Goats at Knockhatch Children's Farm

Our goats are friendly, but please do take care not to put your fingers through the fence as their horns could hurt you.

They eat raw food and then regurgitate and chew again, yum! They will eat just about anything, plants and weeds, wood.... but have an instinct for knowing if food and water are 'off' and will refuse to eat or drink.

The males are bucks and the females are does. 

All male goats have two horns, but the size and shape of these horns depends on the breed. In some breeds, the females also have horns, but they are shorter than those of the males. 

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