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Author Topic: Keeping Goats for Meat  (Read 15748 times)

DavidandCollette

  • Joined Dec 2012
Re: Keeping Goats for Meat
« Reply #30 on: March 27, 2016, 11:01:10 am »
Cuckoo im in Owston ferry not too far from you.
I have a couple of golden Guernsey goats and am thinking about boers. Would it be possible for me to come over in April please?  I would pm you first.  Thanks in advance

Anke

  • Joined Dec 2009
  • St Boswells, Scottish Borders
Re: Keeping Goats for Meat
« Reply #31 on: March 27, 2016, 11:48:59 am »

We rear out boys for our own consumption only, as I would not be able to make money on them, but the meat is out of this world.


Gave my OH braised chops for dinner yesterday. He said, "That was wonderful. Where did you get those lovely chops?"
"Out of the goat yard. They used to be Cassi."

Roasted leg of goat for Easter dinner tonight here...

Scotsdumpy

  • Joined Jul 2012
Re: Keeping Goats for Meat
« Reply #32 on: March 27, 2016, 02:05:33 pm »
http://cotswoldkidmeat.com/
Heres a true life website of people actually raising dairy kids for meat - I would say that any enterprise needs a lot of skill marketing and building a customer base. We went to the smallholder show at Thainstone and listened to a couple in Aberdeenshire who raised goats for meat (amongst other things ie nothing was wasted)
Im not sure if they contribute on here but you can find them on fb - Elchies farm. They were very inspiring and were excellent business people.

cuckoo

  • Joined Jan 2011
Re: Keeping Goats for Meat
« Reply #33 on: March 28, 2016, 09:23:24 pm »
Cuckoo im in Owston ferry not too far from you.
I have a couple of golden Guernsey goats and am thinking about boers. Would it be possible for me to come over in April please?  I would pm you first.  Thanks in advance

I have pm'd my phone no - visits welcome - no obligations - happy to talk goat all day

 

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