GOATS
The feral goats have been on the island since the 18th century. They were brought onto the island by sailors for a food source and very tasty they are too.
When I first arrived on the island there were 3 wingnuts. These were males with white shaggy coats and very impressive horns giving them their name. Unfortunately, when I left there were none, but hopefully the genes are still present in the goats to produce more.
The remaining goats are various colours, white, brown, black and beige with combinations of those colours. Females (nannys) mostly have horns, with the males (billys) always having them. They are much bigger on the males, and are used for head butting each other to establish dominance.
The goats bleat like sheep, but usually you will know they are around by the smell. Billys in particular are very pungent, the odour coming mainly from their urine, but also excretions from the skin.
It is said that a billy will urinate on its beard to entice the ladies, although I have never seen this.
The goats can be found in small herds all around the island. They are usually seen on the Sidelands on the East coast and West coast. Mostly they are north of the Quarter wall, but they will try to sneak south given half a chance.
You will see them on the cliffs climbing seemingly inaccessible rocks as well as munching anything that grows.
