Better varieties of free-range goats are: Liuyang black goat, Mashan black goat, Lezhi black goat, Dazu black goat, Jintang black goat and so on.

1, Liuyang black goat

Liuyang black goat limbs, hooves solid, tail short and upturned, head small and big eyes, muscle with gloss, fat color is white or yellowish, fiber clear and tough, usually no smell and odor. Liuyang black goat is one of the few pure black goat local breeds in China, its coat is all black and shiny, mainly distributed in Liuyang and the eastern mountainous areas of Hunan Province.

2, Mashan black goat

Mashan black goat is to Shannen milk goat, Longlin goat as the parent, and then with the local ewes for crossbreeding and improvement of a kind of black goat, with heat-resistant, cold-resistant, good meat production performance, fast growth and development, adaptability characteristics. Its reproduction rate is high, the annual slaughter rate is generally up to 50-53%, the meat is not only tender, and the stink is usually less.

3, Lezhi black goat

Lezhi black goat body hair was black, and shiny and glossy, its body size, back and waist straight, limbs thick, hooves solid and black color. Its meat is tender and with the unique flavor of goat meat, plate skin is not only flexible and uniform thickness, belonging to a meat and skin of the excellent local varieties.

4, Dazu black goat

Adult ewes and adult rams are larger in size, adult ewes generally shorter hair, long neck. The adult ram's hair is generally long and dense, with a long neck and no wrinkles in the neck skin. The Dazu black goat is characterized by high fertility, strong adaptability, tolerance of rough feeding, and genetic stability, while high fertility is its main feature.

5, Jintang black goat

Jintang black goat body coat color is black, hair short and glossy, large body size, strong body and structure of proportionate, the adult ram's body weight of an average of 70.64 kg, the adult ewe's body weight of an average of 49.62 kg. Jintang black goat's meat is generally no nastiness, tasty and juicy, in the consumption of the general feel the taste of flavor, but not greasy. The meat of Jintang black goat is generally free of stink, delicious and juicy.