Rural Gardening: Goat question!, 1 by DrDoolotz

DrDoolotz wrote:
Well, I think we'd like to end up with 10 or so ewes, and one ram. The thing is,if you want to breed, and we would like to breed for fleece color specifically, then you can't breed the babies back to their own father. Ick. So, you know, every couple of years, it's good to get a different ram from a new bloodline. Or take your ewes somewhere else for breeding, and use your ram to stud others. The thing is, our ram is not registered, so we cannot advertise him for breeding service.

As for how mean - he will come up to the fence for head scritches and will be quite nice, but if I go into his pen, oh boy. Kelly is more forceful with him and he does not butt Kelly as often. I went in to get a chicken out of his pen (one that died in there from the virus we had) and he got me really hard in the back of the legs. I fell over and was bruised. He is a big boy with big horns.

C.