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The
Pygmy
The
Pygmy
Goat
is
hardy,
alert
and
animated,
good-natured
and
gregarious;
a
docile,
responsive
pet,
a
cooperative
provider
of
milk,
and
an
ecologically
effective
browser.
The
Pygmy
goat
is
an
asset
in
a
wide
variety
of
settings,
and
can
adapt
to
virtually
all
climates.
Pygmy
goats
are
precocious
breeders,
bearing
one
to
four
young
every
nine
to
twelve
months
after
a
five
month
gestation
period.
Does
are
usually
bred
for
the
first
time
at
about
twelve
to
eighteen
months,
although
they
may
conceive
as
early
as
two
months
if
care
is
not
taken
to
separate
them
early
from
bucklings.
Newborn
kids
will
nurse
almost
immediately,
begin
eating
grain
and
roughage
within
a
week,
and
are
weaned
by
three
months
of
age.
Feeding
and
housing
requirements
for
Pygmy
goats
are
modest:
a
draft
free
8'
x
10'
shed
furnished
with
elevated
sleeping
and
feeding
places
will
accommodate
four
adult
animals.
An
attached
outside
enclosure
with
at
least
4'
high
fencing
will
provide
the
fresh
air
and
exercise
these
active,
fun-loving
goats
need.
They
are
very
sociable
and
are
happier
in
a
herd
atmosphere
or
with
another
goat
as
a
friend.
A
basic
diet
of
roughage
in
the
form
of
legume
and
grass
hay,
bark,
brush,
and
dry
leaves
[may
need]
to
be
supplemented.
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