Just got some skinny goats

[JenniferDuBay]

My favorite buck is one that I bottle raised part of the time. He isn't "married" to me, but he isn't afraid of me either. I can reach out and pet him without him running away, but he doesn't follow me everywhere and blubber all over me. My LaMancha does that...I hate it.

My lamancha does the same... but I love it and I think it's adorable. She doesn't really mess with anything, but if you stick your face down at goat level, she like... breathes in your face. It's quite funny. I can really see how that would be less than ideal in a rutting goat, though.

 

[babsbag]

Less than ideal is being polite. Not only do they reek, which is also being polite, but they pee on themselves and you too if you happen to be in the wrong place at the right time. But most annoying is constantly watching my back, not for butting behavior, but mounting behavior. I do not need a 200+ pound goat to love me quite that much.

 

[JenniferDuBay]

Less than ideal is being polite. Not only do they reek, which is also being polite, but they pee on themselves and you too if you happen to be in the wrong place at the right time. But most annoying is constantly watching my back, not for butting behavior, but mounting behavior. I do not need a 200+ pound goat to love me quite that much.

That is... quite the visual.

 

[NH homesteader]

And this is why I won't keep full size bucks here

 

[JenniferDuBay]

And this is why I won't keep full size bucks here

I have my heart set on Nigerians, Petunia not withstanding. I can lift Myrtle, even being a pain, all by my lonesome, which is handy. How big do the male nigies get to?

 

[babsbag]

I guess I failed to mention that my Nigi is the worst as far as behavior? But it doesn't bother me as much as he isn't as big. He DOES NOT like me, but doesn't mean he isn't in my face during rut, especially if I have just handled a doe in heat. Don't let their small size fool you; my Nigi is the one literally head slamming the gate to get to those does and he torments my Alpine relentlessly. It is really too bad he makes such beautiful kids.

 

[Latestarter]

Maybe start collecting straws and get a nitrogen can to keep them in, or find someone nearby that will allow you to store straws in theirs... Could fix yourself up for years to come and eat or sell the bothersome little brute...

 

[JenniferDuBay]

Maybe start collecting straws and get a nitrogen can to keep them in, or find someone nearby that will allow you to store straws in theirs... Could fix yourself up for years to come and eat or sell the bothersome little brute...

Huh?

 

[NH homesteader]

I think he is telling babs to eat her buck and invest in artificial insemination equipment.

 

[Goat Whisperer]

He is talking about Artificial Insemination.

I'm hoping to do AI in the next few years, but the thing is not all does are AI candidates. Success rates aren't as high as it is with cattle, so that is something to factor in too. Other does are just hard to settle with AI. You should always have a backup buck for live breeding.