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little blue

  • Joined Jun 2009
  • Derbyshire
what's it called when ....
« 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!!
Little Blue

shygirl

  • Joined May 2013
Re: what's it called when ....
« Reply #1 on: October 08, 2013, 07:36:55 pm »
Rampant?
 :roflanim:

plumseverywhere

  • Joined Apr 2013
  • Worcestershire
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Re: what's it called when ....
« Reply #2 on: October 08, 2013, 09:11:05 pm »
Depends if he's disbudded or not  :-J - "horny" springs to mind  ;)
Smallholding in Worcestershire, making goats milk soap for www.itsbaaathtime.com and mum to 4 girls,  goats, sheep, chickens, dog, cat and garden snails...

Lesley Silvester

  • Joined Sep 2011
  • Telford
Re: what's it called when ....
« Reply #3 on: October 08, 2013, 10:39:33 pm »
...then caught him flirting at the cat!!


I'd call it confused.

Carse Goodlifers

  • Joined Oct 2013
  • Perthshire
Re: what's it called when ....
« Reply #4 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.

 

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