[KY Goat Girl]

Yep, I see the pictures now. You never know exactly what the babies will look like but you can get an idea. Most likely they will be heavily moonspotted as well. The babies could look like either parent or a cross between both parents. Or you could get a color you never expected like a grandparent color.

 

[Calistar]

I've seen really plain babies born out of the flashiest moonspotted parents, and I've seen goats with only one or two small moonspots produce heavily moonspotted babies. Since all you care about is color, I'd go for the buck you like the color of best- the difference between the kids the two brother produce will be negligible, and it's all a crapshoot anyway. I had a buck absolutely covered in moonspots last year who only produced one kid out of 5 with moonspots. I have a doe who I don't even see any moonspots on, but she must have one somewhere because her kids usually have a couple small moonspots.

I'd really suggest taking the conformation of all goats involved into consideration too though, not just color. Even if you're just a pet breeder, you need your goats to be able to hold up well as they age. I didn't look too closely at the photos but one of those does has an incredibly steep rump, so you might consider whichever of the bucks has a better rump angle.

 

[goatblessings]

And please consider health as well as conformation. Color is a crapshoot. You may get all spots or none at all. Even if you are breeding “ just pets” these are much more important.

 

[toth boer goats]

That is so true. ☝

 

[CountyLineAcres]

As for which buck would throw the flashiest kids, you will never know by visually looking at them. Bucks with louder/flashier patterns doesn’t mean they will throw flashier kids. It also doesn’t mean that they’ll throw moonspots on 100% of their kids.

Choose conformation first and color second. It’s possible that half of your kid crop could be born without spots.

Color has a very specific set of rules that it must follow. However, you have several different combinations available for each kid born. You may know every single color combination possible, but dice are theoretically rolled each time with a probability % of which pattern you’ll get. Usually, you can break down the % possibilities and know your exact chances, but you cannot guarantee the outcome. It’s like gambling lol.