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Author Topic: any idea what goat breed these are? saw them in thailand when on hols  (Read 4748 times)

lizzypeg

  • Joined Oct 2012
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.
« Last Edit: March 15, 2013, 08:44:54 am by lizzypeg »

lizzypeg

  • Joined Oct 2012
another pic

plumseverywhere

  • Joined Apr 2013
  • Worcestershire
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they are lovely. They look like Shoats or Geeps!! sorry not much help. could they be angora crossed with something?
Smallholding in Worcestershire, making goats milk soap for www.itsbaaathtime.com and mum to 4 girls,  goats, sheep, chickens, dog, cat and garden snails...

lizzypeg

  • Joined Oct 2012
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.

Bionic

  • Joined Dec 2010
  • Talley, Carmarthenshire
Sorry I can't help but they are lovely
Life is like a bowl of cherries, mostly yummy but some dodgy bits

jinglejoys

  • Joined Jul 2009
Are you sure they're goats (bit difficult to tell at that angle and without seeing the tails)

the great composto

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they are lovely. They look like Shoats or Geeps!! sorry not much help. could they be angora crossed with something?
or 'Goshes'   :eyelashes:

Dogwalker

  • Joined Nov 2011
Look more like lambs than goats.

lizzypeg

  • Joined Oct 2012
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

fsmnutter

  • Joined Oct 2012
  • Fettercairn, Aberdeenshire
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

Hopewell

  • Joined Apr 2011
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.

plumseverywhere

  • Joined Apr 2013
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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
Smallholding in Worcestershire, making goats milk soap for www.itsbaaathtime.com and mum to 4 girls,  goats, sheep, chickens, dog, cat and garden snails...

lizzypeg

  • Joined Oct 2012
there tails were deffinately not up like a goats but also think the white did have toggles..

Hopewell

  • Joined Apr 2011
I have seen sheep in India which have toggles. Perhaps surprisingly most of their goats didn't have toggles.

Anke

  • Joined Dec 2009
  • St Boswells, Scottish Borders
I thought Toggles are a Swiss breed feature only???

 

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