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The Relaxed Farming Pygmy Goats: Fascinating facts
All about us
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Why keep pygmy 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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Kidding 2015
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Relaxed FarmingFascinating Facts (as explored by Parsley). We have a lot in common with dairy goats, we are basically the same animal, just a lot smaller (and cuter, and better behaved... well Curds may disagree with me here...)

  • Pygmy goats (or dwarf goats) come from Africa: Read more

  • We are generally no taller than 58cms: (not including our head and neck). There is a Pygmy Goat Club that is very strict about the height and if a goat is taller than this they cannot be called a Pygmy Goat!!!

    We can live for up to 18 years but 12-14 is more usual.

    Our names are the same as for the dairy goats: females are called does or nannies, males are bucks or billies and a castrated male is called a wether.

    Both males and females can have beards, horns and wattles (the dangly bits under the chin).

    Our babies are also known as kids and they are nowhere near as naughty as the dairy kids - though Curds and Co may disagree with this!!

  • We come in all sorts of colours: Read more

  • The Italian word for goat is 'capra': Read more

  • We are also ruminants just like the dairy goats: Read more

  • You can tell our age by our teeth: Read more

Beautifully in proportion: Nutmeg and Thyme
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Silver Birch, proudly showing her wattles
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