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12-26-2016, 08:15 PM
Gilbert is beautiful and I love his horns. They look like Kiko horns.
I'm not too sure about the horn width = goat width theory. Some breeds such as Kikos, Angoras, Cashmeres, and many of the Swiss individuals have horns that grow much wider than their bodies. Others, such as Boers and Nubians tend to have horns that grow more back than out so their bodies are wider than their horns.
After Cuzco lost one horn in an accident, he realized he could go lots more places than before! It took him all of about a day after horn removal surgery to discover that he could escape the recovery enclosure. Before he lost that horn, the boards in that horse corral were too close together for him to get his head through, so it was an ideal goat containment area. After the horn loss, there weren't many enclosures that could keep Cuzco in (or out as the case may be). As an example, here is a chicken house we converted to a goat shed. Cuzco actually managed to squeeze his enormous body through this little chicken door several times before I enlarged it for him.
I'm not too sure about the horn width = goat width theory. Some breeds such as Kikos, Angoras, Cashmeres, and many of the Swiss individuals have horns that grow much wider than their bodies. Others, such as Boers and Nubians tend to have horns that grow more back than out so their bodies are wider than their horns.
After Cuzco lost one horn in an accident, he realized he could go lots more places than before! It took him all of about a day after horn removal surgery to discover that he could escape the recovery enclosure. Before he lost that horn, the boards in that horse corral were too close together for him to get his head through, so it was an ideal goat containment area. After the horn loss, there weren't many enclosures that could keep Cuzco in (or out as the case may be). As an example, here is a chicken house we converted to a goat shed. Cuzco actually managed to squeeze his enormous body through this little chicken door several times before I enlarged it for him.