Kids have 8 small, sharp teeth in their lower front jaw, and like children, when their baby teeth fall out they are replaced by permanent teeth. Depending on their breed, female goats weigh between 22 to 220 pounds, whereas male goats weigh between 27 to 275 pounds and are bigger and shaggier in appearance than females. Male goats are also endowed with beards that grow longer as they get older. The pupil in a kid's or goat's eye is rectangular in shape instead of being round like those of other animals. Goats generally live 10 to 12 years.
Goats are very sociable, lively, inquisitive, and independent animals.
They are also quite intelligent and can learn how to open the latches on farm gates. The main products associated with goats are milk, cheese, meat, mohair, and cashmere. Large dairy does produce 3,000 to 5,000 pounds of milk each year. A male goat may be called a buck or billy goat. A female goat may be called a doe or nanny goat.