Tammy: I see.

Lauva: The downside to leaving an animal as a full Billy is they typically are a little bit more aggressive when they grow up. A wether will be just like a nanny. He just will stay sweet. And a Billy may stay sweet, but they may turn a little bit more like when you go out there and you’re not petting him, he may walk up to you and kind of like butt your leg or come up to you a little bit more like, “Okay. I’m here. Give me some attention” kind of thing and whereas a wether may stand off a little bit more and just kind of rub against you. In other words, they do get a little more aggressive. If you have a female and the female comes in heat that Billy is going to smell because Billies attract females by peeing on themselves. That’s very attractive to a female. They also have a little kind of a musk gland that’s up behind their horns and that also will give a smell and people go, “Oh goats smell.” Well goats don’t smell, Billies smell. Wethers don’t smell and nannies don’t smell, but a Billy will smell and the Billy smells during the time that he has them nannies that he’s trying to get interested.

Tammy: Oh I see. So if you don’t have a nanny around, you’re not going to have that problem.

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Lauva: You’re not going to have that smell. Okay?

Tammy: I got ya.

Lauva: Because that’s just how they attract. That’s their attracting thing. But goats get a bad rap for smelling, but it’s the Billy and the Billy can smell. And if there’s a whole lot of nannies that’s the more he’s going to pee on himself and the more he’s going to smell. So his strength in odor is going to be dependent upon how many nannies are around him.
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