How to manage buck goat musk...

[LadyIsabelle2011]

You do know that won't work, right?

Lol, yeah I know. Which is why I mentioned it smelling twice as bad. Usually with smells like that trying to "cover it" makes it worse and even then most perfume containing products would irritate the goats skin :/ So yeah, I know it's a big no no.

I just mentioned shaving the little guys beard and belly fur to my mom(you know, so that there is less surface area for the "stink" to accumulate. She loosened up a little bit but is still holding strong.

Sigh*

 

[Straw Hat Kikos]

I hope you get a buck. My favorite goats are bucks. Bucks are the best even though I love my does too.

 

[terrilhb]

I hope you get a buck. My favorite goats are bucks. Bucks are the best even though I love my does too.

X2

 

[LadyIsabelle2011]

I hope you get a buck. My favorite goats are bucks. Bucks are the best even though I love my does too.

Yeah, me too. We had a buck once. He was the first goat I ever actually owned (there was one before but that was when I was really young) He was a really handsome and sweet guy but my parents were tired of me coming in the house smelling like a buck which is why we ended re-homing him to a woman who had a big property. After that I convinced my parents to get me a pair of does (which they love). Now I want to breed my girls but am having difficulty finding the right buck and setting up a date in time so I just figured we would by pass all that confusion and get another buck, on the condition that his smell can be kept under control with out taking too much time away from school...

But, it's looking like that isn't going to happen. I'm really disappointed but it's probably the best. *sigh*

Besides my parents the biggest issue is our neighbors who aren't really animal people :/

 

[marlowmanor]

Is there no way that you could rent a buck long enough to get your girls bred? Then you only have to tolerate the buck smell for a short period of time (a month or 2) and then you can return him to his owner and your girls are bred. Or could you find someone that will let you board your does with a buck for a specified time to get them bred then you wouldn't even have to deal with a buck. I'm taking my doe to hang out with a buck for a month at the end of this month so she can be bred.

 

[LadyIsabelle2011]

Awesome suggestion but not possible :/ . If we do get him the only pen available will be right up near the house, which is why the smell is such a big deal *sigh* . But the bathing part sounds good

Can you put him where your does are and move your does to the pen near your house? That way he's not as close.

It's an idea but the girls pen is actually our back yard( literally our backyard herd ), so the smell problem still stands.

Too bad there isn't actually a way to keep a buck from peeing all over himself in the first place :/

 

[Straw Hat Kikos]

Rent a buck in a few months. That way he'll be out of rut and won't smell.

 

[LadyIsabelle2011]

Is there no way that you could rent a buck long enough to get your girls bred? Then you only have to tolerate the buck smell for a short period of time (a month or 2) and then you can return him to his owner and your girls are bred. Or could you find someone that will let you board your does with a buck for a specified time to get them bred then you wouldn't even have to deal with a buck. I'm taking my doe to hang out with a buck for a month at the end of this month so she can be bred.

Just spoke with my mom on it and she sounded much more open to the idea She actually looked a little relieved ...Now to just find a good buck. Too bad the one in the ad isn't being rented out, he really is just what I've been looking for

 

[Straw Hat Kikos]

Buy him, use him on your does, and resell him or eat him. lol

 

[LadyIsabelle2011]

Buy him, use him on your does, and resell him or eat him. lol

Thank you Straw Hat,

It's a good idea but in the end I just wouldn't be able to kill him (he was raised by a kid and for some reason that just makes it feel wrong) and my mom is convinced that once he is on the property we won't be able to get rid of him

I will just have to find a buck that is actually being leased out or someone who is willing to lease, or willing to let my doe's on his property for a month. It may be the only way *sigh*

Again thanks for the advice everyone