[lizzypeg]

do pygmy goats have a breeding season or will they come into season all year round.
I thought they were like other goats and sheep and seasoned between sept to feb? but I keep reading that they can get preg all year round if they live with the billy 24/7.

[Dogwalker]

can't answer your question, but it's not a stupid one.

The only stupid question is the one you don't ask.

[little blue]

yes to both - they'll be in season in the autumn ...
but if they are "in with" billies, then whenever they have finished lactation from one set of kids then they can get pregnant as soon as... within reason!

just like "big" goats

[Anke]

I had a (dairy) goat in season last week.....

[Sbom]

My young Pygmy was in season a couple of days ago.....

[ScotsGirl]

Okay another stupid question. If in with the billy will there be signs of them in season before he gets to them? When I first put him in last year it was hilarious watching them flirt with him but I haven't taken him out and he hasn't been chasing them or pushing them around.


People who have come to collect kids cannot believe he doesn't smell. I can smell him faintly but only when making a fuss of him for several minutes.

[mojocafa]

I am of the opinion that pygmy goats come ino season monthly, might even be 21 day cycle

[shygirl]

just like "big" goats

will normal goats also get pregnant during summer if given the chance?
my 2 billies are feeling rather ..ahem.  ...well atm as they were bonking each other yesterday 

[Lesley Silvester]

I'm sure Little Blue's goat Geraldine has got pregnant in the summer. She is in with the male all the time.

[Brucklay]

My pygmy's seem to be the same as Little Blue - once the kids have been weaned they come into season again, I'm sure that's because we keep 2 billies. The billies are in a separate paddock next to the girls and 1 is on her second season today, clearly flirting at the fence but she'll have to wait a while though 

[Anke]

just like "big" goats

will normal goats also get pregnant during summer if given the chance?

Yes.

[jinglejoys]

This was Sweetroses' Autumn kid (she'd already had one in early Spring)

[lizzypeg]

also when do young females first come into season? 6 months or younger.i have older girls and younger girls living together , wanted to run the young billy with them but want to take the younger girl out if theres a chance she will get pregnant at 6 months.

[Brucklay]

Right again, this year's kids can come into season this autumn, in fact I'm pretty sure all of mine have - naughty little so and so's 

[tizaala]

The billy will know they are in season before you do