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Goats

About

Goats are so cool. Did you know that goats were one of the first animals to be tamed by humans and were being herded 9,000 years ago.

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Feed and Water

Even though goats will graze on pastures, they prefer eating brush along fence lines or broadleaf weeds known as forbs. Dry matter intake for goats at maintenance is a minimum of 1-3% of their body weight every day. Goats also need two to three gallons of water per day.

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Different breeds

There are 50 goat breeds.

  • Boer goat
  • American Pygmy
  • Saanen goat
  • Nigerian Dwarf goat
  • Anglo-Nubian goat
  • Jamnapari
  • Damascus goat
  • Angora goat
  • Alpine goat
  • Fainting goat
  • Pygmy
  • West African Dwarf goats
  • Kamori
  • Nigora Goat
  • Hejazi goat
  • Toggenburger
  • American Lamancha
  • Beetal
  • Kiko goat
  • British Alpine
  • Kalahari Red
  • Murciana goat
  • Rove goat
  • Black Bengal goat
  • Spanish goat

    And a lot more

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    What you can feed Goats

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    These ae some things you can feed your goat.

  • watermelon
  • pears
  • peaches
  • bananas
  • grapes
  • carrots
  • lettuce
  • celery
  • pumpkin
  • squash
  • spinach

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