S to the origin and early history of the angora goat little is known. it is supposed that the angora variety descended from one of the classes of wild goats, and different writers have contended that different genera were the foundation of the angora species.. South africa imported this breed in 1838. there is a great production of angora goats in the texus of united states. characteristics, feeding, breeding, housing and care of angora goats are described below. physical characteristics of angora goat. angora goats are very small sized animal than other milk and meat goats.. Shearing an angora goat in less than 2 minutes..
At the moment i am busy processing some mohair. mohair is the fibre which comes from the angora goat. this can be confusing since there are angora rabbits and angora goats, the fibre from angora rabbits is referred to as angora whereas the fibre produced by angora goats is known as mohair.. Introduction goats may be kept for milk, meat, or fiber (or a combination thereof). both angora and cashmere goats are raised for fiber, but differ in both fiber qualities and methods of fiber harvest. angora goats produce mohair. fiber from non-angora goats is cashmere. note that rabbits, not angora goats, produce angora fiber.. With midwinter low sunshine hours generally meaning lower pasture sugar levels, and does heavily in kid, i find that now is a good time to look to the supplementary feed in the shed and boost things along a bit..
