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If you want to get goats, you need to talk goats with other goat lovers. To help you avoid missteps, here is the basic terminology that you need to ask questions and talk about goats knowledgeably:

 Doe: A female goat. A young doe is called a doeling.You may have heard a female goat called a nanny. But don’t use that term unless you want to offend someone. Some meat goat owners still call their does nannies, but the more common term these days is doe, especially if you’re getting dairy goats.

 Buck: A male goat. A young buck is called a buckling.Like nanny goat, billy is also considered a negative term for a male goat, bringing to mind a scruffy, stinking animal. Some meat goat owners still use this term, but in order not to offend, use buck instead.

 Brood doe: A doe that is kept and used for breeding purposes, to pass on certain desirable genetic traits.

 Kid: A baby goat or a goat less than a year old.

 Yearling: A goat that is between one and two years old.

 Wether: A castrated male goat.

 Herd: A group of goats. Sheep are in flocks; goats are in herds.

 Ruminant: An animal that has a stomach with four compartments and chews cud as part of the digestive process. Goats are ruminants.

 Udder: The organ in a goat that produces milk. Don’t call it a bag. Goats have only one udder.

 Teat: The protuberance from the udder that you use to milk a goat. Goats have two teats.

 Dam: A goat’s mother.

 Sire: A goat’s father. You can also say that a goat sired a kid.