Keeping buck and doe together all the time

[redfarmhouse]

If I am only going to keep a pair of Nigerian Dwarfs at pets but still want to have babies but not milk, is there a problem penning them together all the time. When, if ever, would they need to be separated? Or do I just need to get a couple of wethers as pets? I have 6 ND but have decided not to keep that many and changed my mind about the whole milking thing. I just have this one doe that the whole family LOVES!
Advice?

 

[DonnaBelle]

If you keep a doe and an intact buck together, you will have baby goats. You can leave the baby with the mom and not bother to milk her and she will eventually wean the baby herself.

If you don't want babies, then run your little doe with a wether (a boy that's been castrated) and all you will ever have is 2 goats.

There's no need to separate them if you have a doe and a wether, or 2 wethers, or 2 does.

DonnaBelle

 

[Julie_A]

I run my Nubians together, but you need to keep a close eye on them to know when they breed, etc.

 

[kstaven]

No problem keeping a buck with a doe year round except timing of kids.

Our dairy herd always has the bucks running with them. Always surprising to see how good the bucks are with the kids.

 

[Birchhatchery]

what i have done in the past is let them run then when the doe bags up seperate her and put her in a seperate stall so she can be alone while she kids

 

[20kidsonhill]

I have let them run together, the biggest problem in my opinion, is when you have doelings from a kidding, the buck breeding back 3 to 6 month old doelings that are too young to be handling a pregnancy. Either the buck would need to be taken out or the kids taken out.

the next thing I have had problems with is the buck being a little too friendly with the doe when she goes into labor, A buck can read this as a sign of heat and bother the doe that is in labor. But it hasn't been a problem every time.

 

[manybirds]

The doe would get pregnant again rite after kidding and everyone would smell bucky. u also wouldn't know when she got pregnant and therefore not know when she got pregnant and wouldn't be able to be there when she kidded causeing problems

 

[kstaven]

Goats aren't like cows. Most are seasonal breeders, so the odds of getting pregnant right after kidding are really slim and none with most breeds.

Bucks only really get bucky smelling during rut.

 

[RainySunday]

Goats aren't like cows. Most are seasonal breeders, so the odds of getting pregnant right after kidding are really slim and none with most breeds.

Bucks only really get bucky smelling during rut.

Actually, Nigerian Dwarfs are year-round breeders, so it can be an issue for them.

 

[Julie_A]

what i have done in the past is let them run then when the doe bags up seperate her and put her in a seperate stall so she can be alone while she kids

This is exactly what I do.