goats are really fun to have around. They are one of the most playful breeds of goat. You will find them running after each other in the pastures, jumping about and scaling the heights of anything in their way to climb or jump over.

They are affectionate, lively, active and so loyal they make the greatest pets. And the babies are ever so cute!

Kinder Goat Quick Profile Overview

A joyful American breed that are full of fun and amusing antics.
Country of Origin:	United States
Other Names:	None
Breed Size:	Medium
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Main Purpose:	Milk and meat
Can be used for	Breeding, Meat, Milk, Pets, Show
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Temperament:	They are joyful, active, mischievous and friendly little goats.
Good with Kids?	They are really good around supervised children.
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Ideal Environment:	They are happy in any medium to large sized pasture that is close to home and has a lot of fun things to play on or with as well as greenery to feast on.
Ideal Climate:	All climates
Conservation Status:	Not Listed by the *ALC Common
Health Issues?	No known health issues
Good Starter Goat?	Yes, they are an excellent starter goat and they are suited to a small to medium-sized farm or home
Goat Associations:	Kinder Goat Breeders Associations
Goat Clubs:	Refer to the Kinder Goat Breeders Association as per the link above. They have updated breeders lists and clubs.
Note: *ALC stands for American Livestock Conservancy

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS

The lovely little goats are of medium body size. Their bodies are sturdy and full figured with long legs and pretty little faces. They are really happy goats.
Color(s):	They come in quite a few colors but the most popular is reddish-brown, brown and black. The reddish-Brown and brown colors usually have a black stripe down the center of their backs. Both the doe and goat have similar color coats with no pattern or hue variations
Goat⇒	Doe	buck
Breed Weight:	57 kg’s	68 kg’s
Breed Height:	66 cm at withers	71 cm at withers
Hair:	Short to medium, silky and glossy	Short to medium, silky and glossy
Ears:	Medium length, tubular and stands out from the side of the head. Usually the same color as their coat	Medium length, tubular and stands out from the side of the head. Usually the same color as their coat
Horns:	Short and protrude backwards from the head	Short but longer than the does, protrude directly form the head to point backwards with a slight curve
Matures at age:	They are born with horns but are mostly disbudded at 3 weeks old	They are born with horns but are mostly disbudded at 3 weeks old
Puberty Age:	4 to 10 months	4 to 9 months
Breeding Age:	18 months	1 year
Breeding Traits:	1 Breeding cycle	Cover 20 to 30 does in 1 season

DOE BREEDING & MILKING INFORMATION

They are quite prolific little breeders that have an extended breeding period
Breeding Period/cycle:	Usually lasts 12 to 36 hours Ave. 21 days/18 to 24 days
Gestation Period:	Usually around 148 to 155 day but most are 150 days
Kids:	From one to quintuplets
Good Mothers?	They tend to be excellent little mothers
Lactation Period:	Usually around 250 to 284 days. Most common is 284 days
Milk Quality:	It is high in butterfat making it ideal for cheese production. They will produce around 1.9 liters of milk per day per goat.
Milking Level:	They are so easy to milk and produce a good quality of milk
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GOAT MEAT PRODUCTION INFORMATION

They make excellent meat production goat as they have a good dressing percentage and the kids mature quite fast
Quality?	Good
Req. Maturity Weight:	30 to 45 kg’s with a dressing percentage of up to 60%
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GOOD TO KNOW

Some information about the Kinder goat to ponder on
Where to buy them:	They are not readily available on the internet and would have to be sourced through the American Dairy Goat Association, American Goat Federation (links to both these websites can be found under “Useful Links” in this article) or the Kinder Goat Breeders Associations.
Agility:	They are really nimble, quick and very agile. They are incredibly good jumpers.
Interact with other animals:	They are such fun active and inquisitive little goats that they want to know all their fellow animals.

GENERAL INFORMATIONn:

The Kinder goat breed yields a high amount of milk for its breed size. Its milk is also sweeter and higher in butterfat content than most other breeds. This makes its milk perfect for the making of cheese, soap and for drinking.

They will usually reach 70% of their body weight before they are a year old with a dressing percentage of around 60%.

Their good milk and meat production qualities mixed with their size and temperament make them excellent for those wanting a sustainable homestead. Or interested in breeding goats for milk and meat. Or for pets as they have a very efficient feed conversion rate too.

This is the perfect breed as they are dual-purpose hardy, their milk has been rated as some of the sweetest tasting goats’ milk and their meat has won awards in meat tasting contests.
They also make wonderful family pets, are easy to handle for the loan herder.
They are also the perfect starter goat for first-time goat owners.

They are not known for their fiber production but most goats that have even a medium length coat can usually produce a bit of fiber.

Most meat goats have their skins used for some form of leather production or other.

HISTORY

In 1986 the first three Kinder does were born in Washington.
This came about then the Zederkamm farms Nubian buck died and they bred Nubian does with their Pygmy buck. They bred the does as the wanted them to get back into milking and so the Kinder goat breed was born.

Zederkamm farms were pleasantly surprised at the growth rate of the new breed of buck they had created. Plus, the kids had a great temperament and were really cute little things. As the breed grew and the does kidded, they were once again pleased by their high milking rate, how easily the kidding was, and the number of kids produced with each litter. The final stage was finding out the dressing percentage of the goats as a meat goat and how delectable the meat was.