Polled vs Horned Goats
A customer called a little while ago wanting to purchase a few goats and asked about our polled first freshener. His question was specifically regarding whether the polled trait would be carried through the male or the female. Well, good question! For those of you who have not completed a college genetics class, let me answer this as simply as possible – traits (carried in the DNA of chromosomes) come from both parents. It is the combining of those traits…