Goat Terminologes

Buck

Mature male breeding goat.

Buck

also known as Billy Goat .

Doe

mature female breeding goat.

Doe

Also known as Nanny Goat.

Billy kid

a male kid.

Nanny kid

a female kid.

Dry doe

a doe that is not producing milk or as doe that has not produced a kid during the season.

Milking doe

lactating doe or a doe that is in milk.

Bucking

the act of mating in goat.

Kidding

the act of giving birth in goat.

150± days

the average gestation period in goat.

Goatling

a weanling female goat until first kidding.

whether goat

a male goat castrated before reaching sexual maturity.

Stag goat

a male goat castrated after reaching sexual maturity.

Chevon

the meat of goat.

Pelt

undressed skin of goat with its hair.

Mohair

the hair of goat.

Band

the grouping of goat.

Cabrito

the meat of the young goat.