How to Tame Wild Bucking Kid Goats

Taming wild bucking kid goats requires patience, perseverance and the ability to remain calm. Most wild-acting goat kids get that way from lack of contact with human beings, often as a result of being nursed by their mothers exclusively without any bottle feeding or grain feeding. The key to overcoming their fear is to provide plenty of contact with human beings on a regular basis. The entire process can take weeks and many wild kid goats may remain somewhat shy around other people, but the taming experience should drastically lessen your goat kid's anxiety and fear.

Things You'll Need

  • Pen or stall
  • Water
  • Hay
  • Bread or raisins
  • Goat collar
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Instructions

    • 1

      Secure the wild goat kid in a closed area, such as a pen or stall within your goat barn. If at all possibly, pen one or two tame, quiet adult goats or goat kids in with the wild goat kid to help keep it calm.

    • 2

      Place water and hay within reach of the goats in the pen, talking quietly in a soothing voice while you do so. Reach out and scratch or pet the tame goats, which typically approach as soon as you put their feed in place. Don't attempt to pet or touch the wild goat. Repeat this process each day at feeding time.

    • 3

      Spend time with the wild goat kid throughout the day. Take an hour of time to sit in your goat barn next to the pen reading a book or quietly cleaning up the barn area, being careful to move slowly and calmly. Stop working occasionally to talk to the goats quietly or to scratch the tame goats under their chins or along their backbones. Repeat this process once or twice daily for up to a week or until you notice the wild goat kid behaving more calmly when you approach the pen.

    • 4

      Feed the wild goat treats, such as a piece of bread or handful of raisins, once daily as soon as it begins to behave more quietly. Go into the pen with the goats and kneel or squat down. Then hold your hand out toward the goats. Although at first the wild goat kid most likely won't approach, within a few days it should begin nibbling on the treats along with the other goats. Once the wild goat starts eating food treats from your hand, reach out slowly and talk to it soothingly as you run your hand along its back; at first it may shy away, but soon the wild goat kid should get used to your touch.

    • 5

      Pet the wild goat kid whenever you feed it. Slip a collar on the kid and start to lead it around the pen gently while you talk quietly to it. Repeat this process daily until the goat kid follows your lead without bucking or pulling. Release the goat kid from the pen but continue feeding it by hand, petting it and leading it by its collar on a daily basis.