[poppy2012]

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?

 

[Anke]

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...

[poppy2012]

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!

[sokel]

If he was born on the 29th April that will make him just over 4 months 

[poppy2012]

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!!!

[jaykay]

I send mine around 8 months.

[Lesley Silvester]

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.

[chickenfeed]

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

[cuckoo]

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.

[Lesley Silvester]

Mine is a Sanaan x British Alpine so I doubt I'd get that much.  Hope for about 20lbs.

[chickenfeed]

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.

[Lesley Silvester]

That's encouraging.  Thanks.