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Livestock => Goats => Topic started by: poppy2012 on September 12, 2012, 09:11:31 pm

Title: Age to kill my little boy boy
Post by: poppy2012 on September 12, 2012, 09:11:31 pm: quick question, whats the best age to kill my boy boy goat, whos not so little now - he was born on the 29th april - so that makes him just over 5 months, i was thinking somewhere just between 6 - 8 months, thought maybe hed go just before christmas, would this be about ok?

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Title: Re: Age to kill my little boy boy
Post by: Anke on September 12, 2012, 09:20:50 pm: Mine go when I get fed up with their antics... ;) , but usually about 8months. If you are thinking before Xmas make sure the abattoir gives you available dates - around here it is usually no private kills from late November onwards...
Title: Re: Age to kill my little boy boy
Post by: poppy2012 on September 12, 2012, 09:22:36 pm: Quote from: Anke on September 12, 2012, 09:20:50 pm
Mine go when I get fed up with their antics... ;) , but usually about 8months. If you are thinking before Xmas make sure the abattoir gives you available dates - around here it is usually no private kills from late November onwards...
thank you, our little boy is very tame, so am v patient with him, will send him noevember thinking then...give me time to get over him before i eat him!
Title: Re: Age to kill my little boy boy
Post by: sokel on September 12, 2012, 09:22:56 pm: If he was born on the 29th April that will make him just over 4 months ::)
Title: Re: Age to kill my little boy boy
Post by: poppy2012 on September 12, 2012, 09:24:46 pm: Quote from: sokel on September 12, 2012, 09:22:56 pm
If he was born on the 29th April that will make him just over 4 months ::)

ha...obviously that baby has been keeping me awake too mcuh!!! :roflanim:
Title: Re: Age to kill my little boy boy
Post by: jaykay on September 12, 2012, 09:25:03 pm: I send mine around 8 months.
Title: Re: Age to kill my little boy boy
Post by: Lesley Silvester on September 13, 2012, 11:10:17 pm: MIne was supposed to go at 8 months but he's still around at 15 months. It took me a while to find an abbatoir when our local one closed down. Now I need to get him ear tagged. He'll be getting tough if I don't do it soon.
Title: Re: Age to kill my little boy boy
Post by: chickenfeed on September 14, 2012, 06:58:58 am: Quote from: Mad Goatwoman of Madeley on September 13, 2012, 11:10:17 pm
MIne was supposed to go at 8 months but he's still around at 15 months. It took me a while to find an abbatoir when our local one closed down. Now I need to get him ear tagged. He'll be getting tough if I don't do it soon.

dont worry too much we have had goat meat from 3 yr old goats just remember to sloooooooow cook
Title: Re: Age to kill my little boy boy
Post by: cuckoo on September 14, 2012, 08:43:13 pm: We recently sent a 7 month old 75% boer kid and got 15 lb meat vs 23 lb from 75% boer 18 month old. They dont tend to grow too much over the winter unless feeding loads of concentrates - which we dont - both just fattened on summer grass. I would keep to next year to maximise size but that is from my experience.
Title: Re: Age to kill my little boy boy
Post by: Lesley Silvester on September 14, 2012, 09:15:17 pm: Mine is a Sanaan x British Alpine so I doubt I'd get that much. Hope for about 20lbs.
Title: Re: Age to kill my little boy boy
Post by: chickenfeed on September 14, 2012, 09:49:18 pm: those weights seem light to me we had a 6 month old sannen and he came back @ 51lb a 7 month old bt 35lb boxed meat i have never had a 6 month old back under 32lb.
Title: Re: Age to kill my little boy boy
Post by: Lesley Silvester on September 14, 2012, 10:44:31 pm: That's encouraging. Thanks. :thumbsup: