Should I assume she got bred?

[Shootingstars]

Last night one of my Nigerian does had a little bit of dried white junk under tail and she smells pretty bucky down there. Now my buck is only 5 months old but he is with all the other goats for now and the rest of the them don't smell like him.

Can I assume he bred her last night? Also she refuses to raise her tail this morning while the other ones always have their tails up.

 

[cmjust0]

Yep.

If you don't want her bred, you can terminate the pregnancy by giving a dose of lutalyse in about 10 days. Dose is 2ml in the muscle. It's watery, so when I have to give it, I usually just use a 25ga x 5/8" needle and hit them somewhere inside the triangle pictured here:

 

[Shootingstars]

Oh thanks, I should have clarified though. I have the buck with the does wanting to get them bred. My does are 3 years, 2 years and 18 months so they are definitely ready and in good health. This will be the first breeding for any of them.

Thanks again!

 

[cmjust0]

Oh. Well, in that case CONGRATULATIONS!

 

[Ariel301]

You'll know within a month, if she doesn't come back into heat. If she's got icky white goo around her rear, it's pretty safe to say either he got her, or she was in heat and is just leaking mucus. And if she was in heat, and he is interested in girls, I'd say she got bred.

 

[Shootingstars]

Maybe I should start a new thread on this topic but all of my does are new to the whole buck thing and I have never even seen them in heat. Should it be noticable because to me it is not and I am out there with them at least twice a day if not more for quite awhile. I mean I don't just dump the feed and leave, I pay attention to them also.

How am I suppose to know for sure that they are in heat?

 

[babsbag]

I said the same thing about my goats when I first started with them. Then someone told me that they will usually "flag" their tails, straight up and waggling, and many of them will make a lot more noise, mine sure do.

The day I was told about the tail flagging I came home and sure enough tail up and mouth open Once you see it you will know. If your buck is running with your does you may never see it. It will usually only last 2 or 3 days at most and if the buck is accessible they probably won't be so vocal.

4 of my 5 were bred last year and I only noticed one in heat. The problem with breeding this way is that you don't know the exact date they are bred so you don't know when they are due. Last year I let my does and buck together for 3 months and then I was looking at a 3 month window that they could be due to kid. I will be a little more vigilant this year.

Good luck with your girls.

 

[SDGsoap&dairy]

Maybe I should start a new thread on this topic but all of my does are new to the whole buck thing and I have never even seen them in heat. Should it be noticable because to me it is not and I am out there with them at least twice a day if not more for quite awhile. I mean I don't just dump the feed and leave, I pay attention to them also.

How am I suppose to know for sure that they are in heat?

Most of my girls aren't terribly obvious either. Discharge has been the most noticeable indication.

 

[glenolam]

I have one doe who does back flips trying to excite anything around her, another who just has discharge and tail flagging and another who does absolutely nothing. We need a goat interpretor so they can see if the goats tell them "Hey...gimme a boyfriend NOW"

 

[Shootingstars]

I am assuming by tail flagging you mean the straight up in the air? I have seen the buck really sniffing the girl's area. Can all my does go into heat the same time as I am noticing this in all of them? I introduced the buck about three weeks ago.

Thank you for all the helpful answers!