From Cute and Cuddly to Dirty Stinky Beast Every autumn, the goats get ready for breeding season. The cover themselves in the smell the lady goats like… Urine! They pee all over their face and front legs. Bucks become Dirty Stinky Beasts in Rut! Here are our other recent posts about Rut – Hole in… Continue reading Dirty Stinky Beast In RUT
Category: Goats
Hole in the New Fence
Goats in rut had a fight thru the fence. Two bloodied bucklings and a hole in the fence.
Kiko Breeding Season
It is the start of Kiko Breeding Season at Titan Ranch. It is time to allow our mature does in with our chosen buck, EZK Pay to Play. We waited until November 1 so that the babies will be born in April, after the worst of the cold weather. The gestational period is 5 months.… Continue reading Kiko Breeding Season
Only need two bucks…
I love my bucklings, all three of them. However, I can only justify keeping two. Although it might break my heart, Loki is for sale. Loki will make a wonderful herdsire for another herd of ladies. I can’t use him for breeding as he is too closely related to my does. TGP Titan Loki Loki… Continue reading Only need two bucks…
Our Does – Update
The Girls We now have 3 adult Kiko Does, and two Doelings. Juniper and Jolene are still nursing the doelings occasionally and getting back into condition as they reduce the amount of milk production. Bat Chick, as the new member of the herd, it still finding her place. She is out grazing with the herd… Continue reading Our Does – Update
Picking up new Goats
I went on a road trip this week to pick up two new goats. Our Herd needs some new genetics for breeding. It was quite the adventure. We Need Some New Blood… In order to breed our momma goats for next year, I need a new buck. Our two boys are the kids of our… Continue reading Picking up new Goats
Moving Day for the Bucklings
Moving into the Buck Pen Today we moved the bucklings into the Buck Pen, 100 yards away from their moms and twin sisters. The girls came along to keep them company thru the fence for the first few hours. I lured them to their new pen with food. Usually a bowl of grain is irresistible,… Continue reading Moving Day for the Bucklings
New Home For the Boys
Bucklings need a home If you have been following the blog, you know that the Bucklings are growing up faster than I expected. To prevent unwanted pregnancy, I had to divide the goat house to separate the girls from the boys. https://titanranch.ca/the-bucklings-need-to-be-separated-and-i-am-not-ready/ Since then, I have been working on the boys new home. With all… Continue reading New Home For the Boys
Bucklings growing up
They Need to be separated and I am not ready! Somewhere between 8 and 12 weeks old, you can expect a buckling to physically mature to the extent that they could impregnate a doe. I was hoping for closer to 12 weeks, but of course my bucklings extended at just barely 8 weeks old. They… Continue reading Bucklings growing up
Cleaning the Goat House
Cleaning the goat house doesn’t have to be an onerous chore. Morning Chores Every morning I pick out the Goat house. I use a pitch fork to take out any wet bedding and most of the poop. However, those poop pellets are small, and slip thru the tines of the pitch fork. I clean out… Continue reading Cleaning the Goat House