i-Lanoaster Farming, Saturday, November*!, 2003 10- £id. s » Korner ‘ * ' i Did You Know These Facts About Funny, Playful Goats? earning About Goats Study Questions l er the following questions Be sure to use complete sentences How long have people been keeping tame goats 9 What is a baby goat called' 1 What do we call a female goat 9 A male goat 9 >oats eat 9 What do How can goats be used to control unwanted vegetation' Name two ways goats help the environment What kind of habitat are goats adapted to living in'' How are goats protected from predators’ How many people in the world eat goat meat on a regular basis’ toat meat health' What else can goat milk be used for besides drinking 7 What are the two types of fibers that we get from goats that can be used to make clothing 7 Whs do you think early settlers to North America chose to bring goats instead of cows? Give two possible reasons. _ / /Jakmg a Goat Habitat B Color the scene on the box Assemble as follows A Cut out box on solid lines B Cut the tab openings C Fold toward the center on the dai lines D Fit tabs into openings to close E Put your name on the back 5 Put the cards inside your assembled box SAN ANGELO, Texas Goats may have been one of the earliest hoofed animals domesti cated. For thousands of years goats lived on steep hills and mountainsides. Because goats are very agile and sure-footed, they can survive on lands that are hot and dry, or cold and barren with few plants, where other livestock cannot survive. IP' Domesticated goats are known to have existed in North Africa and Asia Minor thousands of years before Christ. Goats provide milk and meat and were brought to American by the early settlers. Goats are cud-chewing, even toed, hoofed animals with four compartment stomachs. Goats have hollow horns that are di rected upward, backward, and outward. Male goats have beards. Goats are playful and like to jump and climb with their herd mates. A male goat is called a buck or a “billy” goat. Female goats are does or “nanny” goats. Baby goats are referred as kids. Most breeds of goats give birth to a single kid, but twins or even triplets are common in some breeds. A kid can stand on its own within minutes of birth and can move with the herd within a few days. Predators such as mountain lions, coyotes, bobcats, golden ea gles, and even domestic dogs prey on goats, particularly young kids. Often specialty trained guard dogs and even guard donkeys are used to protect goats from preda tors. Some people say that goats eat tin cans. That isn’t true, but they will eat the labels off tin cans. It is this ability to utilize any kind of plant material for food that makes goats so useful in control ling unwanted vegetation. Goat milk is very nutritious, easy to digest, and used to make many different kinds of cheese. Goats that are raised primarily to give milk are Alpine, LaMancha, Nubian, Oberhasli, Toggenburg, and Saanen breeds. Goats raise for meat produc tion are Spanish and Boer breeds. Goat meat is very low in fat and cholesterol. For more than 80 percent of the people in the world, goat meat is the most often consumed meat. ’ A Learning About Goats^_ Angora I lie tvpe of goat that produces mohdu Biliv goat Another name used to refer to d male goat Buck A male goat Cashmere The short soft dovsn-ltke fiber from goats used to make expeoiive and luxurious t>pes of clothing Doe A female goat Fleece Ihe coal of hair that is removed from a goat when it is sheared Herbicide: A chemical used to kill or control unwanted vegetation Herd A group ol goals Also means to gather animals together into a group Kid. A babv goat Mohair ihe fine fiber used most often in clothing (hat comes from angora goats Texas produces 90% of the mohair in the U S INanov goat Another name for a female goat Predators Animals such a» covoies wolves mountain lions and bobcats that hunt other animals for food Range Ihe countryside over which goats and other tvpes of grazing animals roam Shearing The process ot clipping the coat ol hau from goals or sheep Learning About Goats Across: 1 Male goat 4 The process of removing the hair from goats 6 Food product from goats 8 Type of goat that gives us very fine fiber used most often in clothing 9 A female goat 10 State where most mohair comes from 11 Animal that hunts and kills other animals for food Some goats are raised not for their meat of milk, but for their hair. Although all goats have hair, the hair from Angora and Cashmere goats is particularly soft, warm, luxurious, and de sired by many people. Fiber goats have their hair clipped or sheared twice a year. Hides from goats are used as rugs, the skin is used for fine leather. Gelatin, fertilizers, surgi cal supplies, medicines, soaps, ce ramics, pet foods, horn, and bone handles, luggage, and footwear are just a few of the other prod ucts we get from the natural, re newable, and earth-friendly goat. The information on this page is from Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers’ Association, San Angelo, Texas. If you would like to raise goats, contact your county Penn State Extension office. Most counties have 4-H goat clubs, which help to make raising goats fun and easy. 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