I have Baby Goat Fever!

[babsbag]

I have 2 bottle baby adult goats, and they are up my butt annoying. I also have 5 dam raised girls, and only 2 don't like a lot of attention. Only 1 was born here and had a lot of attention since birth. The other 2 very friendly ones were dam raised in a very large herd and had next to no human contact until we bought them, other than feeding and hoof trimming.

I have one too friendly bottle baby buck. I didn't raise him, but I will NEVER buy a bottle baby buckling again. I like my bucks to not be mean, but I certainly don't like them to be in "love" with me either.

I have dam raised kids, some friendly, some not so friendly. I also have one older doe that is just now starting to be friendly I have no idea why she suddenly likes me after 4 years, but I'll take it.

Bottle babies can be annoying at any age...IMO. But they sure do make cute kids.

 

[Roxy's momma]

I have 3 wethers. All are friendly. 2 of them were dam raised and the other was not. 2 Nubians and 1 Nubian/Saanen cross. The one Nubian that was dam raised was a bit standoffish in the beginning and is now quite friendly. He is not all over you friendly but is very easy to be handled. I found that spending lots of time with him and leash training him made a big difference. Now he comes up to me just like the other 2 to be scratched and petted. He's not all over me and is pretty respectful. I find I can't stay away from them. IMO they all have their own personalities like people, some you can love on and hug on but spend as much time with them as you can especially at feeding time and they will come around.

 

[Verndawg]

I have three fainting goats that were dam raised. My doe is very standoffish and was never really all that friendly. I have tried and tried, but she just runs from me. If there is food involved tho she will come right up to me. My wether is my pal, he follows me everywhere I go. If a stranger comes over and goes in the barn he walks right up to them. Now my buck is a strange one. He follows me around also. If I don't give him enough attention then he will headbutt me, not hard but he puts his head down and rams into me. Any ideas to how to get him to stop????? They are only knee hi, but still I don't want him to do it. I do get a little scared when little ones come over that he will do that to them.

 

[redtailgal]

Socrates was dam raised. He is incredibly friendly (to me, not so much to other people, not mean, just well, you know). He comes when he is called, does a few stupid tricks, and will leave the herd to walk with me (cuz I'm special, lol). He was WILD when I got him......like scream bloody murder and climb the walls panic when I went in a stall with him. Now he's my cuddle bug!

Fern is the only one of my herd that was bottle raised (not by me), and she is the snottiest one of all. She is not affectionate, just demanding and a brat when she wants to be. She feels that it is absolutely necessary to be fed EVERYTIME a person is around, and if you dont feed her.........she wont cooperate with anything you want to so.