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Livestock => Goats => Topic started by: lizzypeg on March 15, 2013, 06:52:22 am

Title: any idea what goat breed these are? saw them in thailand when on hols
Post by: lizzypeg on March 15, 2013, 06:52:22 am
the coat was tightly curled , thought maybe angora but there coats in pics looks looser at this age? had floppy ears and one was brown and white and other was white.
where size of baby normal size goats not pygmys.
Title: Re: any idea what goat breed these are? saw them in thailand when on hols
Post by: lizzypeg on March 15, 2013, 08:48:29 am
another pic
Title: Re: any idea what goat breed these are? saw them in thailand when on hols
Post by: plumseverywhere on March 15, 2013, 09:00:44 am
they are lovely. They look like Shoats or Geeps!! sorry not much help. could they be angora crossed with something?
Title: Re: any idea what goat breed these are? saw them in thailand when on hols
Post by: lizzypeg on March 15, 2013, 09:31:00 am
lol.i was calling them sheep-goats....i really want to get a few as got sheep and goats already and fell in love with these but the language barrier ment i couldn't get an answer as to what the breed was.
Title: Re: any idea what goat breed these are? saw them in thailand when on hols
Post by: Bionic on March 15, 2013, 09:45:38 am
Sorry I can't help but they are lovely
Title: Re: any idea what goat breed these are? saw them in thailand when on hols
Post by: jinglejoys on March 15, 2013, 12:11:17 pm
Are you sure they're goats (bit difficult to tell at that angle and without seeing the tails)
Title: Re: any idea what goat breed these are? saw them in thailand when on hols
Post by: the great composto on March 15, 2013, 12:22:19 pm
they are lovely. They look like Shoats or Geeps!! sorry not much help. could they be angora crossed with something?
or 'Goshes'   :eyelashes:
Title: Re: any idea what goat breed these are? saw them in thailand when on hols
Post by: Dogwalker on March 15, 2013, 01:18:10 pm
Look more like lambs than goats.
Title: Re: any idea what goat breed these are? saw them in thailand when on hols
Post by: lizzypeg on March 15, 2013, 02:15:01 pm
not sure if were sheep or goats.thought goat as faces looked more goat like.had short tails.
they didnt speak english so coulndt find out anything about them
Title: Re: any idea what goat breed these are? saw them in thailand when on hols
Post by: fsmnutter on March 15, 2013, 03:21:28 pm
I spent 6 weeks with a vet in India.
At first it was incredibly hard for me to tell what was a sheep and what was a goat, until I learned a simple rule:
Goats tails stick up, sheeps tails hang down!
From the photo, those look like sheep, can't be more specific on the breed, I'm afraid, but pretty sure sheep.
Hope that helps :)
Suzanne
Title: Re: any idea what goat breed these are? saw them in thailand when on hols
Post by: Hopewell on March 15, 2013, 03:44:57 pm
Sheep and goats in India, Africa and I also imagine Thailand look very similar, and very often the local word means sheep or goat as they don't always seem to distinguish the difference. I would be almost certain that these are sheep.
Title: Re: any idea what goat breed these are? saw them in thailand when on hols
Post by: plumseverywhere on March 15, 2013, 04:05:34 pm
although, the little white one looks (in the top pic) to have toggles? do sheep have toggles sometimes? Its very hard to tell, maybe they are geeps or shoats or Goshes then
Title: Re: any idea what goat breed these are? saw them in thailand when on hols
Post by: lizzypeg on March 15, 2013, 06:58:10 pm
there tails were deffinately not up like a goats but also think the white did have toggles..
Title: Re: any idea what goat breed these are? saw them in thailand when on hols
Post by: Hopewell on April 01, 2013, 10:00:49 am
I have seen sheep in India which have toggles. Perhaps surprisingly most of their goats didn't have toggles.
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Post by: Anke on April 01, 2013, 02:08:24 pm
I thought Toggles are a Swiss breed feature only???
Title: Re: any idea what goat breed these are? saw them in thailand when on hols
Post by: lizzypeg on April 01, 2013, 04:20:03 pm
my friends pygmy goats both have toggles but mine don't
Title: Re: any idea what goat breed these are? saw them in thailand when on hols
Post by: Lesley Silvester on April 01, 2013, 11:41:50 pm
My Sanaan x Boer doesn't have toggles.