Goats make an interesting variety of sounds.
You might think we are crazy, but sometimes we can tell what a goat means by
- All Purpose Goat Bleat (LaMancha) (22K). This sound means just about anything, usually "hi" or "feed me." Alpines, Saanens, Toggenburgs and Oberhaslis sound about the same. Note: If you play it back at twice the speed, it sounds like a dolphin.
- All Purpose Pygmy Goat Bleat (32K).
- All Purpose Nubian Goat (29K). Nubians always sound like they are complaining about something.
- Nubian Goat Kid (16K). Even Nubian Kids can be loud.
- Nubian Goat in heat (56K). It's usually
easy to detect a Nubian does in heat due to her louder than normal
bleat. While other goats may be vocal during heat, only Nubians
seems to get this carried away.
- Goat Buck(Nubian) (21K). A buck interested in a doe will make
a distinctive call that we've name "blubbing." There probably is a technical term.
- Goat Doe and then Buck(Nubian) (24K). This Nubian doe
is calling to a buck.
- Pygmy goat calling for its kids (34K)
- Pygmy Goat Kid Looking for its mother (52K) When
we sell a single goat kid to someone to keep in their backyard, they
occasionally call later that night asking to return it because it
won't stop bleating. Just play this sound about 1000 times to get the
general idea. The solution to this problem is to buy two
goats. Goats are herd animals and really like company and they are quiet
when they are happy.
- I'm a sheep (23K). Sheep really sound much different than goats. We don't like when people confuse goats for sheep.
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