Cute Baby Goat Easter Fun 2019

All goats under 6 months of age are called kids. Female goats over the age of 6 months are generally called doelings, and are female goats that have not reached maturity. Male goats over the age of 6 months are called bucklings, which are simply immature male goats. Once a female goat has reached maturity, she is called a doe. A mature male goat is called a buck. When a male goat is castrated, he is called a wether.

Our version of “kid” derives from the German “kinder” for child. Back in the day, calling a child a “kid” was considered vulgar! But, as time passed, the stigma passed.

You can always tell a child “I’m calling you a ‘kid’ because you’re acting like a baby goat.”

Baby goats being called a kid probably has no significance, like a young cow being a calf, horse a foal or a bear a cub.

There is a modern misconception that the name is derived or developed from the use of the same name, informally, for children.

Children being called kids, only came about in America in the 1800's, with some of the English speaking world adopting the use after the proliferation of American influence. Uptil today it is still considered informal and not used in formal writing (outside America).