Do buck aprons work

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Join Nigerian Dwarf Dairy Goats. This is such a great idea! I wish I would have had one back in the fall and I wouldn't have had to deal with winter babies. I still want to keep my bucks separate but this would help if they got out of their pasture so I wouldn't have to deal with accidental breeding. There is not a lot of information on them but I am going to try my hand at making one at least for Co Jack and then I would not have to keep him penned up so much.

Do buck aprons work

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It has the article you were refering to in the thread, as well as some more photos.

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We had such a need this summer, when we felt we wanted to raise our young rams to become about 6 months old, so we could perhaps sell them. Because the boys turned quite active at the age of 3 months, and because ewes can come into estrus already in the end of June, we decided to give an anti-mating apron a try. They offer aprons of various sizes and colors for both rams and bucks. Also, they have a photo that displays a guy wearing an apron, in action:. Source of image: The Bacchus Johnson Shield. For example, Bacchus send their aprons to Estonia via ebay.

Do buck aprons work

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He's in a pen of his own currently and his previous owner said he likes to see everything that's going on around him. Log in. Seems like it works. You need to be a member of Nigerian Dwarf Dairy Goats to add comments! Moers kiko boars Replies. JavaScript is disabled. Sign up. There's a picture of a buck with the apron on in the thread the Nigerian man wrote on here recently. With only two bucks it'd make things easier if we could pen them all together, especially in summer when we rotate them around the place. The downside is that the buck will still TRY and will get very frustrated when he can't get the job done. Join Nigerian Dwarf Dairy Goats. This is such a great idea! This reply was deleted. I agree that you would need to ensure that you only have one breed

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I think it was he who was talking about it. I agree that you would need to ensure that you only have one breed Taking it off overnight seems a good idea and this feller is old enough and quiet enough to not argue about it. Was the pic associated with any information? Top Contributors this Month View All. Though I do understand the reasons people want to use them, I'm not completely sold on them as it seems like unneeded stress to the does and the buck. We'll see!! Sign up. Replies Sandra Sill February 23, at pm. Thanks again, an apron is certainly worth considering. This is an older thread, you may not receive a response, and could be reviving an old thread. Kind of ingenious right? The does can get with about six feet of him and often lay down nearby but when they get up and leave, he calls out to them but of course, his calls fall on deaf ears!