New to goats! I purchased a breeding pair of fainting goats!!!

[BellLisaMo]

I recently purchased a breeding pair of fainting goats, they are registered on the American Fainting Goat Association and are listed at Premium goats. My male has curled horns like a ram from a disbudding gone wrong. I was afraid of him at first, but then I remembered I can just scare him and he'll fall over... hahaha! No not really. He is 6 years old, so he knows how to handle his Myotonia. My female doesn't stiffen up at all, unless I try to walk her around on a harness. The two of them have never been halter trained.

Any suggestions?

Here they are! Sedona is my Buck, Cameo is my Doe. They love each other!

Sedona, my giant!

Cameo, my sweetheart!

 

[barredcountrycoop]

I love those! Don't have any, all we have are pygmys. Keep posting , at this rate you'll be free to post your pics in no time

 

[BellLisaMo]

Pgymys are so cute! Mine are so big, I wish they were smaller, but they are still really sweet!

 

[barredcountrycoop]

oh they're very cool looking. Yeah I love our pygmys, very playful! We have blackbelly sheep as well but they do not even get close to you, so my son likes the goats much better.

 

[elevan]

They are lovely. I don't have any suggestions for halter training other than to keep trying...some things just take time.

I did notice that it looks like his horns are pressing down on his eyes and ears. Don't know if it's causing him any discomfort now, but it could potentially cause problems you may want to consider having a vet dehorn him

Fainters aren't really much bigger than pygmies...I've thought of adding a few fainters to our pygmies but my DH says no

 

[BellLisaMo]

They are lovely. I don't have any suggestions for halter training other than to keep trying...some things just take time.

I did notice that it looks like his horns are pressing down on his eyes and ears. Don't know if it's causing him any discomfort now, but it could potentially cause problems you may want to consider having a vet dehorn him

Fainters aren't really much bigger than pygmies...I've thought of adding a few fainters to our pygmies but my DH says no

Thanks for your concern! They are actually like 1/2 and inch away from his eyes. I do want to have them cut off, I just wonder if he is too old for that. He is 6 years old. He's always scratching them on things.... what does that mean?

 

[elevan]

They are lovely. I don't have any suggestions for halter training other than to keep trying...some things just take time.

I did notice that it looks like his horns are pressing down on his eyes and ears. Don't know if it's causing him any discomfort now, but it could potentially cause problems you may want to consider having a vet dehorn him

Fainters aren't really much bigger than pygmies...I've thought of adding a few fainters to our pygmies but my DH says no

Thanks for your concern! They are actually like 1/2 and inch away from his eyes. I do want to have them cut off, I just wonder if he is too old for that. He is 6 years old. He's always scratching them on things.... what does that mean?

Pictures can be deceiving sometimes The first picture looks like the horn is pressing on the eye.

He's not old at all at 6. The scratching his horns on things could be typical male behavior or they could be bothering him I've never had to have an adult's horns removed myself, but I know that several others on this forum have. Hopefully one of them will chime in or you could post in another topic specifically regarding this asking for feedback.

Good luck to you!

 

[BellLisaMo]

They are lovely. I don't have any suggestions for halter training other than to keep trying...some things just take time.

I did notice that it looks like his horns are pressing down on his eyes and ears. Don't know if it's causing him any discomfort now, but it could potentially cause problems you may want to consider having a vet dehorn him

Fainters aren't really much bigger than pygmies...I've thought of adding a few fainters to our pygmies but my DH says no

Thanks for your concern! They are actually like 1/2 and inch away from his eyes. I do want to have them cut off, I just wonder if he is too old for that. He is 6 years old. He's always scratching them on things.... what does that mean?

Pictures can be deceiving sometimes The first picture looks like the horn is pressing on the eye.

He's not old at all at 6. The scratching his horns on things could be typical male behavior or they could be bothering him I've never had to have an adult's horns removed myself, but I know that several others on this forum have. Hopefully one of them will chime in or you could post in another topic specifically regarding this asking for feedback.

Good luck to you!

How old will a buck live to be? He looks and acts soooo old ! HAHA!

 

[elevan]

How old will a buck live to be? He looks and acts soooo old ! HAHA!

The average life of a goat is supposed to be between 10-13 years...but like most animals that doesn't mean a whole lot. You can have some that live much longer or shorter - hence the word average

He looks "handsome" to me

 

[Dreaming Of Goats]

If you have him dehorned, I recommend having a vet do it, since it's very bloody and ugly. However, once it's healed it'll look like any other buck