Introduce new goat to herd

The herd order will be established... it may take a few weeks. It's normal.

My head doe is a 2 yr old lamancha mix doe, when we introduced a new 5 month old nubian doe she ignored the new doe completely. It took 3 weeks before the two began eating together. We have a nigerian buck and a lamancha mix wether, our doe's first offspring. The does are housed together next to the wether and buck. They all browse together each morning but sleep apart as we are still milking. It takes time for changes in a herd, what ever the size. It took a year before our lamancha carried any weight on her frame. Be patient and enjoy her affections, our's is just the same. We love her to bits already.
This our nubian a week after getting her.

Head butting and charging at a new goat can also be a sign of herd dominance aka pecking order mom’s either trying to “protect” baby or is just making sure the Nubian and her baby Nd both know who’s in charge in the herd lol my whethered male Nigerian at 2 years old hadn’t seen another goat until after we lost my mini mare this past March so he needed a friend my fiancé was wanting to get into goats as well so we found a Nigerian dwarf doe who was about to turn a year old on July 30th the first night we housed them together she was half the size of my male and immediately they went at it for a head butting match my boy was very rough and yet the doe immediately kicked his butt and we decided to separate them for a lil while we later figured out they were establishing a pecking order in the herd lol so we just let them see each other thru gaps in separate stalls at first taking them outside and tethering them separate while they grazed and got used to each other eventually they got along so well that now they can be left outside together unattended in the enclosure with no worries about head butting or a fight. On occasion u may see some rough play over food etc but that’s perfectly normal behavior the worst horsing around u will see is when they first meet and have to establish dominance and a pecking order in the herd ranks lol so that’s a high possibility for u as well.

I notice more head butting at beginning of rutt, when younger does start cycling. And, just before they start kidding. Mine are dam raised and extended family does often get in on the fight.

With new additions ensure they can escape and get enough to eat and drink. Sometimes that may mean pulling them out a few hours to feed. I had a doe that cane from a dry lot situation and it was months before she would go out with herd to graze. Scream her head off, alone in the barn. I kept hay out for her until she finally caught on and went out with herd.

Caution about putting strange bucks together during rutt. Any other time a bunch of bucks get along fine with new additions.