bcnewe2
Loving the herd life
I am not a goat lady and probably not going to become one. BUT...we have been given a youngish nanny that looks to have suffered mastitis (but what do I know I don't know goats) one side of her bag is all huge and the udder is big. The other side is small like it was never nursed on or it went down to reg. size. No active infection or swelling, just big bag and udder.
I need to find her a goat buddy.
I hear nightmare stories about billies peeing on themselves and stinking. What truth it there to that?
If looking for a buddy for her what do I want to find. An open doe? A castrated billy (what are they called) obviously not a buck to breed her.
She is rather small, head comes up to my thigh.
I'm just feeling sorry for her being alone out there. Jesse the guard dog is trying to be her buddy but she's not liking her. I've got some ewes pulled in with her but they aren't liking each other either. No butting but ignoring each other and threatening behavior out of the goat if they get to close to her. She isn't running them off but she's sure acting like she'd butt them if they get to close.
Thanks for any advise. If I don't get things worked out I'm going to look for a petting zoo or something like that. She is really friendly and has not even acted like she was going to butt anyone not counting the dogs.
I need to find her a goat buddy.
I hear nightmare stories about billies peeing on themselves and stinking. What truth it there to that?
If looking for a buddy for her what do I want to find. An open doe? A castrated billy (what are they called) obviously not a buck to breed her.
She is rather small, head comes up to my thigh.
I'm just feeling sorry for her being alone out there. Jesse the guard dog is trying to be her buddy but she's not liking her. I've got some ewes pulled in with her but they aren't liking each other either. No butting but ignoring each other and threatening behavior out of the goat if they get to close to her. She isn't running them off but she's sure acting like she'd butt them if they get to close.
Thanks for any advise. If I don't get things worked out I'm going to look for a petting zoo or something like that. She is really friendly and has not even acted like she was going to butt anyone not counting the dogs.