Courtesy of Danielle Langloism, Wikipedia CCLCashmere Goats: Maine
Layne, who blogs at Trees Life In Too Much Detail, tends these gorgeous beasts in Mid-Coast Maine, where there’s 37 in the main herd.
Eds. Note: Horns are hell, but they certainly are magnificent looking aren’t they.
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Hi-great site, thanks for putting my photo of the bucks here. The farm the goats belong to is Black Locust Farm- http://www.blacklocust.com
Horns are beautiful but I have seen what happens when they get broke or they hurt others with them. So I disbud all babies now. Of course I have dairy goats for the most part! I couldnt imagine trying to comb a goat with out anything to hold on too. Even if they were the most patient goat(thats a contradiction!) you got hold on most of the time.
The opinions on horns vs no horns run the gamut. I’m on middle ground here. If it’s a doe, she gets disbudded. If it’s a goat meant for the freezer, he can keep his horns as long as he doesn’t act aggressively with them. Plus it’s easier for me to get a halter on a goat without horns.
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We have raised cashmere goats for 22 years, all with horns, and we have had 1 serious injury to a goat and none to people (scratches and torn T shirts, yes, but no real injuries). The horns serve several functions:
1)During butting they take the impact in stead of the forehead
2) In hot weather they serve as a coolant, circulating blood through them
3)They make good handles
4)The goats use them for scratching themselves
5)They are useful weapons in defense against wild dogs and coyotes
And, as mentioned,they are magnificent!
Hello!
I am retiring and my dream has been a hobby goat farm. I have used goat milk I received form “owning” a share for drink, yogurt, cheese and soap. Goats are very engaging, cashmere goats are even more beautiful than other goats, and as a fiber artist, I love cashmere, of course. Would cashmere type goats provide passable milk? Are certain Cashmere breeds better for this purpose?
Thanks!
All goats, once they’ve kidded, can be milked. The primary difference is quantity of milk produced so, yes, you could milk a fiber goat as well as harvest the fiber. I’m not familiar with the milk production or richness of fiber goats though so I can’t help you there but perhaps one of the registering entities would be more helpful.