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Total newbie with probably a silly, no brainer question...
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My new fence is up! it will be expanded hopefully through the summer... but the base pen is DONE! (aside from the posts for the gate and the gate hahhaa! YAY!!!
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That's great! Getting a bigger area fenced is next on our list(like in the next couple weeks) 
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It seems like fencing will always be in the future with goats hahaha! that is what I am hearing anyways LOL!
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We brought home Thelma and Olaf, not Ollie and TIlda, full names are Oliver and Matilda. Husband freaked about a boy being on the property because "they all get mean and nasty" even wethered I guess 
So we will be selling him as a pet hopefully as soon as another doe is available and I am only allowed 2 total. 
Hoping he sees Ollie is not mean and not going to get mean and decides to let me keep him. How was I supposed to know he would refuse to hear the TRUTH on wethers... 
Anywho, here are the babes at home! they came home Sunday
So we will be selling him as a pet hopefully as soon as another doe is available and I am only allowed 2 total. Hoping he sees Ollie is not mean and not going to get mean and decides to let me keep him. How was I supposed to know he would refuse to hear the TRUTH on wethers... Anywho, here are the babes at home! they came home Sunday
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Wethers, imho are the best for pets. They are neutered, no hormones to affect mood. I keep all, right now I have a buck and two wethers together. They are the best of friends. The two wethers are the sweetest, SWEETEST, out of everyone, but my buck is super sweet as well. I got him young, as a bottle baby, and he was raised to lead, and to stand on a milk stand for feet trims. He's my pride and joy. The 3 amigos are the best goats I have, as far as pets. I also have 4 does, and they are friendly too, but can be moody at times.
Wethers, imho are the best for pets. They are neutered, no hormones to affect mood. I keep all, right now I have a buck and two wethers together. They are the best of friends. The two wethers are the sweetest, SWEETEST, out of everyone, but my buck is super sweet as well. I got him young, as a bottle baby, and he was raised to lead, and to stand on a milk stand for feet trims. He's my pride and joy. The 3 amigos are the best goats I have, as far as pets. I also have 4 does, and they are friendly too, but can be moody at times.
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Our wether was sold to a pet hone as he was very aggressive towards the girls and myself at feeding time. Not mean I guess just pushy for the food. He was a jerk about it and decided to start challenging me when it came time for feeding. He is spoiled rotten and a happy camper with another wether as pets now. He just needed less goats I guess. We now have two bucks and they are sweethearts. We've come a long way from pets and no males. We have two bucks and four does
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So funny, we had a wether just like that. We had two wethers as pets and all was well. Added some does and one wether got mean. And he was my only goat with horns. He started maneuvering under them and slamming his head back to hurt them. Sold him to a pet home with one other goat and he's happy as could be!
And it happens fast huh? I now have 4 does, my other original wether and a buck.
And it happens fast huh? I now have 4 does, my other original wether and a buck.
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I honestly thought it was just me! Seemed like no one else had ever had any issues. We were concerned hed hurt the does or cause miscarriages if we kept him. We opted to get an unrelated buck to ours and have two bucks instead of a buck and wether since the weather wasn't the nicest to our buckling either. As an Alpine he was getting pretty big at a year old.
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Ours started targeting one of our does. If she went near the hay feeder he would come flying out of nowhere and nail her. We kept our other wether, who has ended up being amazing with our buckling. He sleeps between him and the door to protect him, it's so cute. We will eventually get another buck but Wendall the wether has earned himself a permanent spot at our farm!
