buck question?/

[helmstead]

With the exception of my Nubians, my does don't go back in with the bucks while still in milk. But I must say, it's never even changed the taste of the Nubian milk while they're being bred...so IDK. Maybe my bucks aren't so nasty LOL

 

[Ariel301]

My buck lives with the does except during breeding season when he goes to his own pen so that I can time and plan the breedings how I want them. Once everyone is definitely bred, he goes back in with them. If he starts being a pain and bothering them, he goes back to his own pen. There is definitely more happiness and quiet and less destruction and whining when everyone is all together. I only find that the buck makes the milk taste bucky during the fall when he smells the worst. But my bucks get washed regularly and my does get their udders washed before milking.

 

[SDGsoap&dairy]

With the exception of my Nubians, my does don't go back in with the bucks while still in milk. But I must say, it's never even changed the taste of the Nubian milk while they're being bred...so IDK. Maybe my bucks aren't so nasty LOL

Today my husband was heading out for work as I was getting home and when he put his jacket on I caught a whiff of a very distinct odor... I asked him if he'd handled Pie (our buck) this morning when he fed everyone. He said, "yeah I cuddled him a little... why?" "Um, because your jacket reeks like a buck." Then he actually said, I couldn't believe this, "I dunno... I kind of like it." When he saw my reaction he downgraded "liking it" to "it's not that bad." Later in the day he texted me saying, "actually my coat really stinks. It's just that he's such a sweet goat..."

You KNOW an animal must be pretty dang endearing for us to decide we actually enjoy that kind of a smell.

 

[cutechick2010]

I know this fall when I turned the buck in with the does the milk did get icky tasting. That was the first time I had done pasture breeding that way though, so I don't know if it would be better when he's not rutting or not. I probably will separate him when I start milking the girls again just in case, I am super picky about any bucky or goaty taste in the milk, it just gags me.

 

[ksalvagno]

I keep my bucks separate from the does. Then I hand breed so I have a date. Just easier for me and works out better with my barn setup.