Dang Goats!!

[Roll farms]

Jeff's pet mutt doeling was in raging, flagging heat yesterday, romancing Bullitt over the fence (He'd look over it at her and "What-what-whattt?" her, she'd aim her rump as close to him as possible and wiggle).

I took her over for a date w/ our Ob buckling (Bullitt's wayyy too big for her) and the little idiot wanted NO part of him...she tried running into Bullitt's pen by going through the holes in the gate (she won't fit but I couldn't tell HER that).

So I finally got her in the right pen and Bullitt decided he was going over the barrier between the two (he won't fit...but you can't tell HIM that) and while trying to pull him down / help him before he hung himself, he nearly broke my arm. She still wouldn't even talk to poor Tiger (Ob) but he got her in the end...she stuck her head through a cattle panel trying to talk to Bullitt around the side, and Tiger took full advantage while she was stuck. I made sure he got her 2-3 times before I put her back where she belongs and Bullitt was just a raging bull maniac the whole time.

She and Bullitt went back to romancing over the fence after she went home, it was still going on when I went to bed.

Today, they could care less about eachother again.

GOATS!

Ugh....

 

[20kidsonhill]

Roll: I have had that happen as well.

You should have seen my older bred does last night acting like idiots, with all the confussion of bucks being in the wrong pens. Then I put Goldman back with the does that he was suppose to be with. The older does, who are all bred, started showing off on the other side of the fence, fighting with each other and banging their heads into the fencing. Gosh, they are going to tear the place down.

 

[GoatCrazyLady]

My Lord! Keeping fingers crossed for you

 

[Straw Hat Kikos]

Can't you DNA them? I'm sure the Boer goat associations have DNA'ing, right?

I have no idea, but I don't see us spending the money on DNA tests. I have a feeling it is pricey. It shouldn't hurt the sales on the doelings, but it will kill the sales on the fullblood bucklings not being able to paper them. Plus it will be a young doe kidding late in the year, so the wether market for 4H kids will also be limited. The latest I normally kid for even an August show is March. Although I did sell a late March wether for a September 1st show, so he would have been just 5 1/2 months and he was 95 lbs at weigh in and they only need to be 60 lbs for minimum weight for most shows around here. I hope it is just the one doe. and maybe it is asking too much, but doelings would be nice.

For the Kiko registries they have you send it off to UC-Davis and it's only 35$ I believe. If you DNA your doe and the bucks then you can DNA the kids and see who is who's. lol It would cost a fair amount depending on how many you would have to DNA I guess. But if you area able to sell your bucks with pretty hefty price tags it may be worth it.