Wether "acting" like a buck

HandyDandyAcres · #1 11/15/14, 09:51 PM

Our Nubian/Saanen wether has been trying to "service" our girls. He curls his lip up, climbs on and rocks his hips a few times. He's not in rut and there's no bucky smell. Is this normal behavior? It's with only one of our two girls, as far as I have seen. All were born in March, so this would be their first heat and his first time feeling frisky.

HDAcres

Frosted Mini's · #2 11/15/14, 09:55 PM

Yeah, sometimes wethers will do that.

**mygoat** · #3 11/15/14, 11:06 PM

Congrats, you have a good wether for indicating heat cycles to you.

yes, it's pretty normal

My friend had a buck that they missed a teste when banding... he acted really bucky though - peed on his face and had a weird 'rut'. He was like a wether most of the year, then would go into 'rut' and pee on himself, but he wasn't that stinky...

HandyDandyAcres · #4 11/17/14, 04:47 AM

Glad to hear it's normal, I was thinking the girl he has been frisky with is in heat just based on the looks of her backside. Exciting that he can confirm that.

Unless he had a miraculous third teste, I am confident both were banded, and both fell off.

Thanks for the responses!

HDAcres

Frosted Mini's · #5 11/17/14, 10:40 AM

Yes, she probably is...she wouldn't let him mount her if she wasn't.