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Well as per most years, this week is typically the week our does start coming in to heat. So with todays tally, we have breed 10 outta 40 does so far these last few days with 5 of those happening today, which we did maybe 45 minutes before I started the feeding chores.
The funny thing is, tonight as I was feeding, I feed in a certain order (adult does, doe kids, old retired ladies, bucks, intact bucklings and then any other misc. pens that are being used). Well tonight as I am wrapping up the feeding and watering, I am looking over at the adult does eating, filling a water and to my right one of the bucks snorts and talks his buck talk to the neighboring buck. Instantly a doe pops her head up from the feeder, wags here tail and quickly walks to the fence line they share with the buck doing the talking, stand up on the fence and looks at the boy with adoring eyes.
Now here is the funny part, not 45 minutes before, this doe wasnt in heat in the least. It was like a light switch. She was eating one second and then click, she was at the fence waging her tail doing goo goo at the boys the next.
Made me chuckle.
The funny thing is, tonight as I was feeding, I feed in a certain order (adult does, doe kids, old retired ladies, bucks, intact bucklings and then any other misc. pens that are being used). Well tonight as I am wrapping up the feeding and watering, I am looking over at the adult does eating, filling a water and to my right one of the bucks snorts and talks his buck talk to the neighboring buck. Instantly a doe pops her head up from the feeder, wags here tail and quickly walks to the fence line they share with the buck doing the talking, stand up on the fence and looks at the boy with adoring eyes.
Now here is the funny part, not 45 minutes before, this doe wasnt in heat in the least. It was like a light switch. She was eating one second and then click, she was at the fence waging her tail doing goo goo at the boys the next.