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Goat Glossary

Angora: The fibre from an Angora or mohair goat.

Age:

  • Kid – 8 temporary milk teeth in the top.
  • Goatling(hogget) – centre pair start to erupt about 12 months.
  • 2-tooth – centre pair should be present by 12-18 months.
  • 4-tooth – second pair erupt by 21-14 months.
  • 6-tooth – third pair erupt by 30-36 months.
  • Full mouth – last pair erupt by 42-48 months

Billy goat: Entire male goat.

Breeds (milking):

  • Saanan
  • Toggenburg
  • British Alpine
  • Anglo Nubian

Breeds (Fibre):

  • Angora (Mohair)
  • Cashmere

Browse: Feeding habits of goat. They appear to be grazing casually here and there as they walk along. Also the name of feed offered.

Buck: Entire male goat of any age.

Cashmere: Fine downy fibre from a Cashmere goat or the undercoat of a feral goat.

Doe: Mature female goat.

Feral goat: Goat that has been domesticate and has now returned to the wild.

Goatling: Young goat up to about a year old.

Guard hair: The outer coat on feral goat above the fine undercoat fibres.

Kid: Young male or female goat.

Kidding: The birth process in goats.

Mohair: The fibre from a mohair or Angora goat.

Nanny goat: Mature female goat.

Weaning: Time when the kid is taken off liquid diets, or when those suckling their dams are removed.

Wether: Castrated male goat.Tassles: The two bits of skin hanging down from the lower jaw.

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