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Buchwheat Buckwheat is one of our first boys we purchased and has waddles, and is now dehorned. Although he demands a big share of the attention now days, prior to his injury we could only pet him during feeding or if we deliberately caught him, which he did not like. Needless to say, after his injury, he became very, very spoiled and now demands an even bigger share of attention. Buckwheat doesn't bleat - he screams. He is the instigator, picking on others then running as if to say "they are picking on me!" He likes his butt scratched. Well, actually I guess you would call it his hips. When you scratch on either side, he will almost lay down in your hand, then you switch to the other side and you can make him dance back and forth. He also likes between his scurs to be scratched, which is pretty rough on your hand.
One day, he and Smokey were fighting, like bucks tend to do when they are too close to the girls, and one of his horns was ripped three fourths of the way off his head. Since horns have arteries that run through them, he had blood streaming down his face. At that time, he was still in the "only pet me when I let you" stage. Every time I would try to catch him, he would run, which would make the blood pump even more. Finally, once he was caught, I took him to the vet, who had to remove the horn (actually dehorning both sides). Since he was so hyper around people, they had to sedate him for removal. AND, since there is no exact science for administering anesthesia to goats, of course Buckwheat didn't handle that well either. He was a limp rag and didn't want to return from the anesthesia. His temperature dropped to about 90 degrees - he was literally dying in my arms. So, back to the vet we went. I held him all day long, trying to coax him back. He even had to stay the night in the house (my husband's idea!). He is well now and is the most spoiled of any of our kids. He knows if he cries, I run.
Smoky Smoky is our other first boy. He has brown eyes, waddles and still has his horns. He was shy at first and had a tendency to stand back and let others come forward first. Unless, of course, it is treat time! Didn't take him long to come around with the petting, and as he saw the others getting attention, I think he decided he just might like it too! Smoky loves for his face to be rubbed.

Smoky and Brock look alike in the pictures but are actually very different. Smoky has horns and Brock has scurs, usually. They tend to horse around a lot and Brock and Buckwheat seem to lose their scurs occasionally. I guess boys will be boys.

Brock Brock has brown eyes and although he has waddles, they are very hard to see because of his extremely thick, course, long hair. He came to us at fifteen months old. He has adjusted well and has actually helped the other boys to get along better - maybe because he is more mature!

Because Brock was older when we got him, he was more set in his ways. He was used to a large herd with a big field, separated from the girl herd by several acres. When we brought him home, he decided he like the girl's pen better (or maybe it was just the girls he liked better) and proceeded to jump the fence. We had to quickly rearrange all the girls and boys into different areas, moving houses, water and feed. Of course, Murphy's law, all of this after dark - not a fun night! Now everything is back to normal (or as good as it ever gets around here) and Brock just hangs through the fence looking around the barn down to the girls' pen. We now have a separate area for the boys that is bigger and farther away from the girls' pen. However, they can still see one another and during the fall, the "buckiness" comes out it everyone!

Sox



(from Daisy and BigUn)

The only thing I can say about Soxy is that he's different. He is our Baby Huey. Just an overgrown kid (compared to everyone else). He came out playing and will probably always be found in some kind of mischief. He likes to be on top of things - like the dog house, the round bale of hay, people! He has the energy we all wish we still had. We call him our hyper child. When he was young, he jumped at the wall - just because he could. If you squatted down, keep an eye out for him because he could see those backs across the field. He's sneaky and gets a running start to jump up on you. He just loves to play. Seriously, this is a habit I've tried hard to break him from. When he was small, it was cute. Now he's not so small.

By the way, he's not a Nigerian Dwarf. His ancestry is probably Nubian/Alpine cross. His daddy was a big fellow, and I do mean big like a pony. He is a twin to Sassafras and is probably one of best looking bucks we have in coloring and markings.

Twister

(from Maggie and Buckwheat)

 Twister is a spitting image of his daddy, except he has horns. His personality is just as mischevious and honery and has the same "hit and run" mentality, then cry foul. He is also a screamer, not a bleater.





He no longer lives with us. He went to live with the Wiles family along with Boomer.

Boomer

(from Baby Jr. and Smoky)

 Boomer is tri colored with light/medium grey on his front legs and head, medium grey and dark grey on his back legs and a white band on his middle. Because he is being raised with Twister, who overshadows him, Boomer is more conservative but has a very sweet nature.





He no longer lives with us. He went to live with the Wiles family along with Twister.

Blaze

(from Sassy and Buckwheat)

 Blaze, twin to Glory, is probably part Alpine/Nubian and part Nigerian Dwarf. He is very similar in colorings to his mama and uncle Sox. Blaze was named because of the markings on his face when he was born. If you look at him from up above, he has a marking shaped like a wishbone on top of his head. He is twice the size of his sister (Glory) and much more mischievous. I guess his name could also come from how he darts around everywhere and is in to everything.


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