Goat Facts

Some interesting facts about goats:

• Worldwide, goats provide people with more meat and milk than any other domestic animal.
• Goat meat is called Chevon or Cabrito and is a red meat that is lower in cholesterol and fat than beef, pork, lamb or chicken.
• Goat milk is more easily digested than cow’s milk.
• A goat’s tail turns up while a sheep’s tail turns down.
• Male goats are called “bucks” or “billies” and female goats are called “does” or nannies”.
• Goats are pregnant for five months and normally have two kids at a time.
• Goats can grow to be 8–12 years old.
• Goats are known as “browsers” (eating twigs, leaves and bark) but they also do well grazing grass.
• Goats weigh 5-10 pounds at birth and grow to 75-200 pounds when mature.
• 5-7 Goats can live on the amount of feed it takes to feed one cow.
• There are about one billion goats worldwide!
• The domestic goat is in the family Bovidae, genus Capra, and is of the species Hircus.