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Livestock => Goats => Topic started by: little blue on October 08, 2013, 07:22:03 pm

Title: what's it called when ....
Post by: little blue on October 08, 2013, 07:22:03 pm

.....A billy goat is vocal?!
Girls - in season
Stags - rutting
but billies ??!!


(Never heard our boy so noisy - actually abit concerned he'd hurt himself, checked but nothing then caught him flirting at the cat!!

Title: Re: what's it called when ....
Post by: shygirl on October 08, 2013, 07:36:55 pm

Rampant?
 :roflanim:

Title: Re: what's it called when ....
Post by: plumseverywhere on October 08, 2013, 09:11:05 pm

Depends if he's disbudded or not  :-J - "horny" springs to mind  ;)

Title: Re: what's it called when ....
Post by: Lesley Silvester on October 08, 2013, 10:39:33 pm

Quote from: little blue on October 08, 2013, 07:22:03 pm

...then caught him flirting at the cat!!

I'd call it confused.

Title: Re: what's it called when ....
Post by: Carse Goodlifers on October 09, 2013, 08:56:50 pm

Surfing the web:

'A doe in season (in heat) will indicate her interest in breeding by wagging her tail rapidly for the buck; this is called 'flagging'.'

It was from an American site but no mention of the name for the male side of things.