Breeding Goats For Meat - 4 Crucial Tips In Raising Goats To Avoid Frustration

Breeding goats for meat may be the next step to
take after successfully establishing your goat
farm. After all, continually ordering in fresh
batches of animals from the suppliers can become
a pricey affair later on. In order to breed
meat-producing goats, you need to remember a few
things though. For example:

1. Most meat producing breeds (e.g. Boer goats,
Spanish goats, etc.) normally mate between the
months of August and all the way through March.
In order to give you ample time to prepare the
does' nutritional needs and the birthing pen,
try to plan exactly when you want the kidding or
the birth of the young goats to happen. The usual
gestation period of these animals lasts 5 months
or 150 days. One way of maximizing your meat
production is to try breeding the goats at twice
during the mating season.

2. The term "flushing" is essential when it
comes to breeding goats for meat. Flushing, or
to be more precise: egg flushing simply means
putting the does on a better and highly
concentrated diet. This helps make the goat
produce a bigger litter. Normally, goats produce
1 to 3 kids in one birthing. However, if the
flushing is done correctly, the does may produce
4 healthy kids. It is also during the flushing
period that female goats are de-wormed and given
vaccines to help keep their health up during the
gestation period.

3. An additional footnote when it comes to
breeding goats for meat: if does are geared to
reproduce twice during the mating season, it is
very likely that the second litter will only
produce 1 to 2 kids. Some goat farmers either
choose to have their animals mated twice, or
choose the flushing method instead. Combining
both methods has proven to be detrimental in all
the efforts for breeding goats for meat. Either
the population of the goat herd becomes too
extensive that the animals become susceptible to
disease, or the mother goats' health is
compromised that further birthing for the next
few year is almost impossible.

4. Even with all the science and technology
available to goat farmers these days, nothing
could beat a buck's (male goat) ability to
detect female goats in heat. Investing in one or
more buck for your goat farm might be a good
idea. Or, you could always ask other goat
farmers to "lend" you a male goat 2 weeks before
your estimated time when most of the does come in
heat.

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Separate yourself from the usual goat owners who
are prone to common mistakes. Are you planning
on breeding goats for meat? If you would like to
learn more tips on breeding goats and how to
raise goats correctly, please visit:
http://www.raising-goats.com

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