If you are interested in getting goats, no matter what kind, here are some basic terms you might want to study. Also, if you are ever around people with goats, it's a good way to show off your knowledge!
Browse - Broad-leafed woody plants, shrubs or brush.
Buck -A male goat..also referred to as a 'Billy'..but NEVER in the registered circle!
Buckling - Young male goat, typically of 1 year or less.
Butting - Sometimes playful, usually in aggression between goats by the use of the top of the head.Creep or Creep Feeder -A feeding area which allows kids, but not adults to enter and safely eat grain like food and hay.
Cud -Soft mass of food regurgitated and rechewed by a ruminant.
Disbud -Removal of horn buds from young goats to keep horns from growing.
Doe -Female goat: also referred to as 'nanny'..but NEVER in the registered circles!
Doeling - Female goat 1 year or less.
Drylot - Method where goats do not have access to pasture or range, where daily feed and water is provided by the caretaker.
Forage -Fiber-containing feedstuffs such as silage, hay and pasture.
Guardian Dog (LGD) - A dog that stays with the goats without harming them and aggressively protects from predators. Not to be confused with a Herd Dog which is used typically for cattle and sheep, but sometimes for goats to herd pastured livestock where you want them to be.
Herd -more than one goat.
Kids -Baby goats
Polled - Naturally hornless goat. Polled goats have two "swirls" near the area where horns would be on a horned goat.
Rumen -First and largest chamber of a ruminant's stomach; found on the left side of the goat.
Wether -Castrated male goat.
Yearling - A baby goat between 6 and 12 months of age.
That's all, folks!
~Pickles
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