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Both males and females Angora goats are horned. The bucks usually have a pronounced spiral to the horn where the females horns are smaller and shorter. Although the mature goat is fairly hardy, they are extremely delicate when first shorn or at birth, the young needing some protection if the weather is cold or damp.	The Angora goat originated in the district of Angora in Asia Minor near present-day Ankara, Turkey. The Angora dates back prior to early biblical history between 1400 and 1500 B.C. The fleece taken from an Angora goat is called mohair. A single goat produces between five and eight kilograms of hair per year. Goat shearing is done twice a year, in contrast to that of sheep which are shorn only once.

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