what are the goat terms!?
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The farm picks up whey from local creameries to supplement their animals’ diets. (They also raise a few cows, sheep and pigs).
Question by Sunshine L: what are the goat terms!?
hi i realy would like to get the terms down for goats like..whats a doe? whats a buck? what does castrated mean? whats a yearling? whats a kid? whats a wether? i just want to know what they mean thanks so much.
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doe-female
doeling-young female
kid-baby goat
castrated-has testicles removed (wether)
yearling-a year old animal
buck-male
Savanah
May 15, 2014 at 4:10 am
doe is a female deer
buck is a male deer
kid is a baby goat
a yearling is a horse between 1 and 2 years old
idk what castrated means
Anna
May 15, 2014 at 4:28 am
Doe: female
Buck: Intact male
Castrated: testicles removed
Yearling: a year old
Kid: a baby goat
Wether: Castrated male
oregano13
May 15, 2014 at 4:36 am
A Doe: A Female
A Buck: A Male
Castrated: (also known as a wether) Testicles removed
A Yearling: A Year Old (they are usually called this until they are 2)
A Kid: A Baby Goat (under 1 year)
A Wether: A Castrated Male
A Dry Doe: A Doe that is no longer in milk
A Dry Yearling: A Doe a year or older that has never freshened
Freshened: A Doe that has kidded and is in milk.
Kidded: A doe that has given birth
Open: A doe that is not pregnant
Bred: A Doe that is pregnant
Mary
May 15, 2014 at 4:56 am
A female goat is a doe, an intact male is a buck, and a wether is a castrated male (has had the testicles removed to prevent breeding and/or to make it suitable as a pet or 4-H project).
A yearling is any kid from the previous year, a dry yearling is a doe from the previous kidding season that has not been bred yet and is not producing milk.
A kid is an immature goat, regardless of sex. You typically refer to them as kids their first season.
Some people will use terms like “nanny” or “billy”, but these are inaccurate and generally not descriptive.
Other terms that you might encounter:
disbudding: removal of horns from a young kid with a heated disbudding iron
polled: a goat that does not develop horn buds (this happens in pygmies)
kidding: when a doe gives birth
grade: with dairy goats, this is an ADGA registered animal that has an incomplete pedigree (1/2 grade = 1 fully pedigreed parent, 3/4 grade is second generation from that animal)
stonefieldhill
May 15, 2014 at 5:44 am
A doe is a female goat
A buck is a male goat
A doeling is a female kid
A buckling is a male kid
A kid is a young goat
A yearling is a year-old goat
A wether is a castrated male goat
A castrated male is a male that has been “fixed” just like you spay/neuter a dog or cat. It prevents them from producing offspring.
wutupwitu
May 15, 2014 at 6:01 am
A doe is a female goat.
Buck is an intact male (testicles are still there)
castrated (aka neutered) means lack of testicles usually by banding or cutting.
A yearling is usually a goat under 2 years old. usually called a yearling, meaning they still have growing to do. a dry yearling is a yearling that has not freshened before, and is not in milk.
a kid is a baby goat
doeling is a baby doe kid
buckling is a baby buck kid. usually reffered to as a kid until roughly a year of age.
a wether is a neutered male.
Kidding is the process of labor,
freshening is referred to as (1st freshening, meaning she has kidded 1x. or 2nd freshener meaning 2x. its just easier than saying she has kidded … many times. freshening is mainly used in the dairy goat world.
also i noticed hermaphrodite is not listed, this is a goat with both genders, sometimes it just happens.. usually from breeding 2 polled goats together..
heartsnhooves
May 15, 2014 at 6:41 am