Rence
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If the buck is in rut and stinky and the doe can smell it, it will give a goatie taste to the milk. In my experience, it's not just when the milk comes out of the doe an in an environment with the goatie smell, although that will definitely make the taste off too. So you want your milking environment to be free of odd smells too. But it's if she can smell it too that also imparts that goatie flavor to the milk.
My bucks are at least 200 feet away from my milking does, it may not have to be that far, but that's just what I have set up. Actually, I have one new buck that's only about 100 feet or less in one pen, and he's not in rut, and the milk is fine.
She can't be able to rub up against him, or touch him or smell him in any way, or you'll get that goatie taste.
That doesn't apply to wethers, or goat kids. You may be able to get away with keeping them closer if the buck is not in rut, but I haven't tried that. I just keep them separate. It's also advantageous to keep them separate so that you have a due date when the doe is ready to kid. I'll never run my buck with my does again (unless I have to). It helps me a lot to have a reliable due date.
My bucks are at least 200 feet away from my milking does, it may not have to be that far, but that's just what I have set up. Actually, I have one new buck that's only about 100 feet or less in one pen, and he's not in rut, and the milk is fine.
She can't be able to rub up against him, or touch him or smell him in any way, or you'll get that goatie taste.
That doesn't apply to wethers, or goat kids. You may be able to get away with keeping them closer if the buck is not in rut, but I haven't tried that. I just keep them separate. It's also advantageous to keep them separate so that you have a due date when the doe is ready to kid. I'll never run my buck with my does again (unless I have to). It helps me a lot to have a reliable due date.
