When to introduce a new goat to my other goats ???

[Lyn Adams]

When is the right time to introduce my new goats with my other goats. I have two goats  (Moose & Lola ), they are a 1yr old. Recently I rescued Oliver, he's about 7 weeks old. We have keep him in his own pen. He's been to the vet for his shots and is doing great. 

My question is I getting two more goats near the end of June,( Maxwell & Bella ) they will be about ten weeks old when I get them. Should I wait until I get them and put them all in the same pen at that time ? Or can Oliver go in now. I'm just worried because when we did put him in to say Hello he got head butted. Is he still to little.

One word I can say about Oliver is that he's feisty, and he's more like a jack rabbit. LOL

[Deborah Niemann-Boehle]

I try to avoid introducing a single goat into a group if at all possible. If you know that you have two more coming soon, I'd wait and put all five together at once. It should divert the aggression so that Oliver doesn't get picked on as much.