The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Goats => Topic started by: fifixx on September 22, 2012, 06:57:50 pm
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What an evening - the buck has gone in with the does and the wether (18mths) went with him this morning. We brought them back to another field with a good barn for the night and the does went crazy, butting and ramming the wether (all the goats are horned).
So - wether taken out over to the kids filed - seemed to sort of like it but still stressed. After 15 mins, jumped out!
Back to the does and buck - took him over and they were in the big field grazing - 15 mins - jumped out over alpaca hurdles.
So now he is back in his pen (alone) where he was with the buck, crying for ages, slightly quieter now.
What shall I do?? presumably the does didn't want another male with them - but will they get used to him - even his mother was ramming into his side.
Every bit of advice welcomed!
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Do you have a kid or two you could bring in with him? So he's in familiar territory but has a friend or two? Then when he knows some of them he might be prepared to stay with them in the field.
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Will he never be welcome with the does? He lived with them all last yr, just been with the buck for the last 8 months.
With kids, might be ok but the fences are lower! And I discovered today he can jump....
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After having him penned all night and most of the day, I took him with minimum fuss over to the field and let him in while putting feed out for all the does. Then I left!
Seems ok, grazing ok. Probably I should have not let them all mill round in a fairly confined area last night especially as it was the first day with the buck. What a worry these goats can be!!