Almost earless goats - the LaMancha
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381739)
Rockingham, Australia
July 20, 2023 7:10pm CST
I spoke to my sister last night. She lives with her son and they have around 100 purebred goats, which they breed mostly for sale to other goat breeders. Their main breeding focus is on Nigerian Dwarfs.
However, they have just acquired another Toggenburg doe which arrived in Western Australia with some other goats for other breeders. Among the mix were several LaMancha goats.
LaMancha goats are most recognisable by their almost complete lack of ears. They are excellent milk producers and the milk has a high butterfat content. They are also very people-oriented.
The photo is courtesy of Just chaos, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. I don’t find them particularly attractive but to each his own.
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@DaddyEvil (174208)
• United States
21 Jul 23
Have you told your sister that she and her son may be having too much fun raising goats? 
Like you, I don't find the almost earless LaMancha goats "nice looking" but I'm not the one raising them.
Like you, I don't find the almost earless LaMancha goats "nice looking" but I'm not the one raising them.3 people like this
@DaddyEvil (174208)
• United States
21 Jul 23
@JudyEv Oh, I see... It sounds like a lot of work. I'm glad your nephew can handle it all.
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@JudyEv (381739)
• Rockingham, Australia
21 Jul 23
@DaddyEvil He has health issues too but he won't slow down. At least he has good help.
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My best friend has 2 Nubian, 3 Nigerian Dwarfs, 1 LaMancha, 1 mixture of those, and one really fat rescue goat no one can identify. 
@AmbiePam (120533)
• United States
21 Jul 23
@JudyEv That must have been so cool! I love my friend’s goats. They tore up her last car by constantly jumping on it, as goats do, but that just motivated her to get her garage cleaned out, and put her replacement car in that garage. They are hard not to love.
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@ptrikha_2 (49753)
• India
21 Jul 23
@AmbiePam
That's an interesting mix of Goats that you are talking about !
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@ptrikha_2 (49753)
• India
21 Jul 23
Quite interesting Goats.
It is amazing that there are so many variety of Goats.
100 goats is a big big number !
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@ptrikha_2 (49753)
• India
21 Jul 23
@JudyEv
Yes and it becomes an even more big to manage!
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@sathviksouvik (23233)
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21 Jul 23
this animal looks more like a sheep than a goat. Do they stay in the hills?
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@JudyEv (381739)
• Rockingham, Australia
21 Jul 23
No, our nephew has five acres divided into paddocks and he keeps his goats in those.
@JudyEv (381739)
• Rockingham, Australia
22 Jul 23
@sathviksouvik I would have thought India would have a lot of goats but perhaps not where you live.
@sathviksouvik (23233)
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21 Jul 23
@JudyEv thanks Judy I am seeing the goats for the first time
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@LindaOHio (222222)
• United States
21 Jul 23
I think he's cute. I like an animal that likes people. Enjoy your day.
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@JudyEv (381739)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 Jul 23
@LindaOHio It's only the males that are really smelly. The does are okay.
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@LindaOHio (222222)
• United States
23 Jul 23
@JudyEv That means I could pet and hug. Goats are pretty smelly aren't they?
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
21 Jul 23
Why would anyone want to breed a goat to have no ears?
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@JudyEv (381739)
• Rockingham, Australia
22 Jul 23
I've no idea. However, they were extremely good milkers so perhaps that was what was behind it. But people breed for all sorts of strange reasons - just look at some of the dog breeds. To me, it's just another fad.
@BarBaraPrz (51811)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
21 Jul 23
But it looks as if she has ear lobes... she has a very demure look about her, anyway.
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@RebeccasFarm (91299)
• United States
22 Jul 23
Well I never!! Never seen such ears either.
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@JudyEv (381739)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 Jul 23
Eva said she had had one of these goats. They do look strange.
@wolfgirl569 (135583)
• Marion, Ohio
21 Jul 23
I love them. That's what my Lily Lou Lou was. I miss her
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@wolfgirl569 (135583)
• Marion, Ohio
21 Jul 23
@JudyEv You might change your mind then. Lily had not been handled when I got her but very quickly became a lovely pet
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@RasmaSandra (97912)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
21 Jul 23
Very interesting looking goat I had not heard about such goats before,
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@JudyEv (381739)
• Rockingham, Australia
22 Jul 23
Quite possibly it was just a mutation and the woman wanted to go with it.
@Beestring (15373)
• Hong Kong
21 Jul 23
I certainly prefer goats with longer ears.
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@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
21 Jul 23
Oh my goodness that is the tiniest ear I have ever seen on a goat, pretty cute though.
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