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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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Relaxed FarmingFascinating 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: Read more

  • In the wild, the 'top' goat is a female: Read more

  • We live into our early to mid-teens: some goats can get to twenty or even thirty years old - if we have kids every year this means we could have up to twenty in total. I am not sure I want to carry on having kids for that long... hopefully my 'lovely' owners will let me retire a few years early (hint hint!!).

    Male goats don't always live as long as us females: possibly because they do a lot more 'mating' than we do...

    Female goats are called does or nannies, males are bucks or billies and a castrated male is called a wether. Our babies are known as kids - and they can be just as naughty as the human kind!!!!

  • 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

 Me enjoying time with Bramble
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Haws - butter wouldn't melt??!!
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