Does the female goat have horns on its head?

The raising of sheep has a long history in our country, and its whole body is covered with treasures. Goat is one of the main sheep breeds in our country. Many people want to know, do female goats have horns on their heads?

Do female goats have horns on their heads

Female goats also have horns on their heads, but unlike male goats, female goats have relatively small horns.

2. The distribution of goats in China

In China, goats are distributed all over the provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions of the country, even in Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian and Hainan, which do not raise sheep.

On the whole, the goat population in China is mainly distributed in the north of the Yangtze River, concentrated in East China, North China and Southwest China, and less in South China.

According to statistics, 12 provinces, including Henan, Shandong, Inner Mongolia, Xizang, Jiangsu, Sichuan, Anhui, Hebei, Yunnan, Shaanxi, Shanxi and Gansu, had more than 4.5 million goats in 2003, accounting for 91.60% of the total number of goats in China. It is a concentrated producing area of goat production.

III. Goat breed resources in China

There are 20 goat breeds recorded in the Chronicles of Chinese Sheep breeds, among which these local breeds have many excellent characters, such as high fecundity, good meat quality, fine cashmere, good quality, high yield and special production performance such as plate, lamb, fur, milk and so on.

In recent years, on the basis of these local excellent breeds, China has successively introduced some famous fine breeds such as wool Angora goat, meat Boer goat and Saaneng dairy goat from abroad, which have been crossbred with domestic local breeds. Nearly 20 new breeds such as Nanjiang Yellow Goat, Guanzhong Dairy Goat and Laoshan Dairy Goat have been bred.

According to their production performance, Chinese goat breeds can be divided into six types: ordinary goats, cashmere goats, dairy goats, wool goats, lamb goats and fur goats.

The above is a brief introduction to goats. I hope it will be helpful to you.