age to start breeding boer goat buck
Full size dairy type goat does can be bred at about 8 months of age if they have made weight. They should weigh at least 80 pounds. I have heard of people who wait until a doe is 1 1/2 years old before breeding her.f you decide to retire your doe, do not expose her to bucks any longer. She will continue to go into heat for the rest of her life. Does that are retired from breeding around age 9 -10 live longer (16-20 years, and I just recently found a doe who was 24; she was retired from kidding at age 10).
Many goat farmers recommend that the receptive does should be mated at twice a day (once in the morning and one more 12 hours later) by a carefully chosen breeding buck. This practice should continue for the entire length of the female goats' receptive period which lasts 2 to 3 days.Some animals do mature faster than its other herd mates.) However, male breeding goats or bucks reach sexual maturation only after their 12th month. Fact #3: Does become sexually receptive only after a short bleeding period (release of menstrual blood.).