When that adorable little kid is born, with male anatomy, it is hard to imagine, someday, if you don’t clip that anatomy, he will be disgustingly smelly and most annoying in a overly ‘friendly’ way.
Bucks stink most of the time, a musky dirty smell. They have scent(stink) glands behind their horns. Bucks are REALLY are putrid stinky during rut, musky x10. Unlike dogs and cats who spread their smell by peeing on things, goats think the best source of spreading is from their head. And they don’t just spread the musky x10 stink. They add to it, with pee. They pee on their own heads and faces and mouths, then rub their heads, with all that cologne, what ever they can. One of my bucks likes to rub his head on my calf as I add water or feed or stand still for a moment around him.
Rut is like a bucks ‘extra sexy’ time, usually in the fall season. The best time for goats to breed to have kids in the spring- Nature is cool how it works that out. Unless, the goats are Nigerian and they will cycle every month, instead of seasonally. So year round stink, for Nigerian dwarf bucks, if there are does in heat near.
Bucks are also determined. Their one goal in life, is to score. Come hell or high fence. They will climb or crawl through razor blades if necessary to get to that tail wagging doe. For the few seconds of bliss.
In between ‘stands’ the buck will sniff and prod and harass the does, even when they won’t take them. The buck will pester wethers. The bucks will ram their heads with other bucks for hours, till they stagger and bleed from the horns and head. They chortle like monkeys, pace their pens when a female comes near. They lose all the adorableness of being a cute little kid.
My Nigerian dwarf bucks, in spite of their stinkiness and obsession to ‘get some’ are actually very friendly. They get along with each other for about 30 minutes until they start bashing heads. They beg for pats on the head and want to share their stink regularly with me. When they hear us outside, they call out for attention and a talk. For me having bucks works, except when I feel sorry for them for being cooped up, and needing more action ;).
For most, owning bucks is just not feasible. You have to have room, downwind. You have to keep them separate from the does most of the time. You don’t really get to enjoy the fun of having a Nigerian dwarf goat with a buck. I have them so others can breed their Nigerian Does and have milk and babies, without the hassle of bucks.
Stud Munchkins 