![]() ![]() So here we are, with 4 does and a buck, among other living creatures. When I was just thinking about getting goats, some of your blog posts got me motivated. I periodically check your blog, as I find your posts very interesting and amusing. However, I find that giving him a summer cut makes a big difference in how strong he smells. One time, my husband forgot a jar of milk in his work fridge for two weeks, and it did get goaty, but that’s the only time we’ve noticed an “off” flavor. All my herd share customers say it’s the best milk they’ve had, and I’ve converted several people who swear they can’t stand goat milk or cheese. He shares a fence line with the girls, but their milk tastes fantastic! I’ve made all kinds of cheese, too. He played gently with them and has been great with the human kids, too. He has a wether buddy so he doesn’t get lonely.He was a great papa, and we put our bucklings in with him when it was time to wean them. They all got pregnant the first month he was tall enough to do the deed (he was about 9 months old), and we separated him once they kidded. We got him at 8 weeks old and raised him in with the girls. We decided to get an ND buck a year and a half ago, and couldn’t be happier. I have 3 mini-nubian girls and 1 ND girl. ![]() I’m late to the party, but thought I’d put my two-cents in…. So, my goat-loving friends… help a girl out. When it comes time to breed the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th year and so on, you won’t have to ask the buck owner to milk your doe who would need to be milked every day until she dries up that year.No need to take your does (female goats) off the property to be bred, therefore, no worries about the transfer of diseases.Having one around makes it easier to tell when your does are in heat (they’ll be attracted to him and yearn for his affection).(Roughly $300-$400 per year depending on the size of the goat) The cost of feeding him throughout the year.You need to have a permanent area for the guy, away from his concubines.They are known to even attack and mount humans, if their urges are strong enough. Doesn’t that sound lovely? While in rut they urinate on themselves, emit strong pheromones, and do whatever they can to woo their mate. ![]() We’d love to get a Nigerian buck and breed him to both the Nubian & the Nigerians.īucks can be fairly tame animals during the off season, but when it comes time to breed they go into “rut,” which means their disgusting level hits an all-time high.īucks have a musky, sweet, urine smell. We’ve got one Nubian & three Nigerian Dwarfs right now. But, when you’ve got a small herd like me with only 4-5 does around at a time (and a couple of them being different breeds), it can be a harder decision to make. When you’ve got a lot of female goats, it makes sense to get a buck. You can read more about goat breeding behavior here. A buck (male goat) can cover up to 20-30 does in one breeding cycle. Some goats can breed year-round and others will need to be bred only during fall/spring. In order to have milk, we must breed our goats every year so that they will “freshen” or in other words “have babies so their bodies produce milk.” Does (female goats) cycle into heat every 21 days. A suave man with a sp- okay you get it.Ī buck has one job and one job only, and that is to breed with my female goats and produce lovely, adorable, squishy babies here on the farm. And he’s a male goat.Ī buck is a goat who hasn’t been castrated. I’ve got my eye on something… and it ain’t pretty.īut even though I may regret it (and maybe even am regretting it a bit already), I still want it. ![]()
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