Goats

Pygmy goat

Pygmy Goats

The pygmy goat is hardy, good natured and genetically small. They are originally from Africa but are mainly kept as pets in the UK. Females are mature at 24 months, males at 30 months.

The Pygmy goat is an asset in a wide variety of settings, and can adapt to virtually all climates. they are a responsive pet, a cooperative provider of milk, and an ecologically effective browser.

Pygmy goats are precocious breeders, bearing one to four young every nine to twelve months after a five month gestation period. Newborn kids will nurse almost immediately, begin eating grain and roughage within a week, and are weaned by three months of age.

Anglo-Nubian Goats

Anglo-Nubian Goats are one of the heaviest and tallest breeds of goat with males weighing up to 140kgs and females to 110kgs. Anglo-Nubians are friendly household animals, supplying fresh milk for the family or a commercial use.

The Anglo-Nubian has long, pendulous ears and the nasal bone is markedly convex in shape. The stance is more upright than the Swiss breeds. There is a pronounced brisket and high withers.

The females have a short glossy coat and one of its most attractive features is the variety in colour . All coat colours are permissible: chestnut, fawn, black, white or cream. Many colour combinations are found which give some very attractive mottled, marbled and tortoiseshell animals.

It is a breed which improves with age and there are instances of females breeding and milking well when past twelve years of age.