GOAT PRACTICE #1
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DAIRY GOATS & MEAT GOATS? DAIRY GOATS PRODUCE GOAT MILK FOR CHEESE, DRINKING MILK, BUTTER, ETC. MEAT GOATS PRODUCE MEATS TO CONSUME
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BTW DOE & BUCK? DOE IS A FEMALE GOAT BUCK IS AN INTACT MALE GOAT
GOAT TERMINOLOGY WHAT IS A WEATHER? WEATHER IS A CASTRATED MALE KID WHAT IS A KID? A KID IS A YOUNG GOAT LESS THAN 6 MONTHS OF AGE NORMALLY GOATS ARE BORN AS TWINS OR TRIPLES
ORIGINATED IN SOUTH AFRICA NAME BOER IS A DUTCH WORD FOR FARMER MEAT BREEDS BOER BREED STANDARDS STRONG HEAD WITH BROWN EYES ROMAN NOSE HORNS ARE SMOOTH AND CURVE AROUND THE HEAD EARS ARE PENDULOUS & HANG SMOOTHLY AGAINST THE FACE WHITE BODY AND RED-BROWN HEAD MATURE BOERS CAN WEIGH UP TO 200-225 LBS. WHILE MATURE BOER BUCKS CAN WEIGH BTW 240-300 LBS.
ORIGINATED IN NEW ZEALAND LARGE ANIMALS AND USUALLY WHITE (BUT CAN BE ANY COLOR) MEAT BREEDS KIKO TRAITS RAPID GROWTH RATE INCREASED FERTILITY EARLY BREEDING AGE GOOD MOTHERING SKILLS RESISTANCE TO PARASITE INFECTION SOUND STANDARDS INCLUDE HARDINESS CAPABILITY OF BROWSING FOR FOOD MAINTAINING SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH
MEAT BREEDS SPANISH CURRENT DAY SPANISH GOATS ARE THOUGHT TO BE DESCENDANT OF THE GOATS SPANISH EXPLORERS BROUGHT TO THE US AS MEAT AND MILK PRODUCERS. TRAITS SMALLER BROWSE WELL ON RANGE CONDITIONS SMALLER UDDERS ANY COLOR HORNED OR NOT HORNED SOME ARE USED FOR CASHMERE MOST LOCATED IN TEXAS
RAISED PRIMARILY FOR THEIR MOHAIR, FIBER, FROM THEIR FLEECE FIBER BREEDS ANGORA EXCELLENT PRODUCERS OF FINE QUALITY FLEECE IF CARED FOR, GOATS CAN PRODUCE 8-16 LBS. OF MOHAIR PER YR. ORIGINATED IN HIMALAYAN MOUNTAINS OF ASIA US IS ONE OF THE PRINCIPAL MOHAIR PRODUCERS IN THE WORLD TODAY, PRODUCING MORE THAN 13 MILLION LBS. OF MOHAIR EACH YEAR
FIBER BREEDS CASHMERE CASHMERE GOATS ARE A TYPE, NOT BREED, SO THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A PUREBRED CASHMERE GOAT CASHMERE IS THE FINE UNDERDOWN FROM GOATS, WHICH MOST (EXCEPT FOR ANGORA) PRODUCE IN VARYING QUANTITIES THE FLEECE IS VERY FINE, CRIMPY DOWN AND LONGER, COARSE OUTSIDE GUARD HAIRS
TRAITS DAIRY BREEDS -- ALPINE MEDIUM TO LARGE ANIMALS UPRIGHT EARS MEDIUM SHORT HAIR STRAIGHT FACE ORIGINATED IN THE ALPS REGION NO DISTINCT COLOR PATTERN BUT CAN BE DESCRIBED AS: COU BLANC WHITE NECK ; WHITE NECK WITH BLK HINDQUARTERS AND BLK OR GRAY MARKINGS ON THE HEAD COU CLAIR CLEAR NECK ; TAN, SAFFRON, OFF-WHITE, OR GRAY NECK WITH BLK HINDQUARTERS COU NOIR BLACK NECK ; A BLK NECK AND FRONT QUARTERS WITH WHITE HINDQUARTERS SUNDQAU BLK WITH WHITE MARKINGS ON THE UNDERBODY, FACIAL STRIPES, AND LEG STRIPES PIED SPOTTED OR MOTTLED IN COLORING KNOWN FOR: EXCELLENT MILKING LARGE, WELL SHAPED UDDERS
OGINIATED IN ENGLAND DAIRY BREEDS NUBIAN LARGE ANIMAL MORE HEAVILY MUSCLED THAN OTHER DAIRY BREEDS CHARACTERIZED BY THEIR LONG PENDULOUS EARS THAT EXTEND 1 INCH PAST THE END OF THEIR MUZZLE ROMAN NOSE SHORT, FINE HAIR WELL SUITED FOR HOT WEATHER ANY COLOR PATTERN IS ACCEPTED MILK IS KNOWN FOR HIGH FAT AND PROTEIN CONCENTRATIONS
KNOWN AS THE QUEEN OF THE DAIRY GOATS ORIGINATED FROM SWITZERLAND DAIRY BREEDS SAANEN LARGEST OF THE DAIRY BREEDS WHITE OR CREAM COLOR COAT HAIR IS SHORT AND FINE WITH FACE BEING STRAIGHT OR DISHED WITH ERECT EARS SENSITIVE TO SUNLIGHT DON T PREFORM WELL IN HOT WEATHER HIGHEST MILK PRODUCTION OF DAIRY GOATS
ORIGINALLY CALLED CAMEROON DWARF GOAT OTHER BREEDS PYGMY ORIGINATED FROM FRENCH CAMEROON ARE IN WESTERN AFRICA VERY SMALL, FULL GROWN STANDING 16-23 INCHES AT THE WITHERS MOST COMMON COLOR IS AGOUTI (2-TONED SALT AND PEPPER LOOK) VERY HARDY AND GREGARIOUS GOOD TEMPERAMENT AND EXCELLENT WITH CHILDREN.
AKA WOODEN LEG OR MYOTONIC GOATS OTHER BREEDS TENNESSEE FAITING ONE OF FEW GOATS THAT ARE INDIGENOUS TO THE US
Kiko NAME THIS BREED.
NAME THIS BREED. Boer
Pygmy NAME THIS BREED.
NAME THIS BREED. Spanish
Saanen NAME THIS BREED.
Alpine NAME THIS BREED.