My little 4 month old buckling Chuckie won't breed my does but he is more than happy to try and breed me. I have taken to carrying a riding crop when I go in there to clean because he wants to hump my leg and blubber at me. Miyagi has never gotten fresh with me in his life nor did his son who we sold at Chuckie's age.
When I push him off me with the pitchfork it only makes him more excited which is why I tried the crop which seems to work. This is awful! Will he stop? How common is it?
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I don't have a buck (yet!) but your spray bottle approach sounds great! I'm going to remember that for the future:)
Debbie Lynn said:
Deborah, I'm with you, I get that it's no big deal that he won't breed the girls...though it is frustrating that he has "interest" just in the wrong species!
I hope like crazy that Miyagi doesn't learn this from him (the leg humping), it is a real problem. He is following my human kids around trying to mount them and he even mounted my husband in front of a workman earlier (you can imagine how well that went over with hubby)
There was a sheep at a farm where I used to work as a kid that was obsessed with me, it would even hump my jacket on a tank trunk if it couldn't find me (LOL maybe it is ME not the goat) it was awful! I do not want to have to fend off my goats every time I am cleaning their pen...
I've had six month old bucks that couldn't do the deed, so I wouldn't worry about his inability or disinterest in does at this point. As for his interest in you ... well, it isn't common, but it happens. I was trying to help an ND buck breed a la mancha doe a couple years ago, and he was not succeeding because he couldn't get enough spring in his back legs to get high enough on the doe to actually do it. After about 15 minutes, he suddenly looked at me and started blubbering and trying to jump on me! Thankfully that is the only time it ever happened here.
You are a nut, girl. LOL!
Yea, I totally understand, but look at it this way, at least you figured it out quickly and now you haven't bred your girls to him and/or kept and raised a bunch of does out of him and then figured it all out. That is how I would look at it if I were you. See I know what you mean because I made that mistake about 30 years ago with dogs and it was a total screw up.
So I learned my lesson the hard way and that is why I spent many months researching night and day before I started putting my herd together and I am very happy with all 10 of my does and both my boys. Each one has wonderful qualities and they have awesome pedigrees!
Couldn't be happier with my first ND kid, Penny! I disbudded her today and I feel so bad for her, she is kinda puffy and pink looking. When I did Marley's twins they didn't seem to do that.
And no, Chuckie is not Miyagi's son (alas) although they are carbon copies of each other.
and PS, yes, Miyagi is THE MAN and I have realized I have to stop comparing everyone else to him lol. I'm sure Chuckie is normal but he pales next to Miyagi.
Yep, 3 does, 2 bucks and #3 buck on the way. Sigh. Anyway, I posted Chuckie for sale...and if I can sell him I will get Miyagi his Nubian. When I bought Chuckie I wasn't interested in pedigrees in the least, I bought him because he is polled & I don't want to disbud. I thought all this papers & pedigree stuff was just nonsense and then I realized it really isn't, and if every single animal behind this other buck were great milkers then he is a way better investment to my herd than Chuckie, whose pedigree is basically no-names.
This other buck is so much better bred than Chuckie, knowing what I know now I'll sell Chuckie & get the other one because I think my chances of getting good milkers out of him are higher.
Could be another mistake...I'm new at this!!
Yea, I know but Miyagi is "THE MAN". LOL!!! Yea, he is very young and the hiding part would have been my first suggestion too. I am sure he will be fine he just needs to mature a little. If you can keep him off you with the crop then I wouldn't worry much about the rest.
Oh, I just realized I was thinking Chuckie was Miyagi's kid. OK< on your other discussion you have going on I referred to him as such, Sorry. But I still say I would leave him in there, with Miyagi during intros.
Let me get this right. Do you have only 3 does and 2 bucks with a 3rd buck on the way? Or am I mistaken?
No, he has never been alone with them. And it was never a close call. Zero interest. No chance that he has impregnated them. First I tried on lead lines, but I could not get is attention off me so then I hid in a stall and spied on them all in the hall. He never even thought about mounting
I won't let them share pastures/stalls or anything since he has not been tested for as much as the girls have been. So I don't want his poop in their area ect. I know he is young, but Miyagi was knocking them up left and right at that age lol.
Sounds cool Glenna!
Juliana, I have heard of them having crushes on people etc. Could be or could be a common thing , not sure but, what I wonder is this: You said he won't breed your does, has he been alone with them for even A MINUTE? OR LESS? Can you be sure that he is not doing it because he already has, and therefore doesn't need to? I would make SURE I to leave at LEAST a 2 week gap before exposing them to a new buck if there is any chance he could have already bred them, so you will know who the daddy is for sure! I don't know if he has been loose with them but just in case that is what I would do if he has.
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