Its prefers to eat bushes, trees and herbs. Goats will graze very happily, but if hedges are accessible they will make straight for these before eating grass. It often comes as a shock to new goatkeepers that their animals regard hedges as a meal rather than a boundary. Goats are also known for stripping bark, so they should never be allowed within reach of valuable trees. Like the cow, the goat belongs to the cattle family and eats grass.
Male goats are capable of siring young at the age of six months.
The gestation period is 148-150 days. Female kids can be mated in the year of their birth. Females of less than a year seldom produce more than one kid, but older animals may bear twins or triplets. Kids are born fully haired with their eyes open. They can run and jump four hours after birth, and they are weaned at three to six months.