Breeding a Mini Lamancha doe to a Lamancha buck

Thanks! We are picking him up Sunday.

Goatgirl47 said:

The breeder we got Kendall from has a friend who has a 3-month old Mini Lamancha buckling for sale. We are considering buying him, and he is so cute! He isn't Registered, but he can be. He is half Lamancha half Nigerian.

My Mom said we might be able to keep a buck after all, if we build another pasture for him next to our goats' pasture.

Here are pictures of him:

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And this is his dad,
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So the sire was a Lamamcha and the dam was Nigerian ?

Correct.

So exciting! His father is beautiful, and he is sooo cute. It will be so nice for you not to have to travel to breed your girls, or worry about disease transmission. He won't need too much space, but make the pen sturdy. He is little now but will be big soon enough. Although I didn't have a lot of trouble with my bucks, the rams seem to be more destructive and powerful. One of ours actually bent the bars of the pipe corral he was in by butting it! In a couple of years, you can sell him as a proven buck and buy another buck kid for breeding.

Thank you! He's actually about 5 hours away, but one of our friends said she would pick him up and meet us halfway. I can't wait to get him!

Bucklings have different personalities than does - they are soooo cute! Make sure to train him to behave, no jumping on you or butting in play. Train him to lead on a collar and leash right away too. Get him used to the stanchion too since you will want to put him in it to trim his hooves, and clip off stinky hair occasionally. He is cute and little but too many of my 4-H kids let their goats develop bad manners because they were so cute as babies. Don't forget that he is your new breeding buck and will be big and strong as an adult.

Ok, thanks!

Just curious, what method do you use to halter/collar train your goats?

I use small children who think it is good fun to get dragged around the barnyard! LOL Actually, you put a collar on the goat and lead it every day for a little while. It is just like leash training a puppy. I think you said you raised and trained dogs, it is the same thing. Repetition. You can lead them to the stanchion and teach them that if they jump up onto it and put their heads in they will get a tiny bit of grain. They will learn to lead because you are spending time with them and they love you. You don't have to give them treats. You can brush them a bit, etc. Just lead them calmly, if they struggle and scream, stand calmly and wait for them to calm down before walking again. It is the same with any baby animal. Your does are older, but they will learn the same way if you have not already taught them to walk on a collar.

I raise and train calves, anywhere between 2 days old to 14 months old. I found it a lot easier to halter train Magnolia and Penelope then our calves. Magnolia and Penelope are halter trained, but I am still working on Kendall, she is super hyper and always try's to run ahead of me when I'm leading her, unless I'm far away from their pasture. She used to freak out/butt me if I touched her teats, shoulder, or back legs, but I've worked with her every day and now she's fine with me touching her anywhere.

Oh, and I have a couple questions.

1. Would we be able to keep Romeo (that's what we are naming him) with our goats up until they kid?
2. Would Romeo be fine alone in a pasture right next to our goats?
3. Even though he's only three months old, will he still be stinky because it's (almost) breeding season?

Thanks!