[langdon]

he is fab his coat is amazing, i'd be proud to be his owner.
can you cross big goats and smaller ones?

[chickenfeed]

  have you tried the BGS stud list for 2010` year

[little blue]

he is fab his coat is amazing, i'd be proud to be his owner.
can you cross big goats and smaller ones?

we have!
 Geraldine is a bigger than Cesar, we wouldn't have considered keeping a "big" billy (ie toggenburg like Gera, or a Sanaan like Margo)
but as it turned out, Cesar is quite manageable, shy and doesnt really smell 

Max has turned out big though, Cesar's previous owner saw him at 5 days old and said he looked about 2 weeks old... just shows how small pure Bagot kids must be!

[langdon]

he doesnt smell, is that a kind of nudge as in get one!
you are giving me crossed vibes now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
beth my wife loves him and i have to say so do i
langdon

 

[little blue]

he doesnt smell, is that a kind of nudge as in get one!

Langdon, mate, that is entirely yours and your wife's decision
nobody ever recommended us to get our own billy, quite the opposite really...  it was just fortune that gave us Cesar when we had no luck at all finding a stud.
and he's been company for G since Margo died til Max came along.

and yes, Bagots are lovely looking, and if you did want your own I'd say they are small enough for you and mrs goat to manage... and man enough for the job!   

[langdon]

mrs goat!!!!! do you mean beth or the girls!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
again he is a beautifull goat

[langdon]

how do you find those horns when you are trimming his hoofs?

[Roxy]

Sorry, but ALL intact billy goats smell.  You have got used to the smell, Little Blue.  I have, and do not notice it now.  Wait until the breeding season gets underway, and then you will definitely smell him.

Langdon, I will bottle the billy goat smell and send it to you.  I have a feeling your Beth will say thanks but no thanks, to the idea of a billy goat.

[chickenfeed]

 :wave:im with roxy give it a few weeks and when the mating season starts let us know what you think then  all entire billys stink and its a smell that gets onto & into everything during the winter 

[langdon]

lol

[little blue]

mrs goat!!!!! do you mean beth or the girls!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
again he is a beautifull goat

the girls of course...  we have "mrs hen" "mrs goat" etc, even though they all have names... 

so far, I haven't been able to get close enough to do his feet, Cesar is VERY timid, though getting better.
And yes, he does smell.. just not as much as any other billy I've ever met.   perhaps he is just young... 

[Roxy]

Our Bobby is just starting to smell more in readiness for the mating season .....believe me, Little Blue, you will definitely notice.  Its not been bad through the Summer I must admit.  Although the vet walked past the door, and said I don't need to ask whats in there, the other week, so he MUST smell all the time.

You just have to accept that he smells, everything he touches smells, including you.  So, hold you head up high, and when you go in the supermarket, watch people take a step back in the queue.......and then nip in the space they have left

[langdon]

brilliant!!!!!!!!

[piggy]

So glad i read this post as on sunday me and my step son went to visit a rare breed farm they had lots and lots of goats of all shapes and sizes,they were in a row of pens some pregnant and some with kids that let you pick them up,then we walked around the corner to another pen which had 2 very large goats in cant remember what kind they were but oh i do remember the smell, im used to all sorts of smells with our animals but wow it really hit me,i couldnt figure it out why they smelt so bad when the others didnt,well now i know.

[little blue]