production goat

Female goat, any age

Doe

Goat or sheep castrated when young

Wether

Male goat, any age

Buck

Goat or sheep over one year and under two years of age

Yearling

Act of giving birth to goat

Kidding

Offspring of goat

Kid

Small, stocky, and low set

• Red, white or black combination of these colors

Philippine native goat

Sturdy, and vigorous and long life: ears are short and erect or pointed forward: carried forward

• Light brown to dark chocolate markings

Toggenburg

Taller and bigger than native

• Vary in color

upgrades

Meat type with short to medium hair and horns are prominent

• Reddish brown and neck with white body and legs

Boer

Proud and graceful in appearance : long, wide, and pendulous ears and roman nose

• Black, grey, cream, white, shades of tan, reddish brown, facial stripes

Anglo nubian

Common in humid and sub humid regions where there is intensive crop production

• Enables more complete utilization of the land

Systems integrated with tree cropping

The most difficult to improve, because they involve continuous movement, not only for the flock, but also of all its owners

• Developed in primarily in areas of sparse or seasonal grazing, such as arid regions

Extensive nomadic systems

Crop production is important to the contribution to the stability of the system. Animals do not compete for the same land

Systems combining arable cropping

A large portion of the feed is usually brought from outside the holding area becoz of the small size of holdings in relation to the number of animals kept

Cut and carry feeding

Involves the flock spending part of each year grazing within reach of a permanent village base base and the rest of the year on distant pastures

Transhumant system

Practiced to locate the best herbage resources from pastures and grasslands

Transhumant system

A system wherein one where goats remain at or near the farm year round, grazing on local pastures or crop residues during the day and returning to their shelters at night

Sedentary systems

Tethering of goats

Semi intensive system