Bred doe still flirty, but not really in heat?

[Ariel301]

I'm having one doe this year who is really confusing me. I brought in a buck from another farm around the end of August, and he bred all the does multiple times. I took him home on September 20th, so he was here a little over three weeks. None of the does have come back into an obvious heat, but one doe is acting a little funny. I have an Alpine buck awaiting butchering (he's extremely aggressive) that is usually kept out of sight of the girls, but I had to move him to where they can see each other because I needed his stall to put some chicks in. I moved him last week. Almost immediately after, this one doe is standing at the fence nearest him, wagging her tail and going "meh meh meh" at him, so I think, great she's back in heat and did not get bred, I need to go get the buck again...out of curiosity I took her over to the Alpine buck on a leash...he was all over her, wanting to mate (I carefully did not let him!) but after a few seconds she turned around and slammed him against a wall. I took that as a sign she was definitely not interested and took her back to her own pen. She went right back to the fence and was "Meh-meh-mehing at him again". She did it for a day or so, and never showed any actual interest. She started it again yesterday, again no interest in the actual mating, just being flirty. She was bred the 29th of August and has not shown a serious heat since then, just this little bit of flirting. Normally when she is in heat she gets super lovey to the other does, rubbing all over them and licking them, but not now. She hasn't done this before, she has always settled on the first breeding and never gone back into heat.

What do you think? Is she just flirty because of all the raging stinky buck hormones in the air? Or do I probably need to arrange her another date with the good buck?

 

[()relics]

sounds open to me...the does actions toward the buck could mean she is either just before or just past her "standing heat" period but it is also sometimes normal buck/doe behavior. The buck can be turned away several times by the doe but a good buck will be persistent and get the job done...sometimes less dominate bucks will Not Ever be able to breed a very "ornery" doe...possibly the stud was turned away and never completed his work. I would assume she is open and note the date. When the next potential cycle comes around, 15-25 days, watch her for the same odd behavior. If she shows any "weirdness" reserve a return date with the stud to match her next cycle...jmo...

 

[Ariel301]

I'm confused by her because she is always extremely consistent in timing and in behavior when she is in heat. She typically comes in exactly every 3 weeks until she is settled, and she will be all over the other does being affectionate (which she hasn't been doing with this) and all over the buck wanting attention (instead, she is beating him, and not really affectionate at all if she gets near enough to touch him). It would be extremely odd for her to come into heat for one day only, and again the next week, she normally is "in the mood" and standing for the buck for three or four days at a time, once every three weeks. I'm out with my goats every couple of hours all day and a couple times during the night too, and I haven't seen her act like she is in a "real" heat, just this weird flirty thing, which she did for a day at most, then again a week later, again for a day at most. That's not how she normally is. :/ When the buck was here before, she wouldn't even let him stop to eat lol...she was definitely bred successfully, I watched several successful matings between the two, and I am sure he mated her several times I didn't see, they were penned together for the whole time he was here.

I guess I'll call the buck's owner and see if we can arrange another breeding, though, just to be sure. The Alpine buck is "meeting his destiny" this weekend so I can see how she acts with no bucky hormones around.