Good Goat gone bad ???? I'm new to this.

[Theykeepmebusy]

O.k hello everyone, I'm new to goats and was given 2 registered pure bred boer goats, almost a year old, and were spoiled rotten by my friends granddaughter.....but after having them for a week, I don't know if maybe the male was just getting to much to handle. I was told he was the friendliest, most spoiled goat and he's been far from that since day 1. He's most aggressive when I enter the pen. Friends can be in there with him and I can enter on the opposite side and he goes straight into "attack" mode, he will chase me, licks his lips over and over, tries to pee on who ever, if the female comes to me (she's a sweetie) he will go after her, butt her out of the way.
I had read about pvc pipe on his horns, I will try anything to calm him down, I really don't like having to tie him to a post while I do my outside chores and I don't like having to be rescued or hurt by my pet.
Anyone have some advice for me??? Does this pvc pipe work and how exactly do I do this? Thanks in advance.

 

[mistee]

maybe he wuvs you,,,, and I mean wuvs!!!!! is he a buck,, sounds like it!

i have a buck when in rut loves EVERYONE... I keep a spray bottle on hand when i have to deal w/ him.... He thinks if it is in his pen then it is fair game but only when in rut!!

try the spray bottle see if that works

 

[Theykeepmebusy]

A buck he is, I will try the spray bottle. He isn't like this with everyone else unless I step in the pen. I really want him to be as friendly as the previous owner said he was. Thank you.

 

[mistee]

he just might really like you,,,lol.... do u want him to stay a buck? if not i would get him casturated,, he is going to be a big boy!!!

my is just a little nigerian buck so big difference.. my other 2 bucks dont act like that but they are a bit skittish,, diddy was raised by me so he isnt,,

i was in there the other night trying to catch some run away chickens to put them bak in the coop.. hubby thought it was funny that i was afraid to turn my back on him,,,, shoot,,,, he was trying his best to make me one of his ladies,,,lol!!!!

try the water bottle,, hose,,, anything,,lol...

 

[Theykeepmebusy]

I think I want him to stay a buck....??? I would like kids, I am going to have to read more on goats, this started because I wanted a couple to eat the weeds, then I learned about the milk, was going for Nubians but my parents found these 2 and well, here I am. And I made the mistake of turning my back, day 2, that was an unexpected back snap,crackle pop, along with a push/slide in my flip flops (morning chicken chores) to my back door. I didn't know what else to do but grab him by the horns and let him push away, soon as he had me close to my door, I ran This is going to be an experience.

 

[mistee]

hmmmm,, dont know.. doesnt sound like a guy i would want around.....

hopefully someone else will chime in here..

#1 you dont want to get hurt!!!!!!!

i have kids and I cant keep a buck i dont trust... this is my bucks first year acting like this and i told hubby if he keeps it up he is out the door,,,lol.. he has also gotten to be a real bully w/ my other bucks!

 

[lilhill]

Bucks do not make good pets. Especially bucks in rutt. He may be a sweetie pie when does are not around, but sounds like you should rethink the idea of keeping this big boy around. Being new to goats and then getting an aggressive boer that can weigh much more than you when fully grown, maybe isn't a good idea. I will not keep a buck around that I can't handle, even when he's in rutt.

 

[mistee]

All my horny buck does is flap his tongue and grunt at me,, he has never butted me or anything yet,,lol.

I have had a woman contact me a few x's in the last few years cause she has a very aggressive pygmy buck and she needed advise.. They dont want to cut him and her husband wont let her sell him.. He has horns and is very,, very,, aggressive.. He has hurt her pretty bad a few x's now... I dont know,, maybe hubby is hoping he hurts her,,,lol... She is terrified of him!

Your boar is going to get to be big and strong.. Bucks dont make nice pets the kind you want to hug and kiss on,,lol.. They stink and pee on themselves and even drink it.. If it wasnt for breeding I wouldn't have any.. There is only one other Nigerian breeder around me and she wants $150 a doe to breed to her bucks

 

[Roll farms]

He's acting that way for 2 reasons....he's in rut and you're 'new' to him, so he's trying to show dominance...sounds like it's working.

Castrate him or get rid of him....Oh, you can carry a hot shot or spray bottle around and be cautious around him....but that's such a bother.

Dangerous bucks are NOT pets.

Our boys live seperate from the girls (when not breeding) and even though I 'trust' them, I never go around them or into their pen alone.

 

[patandchickens]

Remember you can usually breed your goats *without* owning a buck -- just take them whilst in heat to someone who will let you use their buck for a few minutes.

"Friendliest most spoiled" is not necessarily a good thing in an intact male headbutting-type livestock animal. As you are discovering. He may, more or less kinda sorta, respect his previous owners and know where the lines are drawn; but it sounds like he has decided to write his own ticket here with you, and that can be dangerous.

Pat