Buckling mounted doeling

[GoatGirl123]

Tawny will be 8 weeks old tomorrow. Today I caught him mounting Bella, who is a little over 1 year old. Not only was he mounting, he was doing the whole thing, and properly too. We had to separate him, and he is definitely going to a new home soon. My question is, is a buckling 1 day shy of 8 weeks old capable of breeding successfully? I'm really hoping he didn't get a goat who was in heat. He might have gotten Sundae, who may have been in heat, but the big problem would be Bella. I really, really, really hope she wasn't in heat, because I know he got her. I saw it come out and I'm pretty sure it got in too. I've never dealt with this before, every other buckling we've had hasn't figured out how to breed until they were at least a year old, so we figured it was okay to keep him with the does for a while longer. I guess not.

[Bearfootfarm]

My question is, is a buckling 1 day shy of 8 weeks old capable of breeding successfully?

Probably not, but he could be in about 4 more weeks

[punchiepal]

What breed is he?

[GoatGirl123]

He is a Nigerian Dwarf.

[mygoat]

Probably not, but if you're worried you can always preg test in 30d, or give lutelyse 14d from now. I have heard of doelings being bred at 2-3 months old, so it's POSSIBLE though usually it's a summer born doeling bred by a spring born sibling buckling. Most mature does will be in anestrus (not cycling) depending on the breed.

I wouldn't suggest weaning until 8 weeks at the earliest anyways, so you didn't do anything wrong here. I always suggest weaning and separating the bucks by 8-10 weeks. The moral of the story is, if it's not something you want to keep and isn't an absolutely phenomenal buck, put a band on it - that way you have no worries. Very few bucks are worth keeping intact. Despite people who try to sell every single buckling as a herdsire prospect. :P

[GoatGirl123]

Since they are Nigerians they cycle the whole year, but I'm fairly certain that Bella was not in heat, thank goodness. We were going to have someone band him but we put it off until it was too late. He is with the bucks right now, so all is fine. Another question though, how easily would a horned buck sell? We also put off dis-budding until it was too late, so now he has to be sold as a horned buck.

[SouthGAMan]

Originally Posted by GoatGirl123

Since they are Nigerians they cycle the whole year, but I'm fairly certain that Bella was not in heat, thank goodness. We were going to have someone band him but we put it off until it was too late. He is with the bucks right now, so all is fine. Another question though, how easily would a horned buck sell? We also put off dis-budding until it was too late, so now he has to be sold as a horned buck.

I'd say depends on your market. I can actually say that I can count the times I have seen dis-budded in my area on just one hand. I have seen literally thousands of goats for sale on either craig's list or at the livestock auctions around here (I THINK there were 279 sold this Saturday when I was there..I know the most I recall them selling in one day was 494 total goats in a day). Admittedly the vast majority of these are meat goats.