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Livestock => Goats => Topic started by: Penninehillbilly on March 31, 2015, 11:11:17 am

Title: Weight chart-meat Boers?
Post by: Penninehillbilly on March 31, 2015, 11:11:17 am

Hi
I use a weight chart, ie measuring goats girth and using corresponding weight for worming etc.
I've read somewhere that this doesn't work for meat goats?
wanting to worm a couple post kidding
could anyone advise please?

Title: Re: Weight chart-meat Boers?
Post by: Anke on March 31, 2015, 01:27:28 pm

The only charts I have seen have been for dairies, and I would have thought the chunkier meat goats have more meat around their rib cage...

I have invested in a weighing crate, and have found they loose 10 kgs or so without me noticing.... always have one or two surprises if I do a general weigh-in...

Title: Re: Weight chart-meat Boers?
Post by: mart6 on March 31, 2015, 01:33:24 pm

Have to agree with Anke find i am often well off with a guess.
Keep a eye on ebay often see second hand scales, i managed to pick up a crate quite cheap

Title: Re: Weight chart-meat Boers?
Post by: cuckoo on March 31, 2015, 02:32:32 pm

There is a chart in one of my goat books - I will try to remember to dig it out tonight - was quite accurate. Could you take her to vet and put on their scales?

Title: Re: Weight chart-meat Boers?
Post by: Penninehillbilly on April 03, 2015, 01:29:03 pm

Found something online which says girth x girth x length (shoulder to hips?)
wonder if someone with scales could check this out? may be useful to others.
I followed it for worming my boer, but didn't seem very much - 48kg up to my togg who is 68kg (But togg has put weight on since she kidded.)