Caprine Conjugal Visits.

When you get into dairy goats, you think about all the wonderful milk & other delicious products, cute baby goat kids, and all sorts of wholesome delights.  But, to get the ball rolling... it all starts with a lot of sordid goat sex.  For months, I've been tracking heat cycles, looking at pictures of buck goats and their balls on the internet, staring at goat vaginas determining heat cycles, sending in pregnancy tests, and basically getting very intimate with my hoofed companions.

One of my does, Tink, has already had her successful conjugal visit with this lovely fellow:

I timed the visit just right, and Tink was in a state known as "standing heat", meaning she was very receptive to her male companion.  After a fine display of tongue flashing, raspberry sounds, urinating, and other very bizarre and hilarious rituals, the actual mating was very quick.

I've got two more does to get pregnant... so wish me luck.  Maggie is going into heat today, and I'm calling the buck owner frantically now trying to arrange for her "hot date".