Do the does smell as well?© Heather Jackson and Green Eggs & Goats, 2012-2015. I really love the goats. I love my boys tho, they are sweet.However not all of my friends agree & they say they can always tell I have been in the buck pen even if I didn’t touch them…I’ve heard people say they don’t mind it. Thanks for reading!I grew up around goats and yes I agree they REEK!! Stock up on goat milk soap or make your own so they don't need to be denied human interaction and affection. They also give themselves oral pleasure if the ladies aren’t interested, but that is another story for another day.
You go from thinking “this smells fine” to “Oh my gosh, I’m going to vomit!” in a split second. After climbing the side of a mountain to try to catch up wit a heard of elk she was exhausted and fell asleep on a moss covered stump.
It has been my observation, however, that my bucks like to stick their heads in other goats’ urine streams, so I doubt they are that into being respected. Answer Save. The smell of goat barns is proverbial for really bad smells, but not our goat barn! He has begun to stink like a buck. What Future for the Sheep and the Goats? I have noticed a very strong Billy Goat/barn scent around men who seem artificially buff.
Also, the does think the buck-stink smells better than the latest Calvin Klein fragrance at the mall. The hay is still green and sweet, and the goats love to eat some before they go out to eat fresh grass — it is good for them to do that, as it prevents bloat and grass tetany and other dread disorders. BADLY. The smell of goat barns is proverbial for really bad smells, but not our goat barn! And you don’t want to feed moldy hay to animals. Despite the very wet and rainy and cold spring, our goats have been getting out of the barn most days to go eat grass, flowers and weeds out in the pastures.
The path down the hill goes right through a honeysuckle thicket and the flowery odor lifts you right off your feet and explodes pleasantly in your heart these mornings. Despite the very wet and rainy and cold spring, our goats have been getting out of the barn most days to go eat grass, flowers and weeds out in the pastures. Eric tried hanging his clothes in the goat barn before hunting with no real effect, I’ll tell him to rub them on a buck instead.
He was casterated before I got him and have had no isses with him until recently.
Relevance. 0 1 1. 1 decade ago. If you want a small milking goat, I would go for Nigerians or mini Nubians. Today they will be going out into the lower pasture for the first time since they came down here four days ago. We sold our old guy and our junior, at 9 months old, isn’t quite acting- or should I say smelling- the part yet. I tried everything possible, but nothing works. I love to walk from the lilac yard-smell into the barn with its reminders of the difficult but excellent hay season of last summer. I wish you could share the wonderful smells and sounds of the lower pasture and the rest of the farm. Apparently, the terms “billy goat” and “nanny goat” aren’t respectful to the goats. I checked to see if he had a testicle stuck, but did not feel anything. 14 Answers. I’d expected the inside of the goat to smell putrid, but it smelled humid, like the inside of an atrium.
And they are so curious they are forever getting themselves into bad trouble. Is it bad that this post makes me miss my buck? They do not smell like crap - they have a grassy smell to them - we might smell just as bad to them as we are carnivores and eat meat whereas they only eat plants. I do not have body odour that smells like cat piss. So at this time of the year, the whole farm is permeated with lilac smell. He doesnt act studdy with them at all. Lynne Prestwood says: February 10, 2019 at 4:35 am But if you move them often enough — which for us is about once a week– they never build up enough manure and mud to smell like pigs. I have a special coat I wear over my clothes- regardless of if it’s cold enough to wear it- to help keep the stench off of my clothes….I laughed a lot… I even read this aloud to my less than interested hubby who was kind enough to give me a courtesy laugh at the parts I thought were especially hilarious… Oh the life of a goat gal with a non-goat hubby.
Hay can mold if it stays damp for long periods. When sh woke up the doe elk had settled down all around her to chew there cuds.You have the best stories. Their malodorous stench is one that sneaks up on you, before hitting you with a force you wouldn’t have thought possible. When you think of the smells of a farm with livestock, you might wrinkle up your nose and wish it smelled better. The only chicken area that doesn’t smell of lilac is inside the henhouse. The reality is that the term “stink” does not even begin to describe the odor of a buck. I’m so glad you liked it! Maybe that’s what is meant by the term “animal magnetism.”So, that’s settled. That must mean that we need to get more chips to cover up the winter’s hen manure. I would love one of the little dwarfs!
Goat smell is how I think of it. Buck goats are affectionate creatures. I have 2 does with him, but they have been with him for 3 years. Ahhh. Maybe a result of taking steroids. They run around their house in circles, flapping their ears and generally looking like flying pigs. The goat barn has a wonderful smell of sweet hay, a deep dark smell with licorice overtones and a long grassy finish.