The average weight of a buck can be 115 kg, while does are 75 kg. Their mothering instincts are very good; they don’t need any help during parturition which eases its keeping very much. It got its ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Many will agree there can be no greater joy than raising and nurturing animals. Whether they live inside ...

These goats aren't just useful livestock, they also make highly entertaining — and sometimes mischievous — companions. For centuries, humans have raised goats for milk, meat and fiber; as work animals ...

The breed standards for the Boer goat, the White Savanah and the Kalahari Red are basically the same for body conformation and differ mainly regarding the colour of the coat and pigmentation. Goat ...

The West African Dwarf goat breed from coastal West and Central Africa is the progenitor of the African Pygmy breeds in the United States, and the Dutch dwarf and pygmy goat breeds in Great Britain.

Scientists in the country have started developing the fastest-growing meat-goat breed to improve the productivity of indigenous breeds, whose body weights are often small and grow slowly. Under the ...

Whitestone Boers stud breeder Owen Booth with Viking, an Australian bred sire that has been the basis of his stud breeding programme since 2012. Photo: ROB TIPA / Stuff New Zealand's boer goat ...

Ephraim Stoltzfus would like nothing more than to get the goat of struggling Plain Sect dairy farmers around Lancaster County. Raising meat goats to satisfy the preferred diets and religious ...