Goat Breeding

We were concerned that Caesar, our billy goat, was unable to perform.  He was unsuccessful last year in breeding our female goats so when Farm Girl went out west to work for the summer I convinced her to sell all of her goats.  Well all of them except her favourite doe, Faun, and Caesar the billy goat.  She really liked the looks of him and wasn't ready to give up on him so kept the two as a breeding pair.  I had my doubts until the woman she sold the does to emailed her and told her, Gabby, the older goat who had kidded in the past had thrown her a baby goat, thus confirming Caesar was not impudent. So we waited all summer for Faun to throw her baby but it never happened.  Meanwhile, Caesar obtained an injury and had twisted his leg severely.  It eventually healed but we worried he did not have the strength to stand on it for a successful breeding.  So we have been contemplating what to do with him since it is now breeding season and we really want our new goats impregnated so we can have milk in the spring.  We do not want to miss yet another breeding season.  So while we contemplated and searched the want ads and kijiji, we were pleasantly surprised the other day when standing in the barn and watching over the goats to see two female does in obvious heat flirting with Caesar, and then to see him mount and breed them!  Yes, he did.  Twice.  At least.  So we will be having kid goats in the spring after all.  Yay, so excited.

If you would like to see what a successful breeding looks like, watch this video.  The signal that he was successful is the throwing back of his head when he is finished.