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Normal Goat Health Imformation |
- Temperature=102.5 - 104 - This varies depending on the temperature of the goat's surroundings
- Pulse rate = 70-80 beats per minute
- Respiration = 15 to 30 per minute
- Rumen (stomach) movements = 1 - 1.5 per minute
- Puberty = 7 weeks - 8 months (separate bucks from does at 2 months)
- Estrus/Heat Cycle = 17 to 23 days
- Gestation = 143 to 155 days
- Life span:
- Does = 11-12 years average age, but...usually the death in does is kidding related. Does that are "retired" from breeding around age 10 live longer: 16-18 years (and I just recently found a doe who was 24: she was retired from kidding at age 10).
- Wethers = 11-16 years average age
- Bucks = 8-10 years average age - bucks usually live shorter lives than does and wethers due to the stresses of going into rut each year.
- Full growth size: Most goats do not reach their full size until they are about three years of age. (They keep growing for about three years).
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Contributed by Sandy VanEcho, Chairman of SADGA Health & Education Committee |
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