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I only had one that needed its horn removed...3 month old kid that got his head caught in the fence and pulled the horn 1/2 way out....they can bleed to death with a busted horn and the vet had to remove it. Its like pulling a tooth and he screamed when they pulled it out...but you should have seen my main breeder, he couldn't get through the barn door without turning his head sideway....I don't remember if it was 44 or 46 inches from tip to tip...taking him down to trim hoofs was a bitch cause you couldn't get his head on the ground and hubby had to hold his head while I trimmed his hoofs. Male angoras horn splay out not back like the females. they have a curl and then straight out and curl again. He looked magnificent except right after shearing, then he looked dumb as a doodoo bird. All head and horns. But one year he sheared 42 pounds of mohair...couldn't believe it when I weighted his shearing...The males would fight head to head...back up a little from each other, go up on their hind legs and run toward the other and-the split second before they met, both heads went down and you could hear the crash...they try for the leg of the other goat to break it...Had one get his back leg broken cause the other goat came up behind him, snagged the leg and just turned his head and the leg broke....I did nurse him back to health in a pen and hand feeding him for a week, he survived.....have you ever seen a picture of an angora...the males are lovely when in full hair....

The males would fight head to head...back up a little from each other, go up on their hind legs and run toward the other ...

I was quite surprised when mine started to do this, as I had NO clue as to goat behavior at all!

Even the girls do it.

The 'boys', ahem, are wethers. Would this surpress the head thumping a bit?