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Livestock => Goats => Topic started by: CJolly on May 08, 2015, 07:11:50 pm

Title: Starting a business producing kid meat??
Post by: CJolly on May 08, 2015, 07:11:50 pm: Hi everyone,

Me and my partner are thinking about starting our own business producing kid meat,
Has anyone got a similar business? any advice on where to begin would be great?

Any answers to my questions would also be much appreciated.
Who are your main buyers?
Would you say there was a demand for this?

Thanks,
Chloe :D :D
Title: Re: Starting a business producing kid meat??
Post by: clydesdaleclopper on May 10, 2015, 11:09:06 am: I think demand may depend upon where in the country you are and the ethnic mix. I don't sell any of mine as it's too yummy and we eat it all ourselves but there are a couple of producers local to me, one of whom sells at farmer's markets.

Do you have experience in keeping goats?
Title: Re: Starting a business producing kid meat??
Post by: Anke on May 10, 2015, 12:59:48 pm: Seems to be quite fashionable at the moment.... but it does require serious market research beforehand.

Our spare males don't make it to someone else's freezer... ;D
Title: Re: Starting a business producing kid meat??
Post by: verdifish on May 10, 2015, 01:08:42 pm: 1st thing to do is stop calling it Kidd meat as I puts people off ! Goat meat sells the product better !
Title: Re: Starting a business producing kid meat??
Post by: plumseverywhere on May 10, 2015, 01:36:28 pm: I have a friend who sells goat meat, she also makes goat sausages which are amazing! She has posters up in local farm shops and I think sells quite a bit that way. I'm often asked if I sell goat meat when I'm running my soap stall so it seems there IS a market BUT... I'd also consider that fact that some of the communities that eat a lot of goat might not want their meat stunned pre slaughter so that might be another consideration.

I agree with verdifish, the term kid conjures up images of cute little baby goats jumping about in the sunshine rather than a curry to a lot of people :)
Title: Re: Starting a business producing kid meat??
Post by: fiestyredhead331 on May 10, 2015, 01:56:42 pm: selling goat meat is part of our crofting business so spare boys going to local restaurants, get the skins back and they go to a local craft shop and milk going for cheeses, on a small scale as we don't have the space to go large :(
you could try marketing it as Chevon (sp?) rather than kid meat, its kinda like people who think when they eat lamb they are eating the cute little jumpy ones cavorting amongst the daffodils ::)
Title: Re: Starting a business producing kid meat??
Post by: verdifish on May 10, 2015, 02:46:59 pm: We sell a fair amount and if we get the new farm it will be a large part of our plan ! Ethnicity is having less and less to do with goat meat sales .A lot of people are realising how healthy and tasty it is and are prepared to pay a premium for it ! The problem we've had is demand way outstripping supply and it never good to let people down if your not able to supply as you will loose custom that wont return so start small and let word of mouth do the rest , what breed\ breeds are you using and what acreage do you have available ???
Title: Re: Starting a business producing kid meat??
Post by: winkhound on May 10, 2015, 06:16:12 pm: Speak to Lizzie Dyer, she is fairly new to it but doing well. it is very fashionable at the moment and becoming increasingly so.

http://cotswoldkidmeat.com/ (http://cotswoldkidmeat.com/)