Thursday, October 6, 2016

A day in the life of a goat in love

We own goats, Nubian goats to be exact.  Nubian goats are big and beautiful and very expressive especially this time of year.  When the days get shorter and the nights get cooler Nubian goats start feeling a little amorous.  They start thinking about that boy or girl goat that has the stuff they are looking for.  For  bucks it is just any female (typical male).  For girls they are looking for the stinkiest most obnoxious buck they can find and they yell and yell to get their attention.  We are experiencing this phenomenon right now.  One of our does, Tina, is in season.  She paces up and down the fence line yelling at our bucks Truman and Jasper hoping that one of them will jump that fence and give her some lovin'. As for the boys they stand at their fence line looking longingly at her and wishing they could get out of their pasture to give her the lovin' she is longing for.  While waiting and watching they like to pee on their faces and curl their lip which makes them smell oh so nice.  It is not the best time to pet a buck because you come away with a stinky, pee soaked hand.  I don't go in their pasture when they are in rut because they become extra obnoxious, more than usual and like to push me around.  Our biggest buck weighs close to 200 pounds so I don't like to argue with him when he is in this frame of mind so for the next few months it will be Jon's job to go in there and take care of any business that needs tending too.  

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