Pygmy and Fainting goats are being used by some growers. Large goats with wide, thick, meaty bodies bring in more income when sold for meat or culled. Large bodies can also produce more hair if they also have dense hair follicles. The gestation period for goats is usually 150 days, but it can vary several days each way. The fist kids can be expected 156 days after the buck goat is turned in the does.
Goats prefer brush, tree leaves and rough plants.
They are used for pasture improvement and in reforestation areas. Ranchers in the high plains find them most useful in controlling leafy spurge. Goats will also destroy multiflora roses and red cedars. When growing plants are not available, goats will need to have supplemental feedings of hay and, perhaps, grain. Does also need extra feed prior to breeding.