Rural Gardening: Toying with the idea of getting goats... any advice?, 1 by TamaraFaye

TamaraFaye wrote:

Molly, if you want meat Goats that pasture well, please consider the Keiko... i don't have those links anymore... i spent quite a bit of time researching goats a few years back, before we even got chickens... and when we get meat goats that is what we want. in addition to their beauty and less feet problems, they kid well on their own and you get more lean meat as they don't have fatty deposits around their liver like some meat goats.

google and learn more about them.

i too thought it was worth the extra work and expense to raise some babies first. ours are Nubians, which are for milk. we may also use them for packing/hiking... they are quite big for their age, we kept them on bottle/grazing for three months before introducing creep feed.