Males normally reach sexual maturity between 12-16 weeks old.  This varies with management system and genetics, with the feeding and lighting regime having a major effect.  Crowing by the male increases greatly between 24 and 68 weeks.  Crowing is not related to the male's sex drive or ability to mate, but it does indicate a cock's general vigour of pre-mating courtship, and appears to be related more to aggression than fertility.

Holidays are a memory and getting back into school routine is the next challenge.  But so is the weather, especially when the Met services predicted 'showers' never turn out to be anything and it often seems to be a substitute for guessing. Before you get excited about a few mm of rain, check the evapotranspiration rate (check Met data in local paper) and see how much is lost each day from the soil - it can be scary.

Making sure you can find goats where you left them has been a challenge for herders since domestication.   Although goats are not classical “follower” species like sheep, if one finds an escape route the whole herd will soon follow.  Some goats are born to be escapologists and they can lead to disasters on steep hill country when one finds a hole in the fence in a hollow, and the rest of the mob push up behind it waiting their turn to follow ending up in a massive smother.  So having good fences in the correct locations is the first priority of goat farming.