You're getting good suggestions. Any animal taken away from what he knows and just turned loose into a strange environment would react in a similar manner. Even a human being might show anxiety/fear/anger.
This reminds me of the first Toggenburg I got back in 1996 when I first started raising dairy goats. She had obviously been hurt as her body was malformed and she walked on her pasterns. I treated her like the other 2 does I had purchased at that time but she always tried to bite me when on the milking stand. And in the barn with the other goats she would stand just outside watching them eat, then make a mad rush to grab a bite and leave again. It was obvious she was frightened and angry. She was about 4 yrs old. What I did was put a collar on her, leave her with the other two as they were not mean at all to her. And when I put hay in their feeder I would take her by the collar, lead her to the feeder and stand between her and the others. It was not long before she learned I would protect her and the others would not harm her; then she started going in to eat on her own. At the milking stand, each time she tried to bite me I would kiss her on the nose. This doe turned out to be one of my favorites because, despite her physical condition and past experiences she was very protective of me and was an excellent mother, even teaching her kids to stand on their hind legs to butt heads.
So time and a calm demeanor with kindness should work wonders. Goats have a great memory; so that buck will take it all in and figure out for himself his new home is a safe one.
This reminds me of the first Toggenburg I got back in 1996 when I first started raising dairy goats. She had obviously been hurt as her body was malformed and she walked on her pasterns. I treated her like the other 2 does I had purchased at that time but she always tried to bite me when on the milking stand. And in the barn with the other goats she would stand just outside watching them eat, then make a mad rush to grab a bite and leave again. It was obvious she was frightened and angry. She was about 4 yrs old. What I did was put a collar on her, leave her with the other two as they were not mean at all to her. And when I put hay in their feeder I would take her by the collar, lead her to the feeder and stand between her and the others. It was not long before she learned I would protect her and the others would not harm her; then she started going in to eat on her own. At the milking stand, each time she tried to bite me I would kiss her on the nose. This doe turned out to be one of my favorites because, despite her physical condition and past experiences she was very protective of me and was an excellent mother, even teaching her kids to stand on their hind legs to butt heads.
So time and a calm demeanor with kindness should work wonders. Goats have a great memory; so that buck will take it all in and figure out for himself his new home is a safe one.
