10/08/14, 08:27 AM
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Caprice Acres
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: MI
Posts: 11,232
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Unfortunately this is pretty normal buck behavior. If this is his first rut, it will not be as strong as a mature buck. When they go into rut, they are less picky; They are essentially in a constant heightened sexual state. Especially if you raised him, you're just another part of the herd and he sees no reason not to try either wooing you or dominating you. Being that we work with does more often, we also probably smell more like does to them than we'd like to believe. 
Bucks are all different - some can be dangerous to work around and some can be big babies. The dangerous ones should be culled, but even the sweetest ones should not be fully trusted any time of the year, especially during rut. My sweet guy once knocked me over because he protects me from the other bucks. (and he is not rude to me, either! Best buck ever). He was growling at the boer buck, suddenly twirled around to attack the boer buck but his big ole rump whacked into my hip and knocked me down. I used to keep a PVC pipe at hand when I went into the pen with my bucks and a good pop on the nose of my boer buck kept him back.
Go into buck pens while in rut as LITTLE as possible. We do all of our feeding from outside the pen. I usually clip the boys to the fence before climbing into their pen, too. NEVER let children in with bucks. Nobody but my or my father are allowed in with our bucks, a rule we made up because of our boer buck. Currently there is my sweet alpine buck and my small (but is becoming more stupid) jr buck so it's less risky but this time of year I wouldn't say I trust them. The big boy may be sweet, but he's still over 2x my weight.
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Dona Barski
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Caprice Acres
French and American Alpines. CAE, Johnes neg herd. Abscess free. LA, DHIR.
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