[header] How to breed goats [title] Plan to breed when the days start getting shorter. [step] Unlike some domesticated animals, goats still tend to breed seasonally. The reduced daylight hours during autumn signal that it's mating season, so that the kids can be born after the oncoming winter. 
[substeps] In the northern hemisphere, this means that august to december is " prime time " for goat mating. Goat breeding can happen year-round with the help of hormone treatments and artificial insemination, but usually only larger goat-raising operations resort to these methods.