I had someone call me last night, to say that their goat was in heat, and could they bring her to breed to one of my bucks. I said sure, but kind of wondered - in heat, now?
Very nice couple, raise poultry organically, and bought this goat for milk. Well! They were told she was 18 months old, bred, with triplets.
She's a Nubian/Boer cross, has a full mouth of teeth and horns as long as one of mine that is 4. She's also wild . Oh, and not in heat - she had a sore on her vulva that made it look swollen and pink. I didn't like to ask what they'd paid for her. Makes me angry that newbies would be taken advantage of like that.
I sent them home and suggested they put antibiotic ointment on the sore, and deworm her. Not that her eyelids were pale, but it hadn't been done, and it never hurts!
They're interested in one of my yearling does, later on in the fall. She's very tame, and should be a decent little milker. I can't imagine even trying to milk the doe they have. Not without four strong guys each holding a leg! They don't live too far from me, so I'm hoping that they will feel comfortable coming to me and asking questions. I think they will - we seemed to hit it off.
They saw him coming!
given the oppurtunity, a cow will always take the wrong gate...Baxter Black
