A baby six months old is capable of servicing the entire doe pen, so if you keep replacement herd sires, they have to be planned accordingly. Mature bucks fight and run each other around the pens and if a baby is enamoured of a doe, he'll get the full brunt of Granddad's anger. Recommended breeding rate for yearlings and under is less than 10 females or 10 breedings the first season. Sometime prior to breeding season, we like to give the bucks a full body clip. If you keep up on their feet, trimming on a schedule, they're more used to it, and you can maintain them with the briefest of trimming.
Bucks are unreasonably proud of their urine and politely urinate in their own beards.
Some goatfolk trim the beards off, but they're going to spray something, let a nice long beard catch the brunt. I'm not a big proponent of Vaseline, but something that coats easily and quickly is certainly needed here. The more I write this, the more disgusting I make the bucks sound. But, the adorable bouncing babies next year, the liklihood the daughters will be better milkers than their dams, are all what keep us all appeased when the bucks start to curl their lips and sniff the air attentively. Tea Tree Oil and comfrey, morning glory root and Peppermint essential oil scents.