I have two bucklings that I am raising up.
1st is a 5 month old Oberhasli buckling. He is about 50 lbs and only just taller than my pygmy buck (who is full grown). Do you think he will be big enough to service a couple of girls in late fall or early winter? I've always understood that young bucks would be able to do the job, but he seems so short compared with my full grown does. When I read about 200 lb. bucks, I wonder if he will ever get there.
Second question...
My other buckling is a Nubian. He is about the same age and size as my other boy. But his manly package (testicles) is so much smaller than the Ober boy.
Has anyone had a cryptorchid or anything like that? Can he be wethered if he has a problem? Is that going to be a job for the vet?
Thanks in advance.
1st is a 5 month old Oberhasli buckling. He is about 50 lbs and only just taller than my pygmy buck (who is full grown). Do you think he will be big enough to service a couple of girls in late fall or early winter? I've always understood that young bucks would be able to do the job, but he seems so short compared with my full grown does. When I read about 200 lb. bucks, I wonder if he will ever get there.
Second question...
My other buckling is a Nubian. He is about the same age and size as my other boy. But his manly package (testicles) is so much smaller than the Ober boy.
Has anyone had a cryptorchid or anything like that? Can he be wethered if he has a problem? Is that going to be a job for the vet?
Thanks in advance.