Help- my goat won't be quiet!

[Shootingstars]

We got a 4 month old buck and put him in the pen with our two does and wether. I am working on building a pen for the two boys. However, in the meantime he continually cries and cries. My dh is calling him the $200 crybaby. What can I do to help him calm down. He was the only goat at the last place and I think he may be scared of other goats, not a good scenario since I want him to breed the does.

 

[freemotion]

Funny, as I am writing this my little buck is hollering to me! It is 10 PM here....he never shuts up. Can't help you.....but just wanted to warn you that if he is in with the does, they may already be bred.

 

[KinderKorner]

I have the same problem. I have several loud bucks.

Sadly I think it is genetic. Because one of my bucks, and his son cry cry cry all day and night. My other line of bucks are nice an quiet.

The loud ones also pee all over themselves and are very bucky.

The other line doesn't.

You can see one line is much more enjoyable, which is why someone is coming to look at the loud ones to buy in a few days. lol

I don't think there really is a way to stop it.

 

[Shootingstars]

Well I just realized that I have been in the kitchen most of the day and the goats can see in the big window. He has been looking at me all day and because he can see me through the window he has been talking. As soon as I went into another part of the house he shut-up.

As far as the does being bred, I am hoping so! I am keeping track on when I put him in there, this is a learning experience.

 

[mistee]

i have had some goats that were just LOUD!!!!! I recently sold a doe cause she was driving me insane w/ her screaming,,lol... I was to the point I would have paid to have someone take her,,lol..

 

[dkluzier]

I'm with Kinderkorner - I have one loud mama who's babies carry on the trait. Also I've noticed that the bucklings cry when separated from their moms more so than the little doelings, or it just may be my herd

Right now I have 4 bucks in major rut that are making all kinds of moans, groans and screams ALL night long and also had a doe in heat jump the fence and tease them for awhile. Had to go out at 2 am and corral the little tart.

 

[Ariel301]

i have had some goats that were just LOUD!!!!! I recently sold a doe cause she was driving me insane w/ her screaming,,lol... I was to the point I would have paid to have someone take her,,lol..

I had to do that too...I had a beautiful show quality doe and she was just nuts, screaming probably 8+ hours a day and throwing herself at the fences, getting loose and banging on the door to be let in the house, sometimes breaking into the house and running wild from room to room until she found someone to pet her! I sold her because she kept me from sleeping...and as soon as she got to her new home she shut up, calmed down, kidded with two incredible looking kids, and started putting out two gallons of milk a day. :/ Luckily, I got a doeling out of her before she left. Unluckily, the doeling is also a drama queen. I think it does run in families--I've also noticed that goats bred for the show ring seem more high strung, sensitive, and mouthy than goats bred for production. They have an attitude, right from birth. At least in LaManchas, don't know about other breeds. My show doeling right now will throw her head way up in the air and prance around the yard, and any time you look at her, she stretches out in perfect show pose and just looks at you wagging her tail. She also screams at you if you fail to notice how incredibly beautiful she is and make a fuss over her.

If he's a Nubian, they do tend to be loud. And he's also probably still settling in to his new home if you got him in the last month, so he is stressed and misses his old place. If so, he should slowly settle down.

 

[babsbag]

My first goats came from Mountain Lion country and they are QUIET. Never a peep out of them. Thier kids on the other hand are cry babies, even as adults. I really think it has to do with how safe they feel. My buck and wether are also Mt. Lion country kids and they are also quiet. I guess they are just as different as human kids.

 

[Aped]

i have to agree with the others in that loudness in goats is probably genetic. I had a wether and a buck, they were half brothers with different moms. The wether's mom was so loud and they both called to each other when they were separated. That wether grew up and stayed loud. I ending up selling him and another wether to someone else with a big pasture because the only time he would shut up was when he was eating or grazing. I kept his brother, he is very quiet. I have a kid from him and one of my does and the kid is quiet too. I can recommend breeding out the loudness and getting rid of goats that are liud. I won't buy a loud goat because unfortunately if you already know they're loud, it's too late, they'll always be loud.

 

[Shootingstars]

After being here a week, he is very much improved. He only calls to us when he can see us or hears the backdoor open. He was the only goat at his last home so he is slowly learning who his herd is.