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Boer goats tend to gain weight at about the same rate as their sire, so a ram from a proven fast-growing bloodline will command the highest price, as its offspring tend to also be fast growers. The primary market for slaughter goats is a 22–36 kg (49–79 lb) kid ; kids should reach marketable size at weaning age.
Goat breeds (especially dairy goats) are some of the oldest defined animal breeds for which breed standards and production records have been kept. Selective breeding of goats generally focuses on improving production of fiber, meat, dairy products or goatskin. Breeds are generally classified based on their primary use, though there are several ...
The Boer goat – in this case a buck – is a widely kept meat breed. The taste of goat kid meat is similar to that of spring lamb meat; [57] in fact, in the English-speaking islands of the Caribbean, and in some parts of Asia, particularly Bangladesh, Pakistan, and India, the word "mutton" is used to
Goat meat. Raw goat chops in an apricot glaze about to be cooked. Goat meat is the meat of the domestic goat ( Capra hircus ). The common name for goat meat is "goat meat", while meat from young goats can be called "kid meat", capretto (Italian), and cabrito (Spanish and Portuguese). In South Asian cuisine, mutton refers to goat meat.
The American Pygmy is an American breed of achondroplastic (dwarf) goat. It is small, compact and stockily built. Like the Nigerian Dwarf, it derives from the West African Dwarf group of breeds of West Africa. [3] : 355 [4] : 35 Between 1930 and 1960, animals of this type were imported to the United States for use either as zoo animals or for ...
The Kinder is an American breed of domestic goat. It originated on a farm in Snohomish, Washington, where in about 1985 an American Pygmy buck was cross-bred with Nubian does. The resulting stock was selectively bred to create a compact but well-muscled goat, suitable both for milk and for meat production. A herd-book was started in 1988; by ...
There's no way to tell for sure what goat his meat came from, he said — "It shows up in white wrapping and labeled, 'loin' and 'shoulder.'" But he knows he paid about $670 for a different goat ...
Face colour. Black. Goat. Capra hircus. The Bagot goat ⫽ ˈbæɡət ⫽ [1] is a breed of goat which for several hundred years has lived semi-wild at Blithfield Hall, Staffordshire, England. It is a small goat, with a black head and neck and the remainder of the body white. In 2010 it was considered "critically endangered" by the Rare Breeds ...