No Question is silly. Goats generally can be classified as short, medium, or long haired.

Male goats do tend to get long hair in certain areas, like the nape of the neck, a beard of course, and sometimes a skirt(females can have skirts & beards, too). These goats are generally considered short haired, or described as having a skirt. Short haired females tend to not get the long hair on the nape of the neck as frequently as the males, particularly when the weather gets colder.

To the best of my knowledge, long haired goats (as in long hair all over) grow the long hair later, maybe as yearlings or their 2nd year. Generally cashmere goats (coated, not the breed) are the same way, from my experiences.

The African Pygmy is a short haired goat. There are variations of the breed, such as the Pygora, but I'm not sure if they are classified as a breed as of yet or not.

The long haired goats are sure beuatiful animals. We shyed away from them as we didn't want to deal with the hair.

I hope this helped a little bit, though we're not real familiar with long - haired goats.
Brendasue

Thankyou Brendasue,
That answered alot of my ?s Jenny