Goat Knowledge:

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Doeling-a doe younger than 1 year old
Drying off-when you prepare a goat for birth and you stop the milking process
Flagging-when a doe wags her tail letting you know that she may be in heat
Mastitis-inflammation of the udder
Pneumonia-a sickness of coughing,runny nose,eyes,fever
Wether-a castrated buck
Doe gestation-period is 150 day/5 months and will carry her kids on her right side of her body,can have up to 5 kids at a time
Water-goats need fresh water daily
Milking Does-does should be milked 2 times per day ,at the same times every day,example 6 in the morning and 6 in the evening
Swiss Dairy breeds-Alpine,Saanen.Toggenburg
Tropical breeds-Anglo,LaMancha
Meat Goat breeds-Boer,Kiko, Native
To prevent hoof rot-always keep your goats bedding dry and clean,trim hooves regulary
A goat has 4 stomachs-but when first born only 1 stomach works
Normal body temperature-for a goat is 101.5-105 f
When your goat is pregnant,you should increase her feed in the last month of pregnancy.After your doe kids,give her some warm water mixed with molasses,helps to give her a energy boost if she is having more than 1 kid
By:debbie debbie,Meat Goat Producer,Alberta,Canada
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Purebred-offspring of 2 purebred parents of the same breed (15/16)
Crossbreed-each parent of a different breed
Upgrading-use purebreed buck as sire,goat is to breed for specific traits
Grade-breeding a purebreed buck to an ordinary doe
Mongrel-breeding using parents of unknown,unimproved or grade ancestory
Backcross-breeding daughters to fathers/sons to mothers
Inbreeding:
breeding of closely related animals,buck being bred to seccessive generations of female decendants,doe to succeeding male descendants generally believed inbreeding results in poor reproductive fitness,lack of vigor,reduced performance.
Lack of Vigor:
poor performance,offspring may become smaller with each generation.One should guard against this,what if you are trying to increase milk output and inbreeding accommmplishes that goal,then this is a good thing.
Crossing of different inbred line results in vigorous hybrids,some of the greatest advances in livestock breeding have been created this way.
Linebreeding:
breeding animals with related ancestory with an outstanding trait.One should realize that bad traits as well as good traits will be emphasized.
One should never ever breed full brothers and sisters together,half brothers to half sisters is also known as linebreeding.