Goat Silliness - Pics n Video

[Stacykins]

My doe, Sunnybrook Yoko, went into heat yesterday. By the evening, she was in standing heat. Of course she was acting like a trollop all day yelling and flagging, driving my buck wild while she was at it. They have quite a bit of distance between their pens, but still, she can smell him (we can ALL smell him, hah!) and he could smell her.

I took a video of the girl teasing the poor, lovestruck buck. She actually slipped by me when I went into her pen, and she made a break for where he was kept. Nothing happened, since I don't want mid winter kids, but it was still funny!

Yoko and George are both new to my herd, they came from the same person but they are unrelated. So it was great to be able to document her heat, so I can get an idea of what her cycle is. I hope to aim for late March/ early April kids. Kids in January, which would happen if I bred them yesterday during the height of her heat, don't seem like a good idea for my very northern location, haha!

Yoko, the doe


Tractor George (he was named by a young lad, I think it is a cute name!)






Haha, sorry about blathering during the video. I have family members who don't much much about goats who needed explanations as to what was going on. Though my battery did die before I finished my last thought.

 

[Skyesrocket]

Your buck is gorgeous! Very nice color.
I agree about not wanting babies born during the winter. I'm in the snow belt in ohio. Winter births are hard on everyone including the owners that have to run heat lamps and make frequent barn checks thru a foot or two of snow.
I enjoy them much more when they give birth during warm weather.

 

[Stacykins]

Thanks! He is almost solid chamoisee, except for a teeny bit of white!

Yea, I don't think it is good for the kids to be born in bitter cold weather. I have heard of them freezing to death if the doe cannot get them dry fast enough, if a person isn't there to towel dry them as soon as they drop. The breeder of one of my doelings has a retained doelings from this year whose name is Cherry Freeze...because the mother doe went into a fast and unexpected labor and gave birth to them in the snow. Thankfully, the four kids where whisked into the house and all revived.