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The Relaxed Farming Dairy Goats: Fascinating facts

All about us

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Why keep dairy goats

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Fascinating facts

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How to look after us

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Our offspring

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Fascinating facts... (as explored by Pickle). That's me immediately to the right, munching away on willow after which I usually have a bit of a nap.. and here's your first fact: we sleep for just five hours a day, a lot less than you humans so I believe...

Let's get the 'weeing' thing over and done with: Read more
We were one of the first animals to be domesticated: this was over NINE thousand years ago and we have been a really good friend of you humans ever since.

Today there are over NINE hundred million goats in the world. As the 'Why keep goats' section tells you, we goats have a lot of uses and that is why we are so popular...

Our small size, compared to cows and horses, makes us easier to handle and means more of us can live on less land.
In the wild, the 'top' goat is a female: Read more
We live into our early to mid teens: Read more
Male and female goats can have beards, Read more
We are ruminants (and no that's not a pop group!!!). Read more
We have eight incisors (biting teeth): Read more

Goats and humans really do get on...
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...the fact we are a little mad helps!!!!
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