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yes they can...i know alot of people who live by me wioth this hybrid

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Yes, a male goat can breed with a female sheep to produce hybrids called geep or shoats. However, these hybrids are usually sterile and unable to reproduce.

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A male goat can breed with a female sheep but it is a rare occurrence and sometimes the progeny are deformed in some way - geeps or shoats depending on who is the father.

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Yes but it doesn't normally happen - if the offspring do survive depending on who the mother is they are called geeps or shoats.

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βˆ™ 14y ago

I wouldn't try it because you would be likely to get inbred kids.

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