Supposed polled goat growing horns at 7 weeks, or not?

[Our7Wonders]

I bought an oberhasli buckling. He's 7 weeks old now. I wanted a polled buckling because the breeder fell behind and didn't get the babies disbudded when she should have. The little buckling was a month old when we got him and didn't have any horn buds through the skin - he did have little nobby like things - under the skin though. Since the breeder said he was polled and there wasn't anything through the skin at that time (4 weeks old then) I assumed he was, indeed, polled. My nubian bucklings were all born with little buds already presenting, so by 4 weeks old I figured a buckling would definately have horns if he was going to. Now I'm not so sure. Those nobby things are getting bigger. Still nothing through the skin - but he rubs those little nobs on everything - particularly fond of rubbing them on my shoes in the morning. He's worn some hair off on one side - but again, still nothing through the skin. The other little buckling, now 4 weeks old and also polled has a very smooth head - no nobs.

I don't want to wait until it's too late if he really does have horns that need disbudding, perhaps he's a very late bloomer? And I don't want to fry his little brain trying to take out buds that aren't really there. If it's part of his skeletal structure I guess it would make sense that they'd be getting bigger - the rest of his head is getting bigger, after all. Anyone have polled goats that have nobbies under the skin?

I can post pictures tomorrow if someone wanted to take a guess at what I've got going.

 

[AlaskanShepherdess]

My polled baby boy did that. My husband kept telling me from 4 weeks old that they were polled, and I didn't believe him till they were 8 weeks old because of those bumps. Especially since they were growing! He's 12 weeks old tomorrow and the eventually stopped growing.

 

[Goatmasta]

If you shave his head so you can see, you will be able to tell easily.

 

[SuburbanFarmChic]

The polled goats I've had have rounded bumps where their horns are. (And I have NEVER seen a buck not have horns after the first week)

 

[ksalvagno]

If he doesn't have true horns by now, then he is polled. Some polled animals do get little growth horns that are no way near to being a horn but do pop up through the skin.