Dumb question: What does this term mean?

[dragonjaze]

What does "soaking wet buckling" mean? Other than the obvious, a wet baby goat?

I see references to a soaking wet buckling sale, and I have no idea what that means, and google does me no good.

[nduetime]

brand new baby boy goats for sale is really all it means.

[yarrow]

most of us want to move extra bucklings out quickly (they can be milk hogs, if you bottle).. soaking wet is sort like " come get 'em really quick and I'll sell him to you cheaper!) LOL

susie, mo ozarks

[dragonjaze]

So it means a brand new goat that the buyer would either have to bottle feed or foster on another animal?

[Alice In TX/MO]

Soaking wet before it dries after birth. VERY young. Yes. Come and get it before we have to pour a lot of milk down its gullet and fall in love with it!

[CaliannG]

Yep. Goats are born "wet". That's why they have to be dried off after birth. A "soaking wet buckling" is one that has just been born.

A "soaking wet buckling sale" means the seller is willing to let go of male goats kids really cheap if people will come buy them as soon after birth as possible.

[dm9960]

oh man, I should have thought of that. I have a bunch of bucklings to sell

[LaManchaPaul]

When you have gone through your first midwife goatie birthing, you'll have a mental picture for a lifetime on "soaking-wet." hehehe