GOATS

The Australian Miniature Goat is bred mainly from Angora, Cashmere and Nubian breeds, combined with feral goats known as Australian Field Goats. 

Miniature Goats make excellent companion animals and can be kept with horses, cattle, sheep, alpacas and many more species. Miniature Goats can run on land that is steep or not accessible to larger animals, and they are often used to control weeds and overgrown bushland.

They will grow up to approximately 60cm tall. Australian miniature goats are gentle, social, friendly and playful. 

Goats are herd animals and will become depressed if kept without any goat companions. So, it is unhealthy for a goat if a family owns one as a pet. Australian Minatute Goats come in a variety of different colours and colour combinations. Their coats vary from short to long and flowing and from thin to thick and woolly in texture.

Goats have a gestation period (pregnancy) of five months, and the average birth rate for goats is 2.2 kids per year. 

With such a varied mix of feral and pedigreed breeding, the miniature goat is reasonably robust. So much so that a healthy goat can live for up to 12 to 15 years. Regular worm treatment for internal parasites, an annual six-in-one vaccination and hoof trimming are generally the only health requirements needed.