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Kōrero: Goats and goat farming

Doe and kid goats

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Doe and kid goats

With careful management, strict selection and good nutrition, goat herds can average 200% kidding (two kids per doe each year). Where mating occurs at eight-month intervals, this can effectively increase the reproduction rate to 300% per year.

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Allan Gillingham, Goats and goat farming – Reproduction and health, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/16607/doe-and-kid-goats (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Allan Gillingham, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.