What is a goat?

A goat is a ruminant and hollow horned mammal of the Capra genus. Related to sheep, goats are of slender build and have short tails horns that arch backwards.

Vocabulary

Kiko is the Maori word for flesh or meat, which gives these goats their name as they are mainly used in producing meat. These animals ruminate also known as chewing their cud (partly digested food). They possess a special four-compartment stomach specially designed to digest roughage (food high in fiber) such as grass, hay and silage.

Female are Nannies or Does, a baby goat is called a kid, and also identified as doelings and bucklings and lastly a male goat is a Buck or Billy.