mary & Tallie

[persephone]

just a quick snap .
Tallie came to say hi to Mary  as I was clearing rubbish around the cat enclosure .This shot was just before mary tried to butt a hole in the mesh! beast :P 

 

[Kirislin]

I love Mary's polished horns.  Do all girls goats (having a mental blank as to what they're called) get horns?

[Roova]

I think they're Doe's? Your comment made me giggle, such a cute looking photo until you read the comment lol

[tdierikx]

4 hours ago, Kirislin said:

I love Mary's polished horns.  Do all girls goats (having a mental blank as to what they're called) get horns?

Horns are not linkd to sex in goats, so both males and females can have them.

 

I'm lucky enough to work with lots goats of all ages... but getting smacked in the face with horns is definitely a slight downside... lol!

 

T.

[persephone]

37 minutes ago, tdierikx said:

Horns are not linkd to sex in goats, so both males and females can have them.

 

I'm lucky enough to work with lots goats of all ages... but getting smacked in the face with horns is definitely a slight downside... lol!

 

T.

Mostly the Billy's horns are much stronger & larger ... luckily they grow fairly slowly  , and give us time to get used to them ! 
The horns gets polished  when goats toss their heads in shrubs  etc ..the whippy branches  act as brushes .. like the stropping of a razor , or those old shoe-shine guys slapping a polishing cloth over leather shoes