Jethro gets to STAY on the farm but there’s a BIG catch!

We decided to keep one of our little boy goats on the farm, but there’s a BIG catch! I think Riley is excited that her buckling gets to hang around, though.

Jethro was one of the four goat kids born on the farm earlier this year. The two doelings, Calamity Jane and Minnie Pearl, were always going to be kept as we continue to grow our herd. One of the boys who we called Gibbs was sold a few weeks ago and he’ll have a great life on another farm. The other boy, Jethro, never sold, and instead of offering him up for less than what he was worth we decided to keep him and wether him.

A wether is a castrated male goat or sheep. Goats are herd animals and don’t do well without companions. Benji, our herd buck, needs a buddy when he is not with the girls, and our other wether Clyde, doesn’t like being separated from his sister Bonnie (he’s pretty useless but at least he helps keep the field mowed down). We’re wethering Jethro using a process called banding, which cuts off the circulation to his boy-parts and after several weeks to months they’ll fall off. It’s really a simple and painless process.

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