Goat Breeds

  Saanen

Description: This is the most common breed, charactertised by short white hair, sometimes with black spots on the skin of the ears, udder and nose.

Bred for: Dairy, pet.

Toggenburg

Description: The Toggenburg light fawn to dark chocolate in colour with white stripes from the eyes to the muzzle, white patches around the edges of the ears, white legs from knee to hocks to feet, and white patches on the rump and tail.

Bred for: Dairy, pet.

British Alpine

Description: The British Alpine is a black dairy type goat with white stripes from the eyes to the muzzle, white patches around the edges of the ears, white legs from knee to hocks to feet, and white patches on the rump and tail. British Alpine goats are very active and require a large area to roam around and use up their energy.

Bred for: Dairy, pet.

 Anglo Nubian

Description: The Anglo Nubian is a tall proud-standing
goat with roman nose and pendulous ears.

Bred for: Dairy, meat, pet.

 Australian Melaan

Description: The Melaan is a dairy type goat with a black short hair coat.

Bred for: Dairy, meat, pet.

 All Brown

Description: The All Brown is an experimental dairy type breed with a brown short hair coat.

Bred for: Dairy, meat, pet.

 Angora

Description: Angora goats can be white or coloured with characteristically long and soft mohair fleece. The fleece grows continuously at a rate of about 2 to 2.5 cm per month. It is usual to shear Angora goats twice each year.

Bred for: Wool , pet.

 Cashmere

Description: Cashmere goats have very soft wool suitable for fine textiles. Like Angora goats, cashmere goats need to be shorn about twice a year.

Bred for: Wool, meat, pet.

 Boer

Description: The Boer goat is mainly white along the body and legs, brown along the neck and head with a white stripe running along from the muzzle to the forehead. Boer goats are the most popular goat for meat.

Bred for: Meat, pet.

 Feral or Bush Goat

Description: Feral goats are goats that went wild after the settlers came to Australia, but have been re-domesticated. Through natural cross-breeding, feral goats have become particularly resistant to disease making them very suitable to have as pets.

Bred for: Pet.