Goat Breeding question

I am not good at the teeth telling age thing since I really have no chart to go by.

If the buck is running with the doe year round, then I would stop that, it is not good for a doe to be over bred.

If your goats are not standard size then I would not breed to a standard size buck like a Nubian.

Yes bucks determine sex as the egg is sex-less but the doe's vaginal enviroment maybe more friendly to male sperm then female.

You say you only have the two goats a buck and a doe, did you sell the kids? If so then do not come on here saying we are breeders and sellers, since you are as well but on a very small scale.
You say people are being mean to you which I do not see and making smart remarks but your new signature line is very snarky. I understand you are ill and your husband has a family member dying but you made it sound like you are overbreeding your doe by having her kid three times by the age of 2, you repeated " for crying out loud" mulitple times in one post and went overboard.

Most of us are happy to anwer questions, new goat person or not. Not everyone is a breeder and a seller on here, I do happen to be one, but I am a responsible one who does not know everything there is to know about goats but I happily answer questions that I can, new goat owner or not.

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Dont be SAYING PERSONAL STUFF like that here!!!! Your post in CF made me know exactly who it was, for goodness sake!!!

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Just wanted to chime in and say there is NOTHING wrong with running a buck with does and having them kid 3x in 2 years. In fact, boer breeders do it all the time. Just because DAIRY goat people generally don't do it because it messes up the lactation curve, does not mean that it is wrong or hurting the goat. It does take more of an intense feeding and obviously top notch care to keep the doe in condition and healthy, but it CAN be done. The goals achieved by intense breeding may not be yours, but that doesn't make it wrong.

As for the buck, he's not a dud. Likely, it's the pH of the doe that is causing trouble. This pH can be altered with different foods even.

A buck makes a LOT of sperm. 50% of which is female. It has been studied that female and male sperm live better in different conditions. Someone was dead on when they talked about statistics - that's all it is. Yes, you will get extreme cases especially when the sample size is small, but that doesn't make the likelihood of the NEXT kids sex any different - you're still 50% as likely to get a doe as a buck if you consider JUST the bucks reproductive capabilities. That is simply genetics.

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Caprice Acres

French and American Alpines. CAE, Johnes neg herd. Abscess free. LA, DHIR.

Shy....sorry but thought my friend may get in contact with someone on here. I'm still learning the forums,as don't get on much..

To others sorry for doing wrong talking about my friend, not sure what is rite to put here or not put. Guess need to get on forums more.

Now on my friends buck she loves him, maybe she can change her does diet or something. her does is part numbina an another breed.

Hope this is ok too post if not I change it.

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