I can't count!

SkyWarrior said:

Yeah, we have 5 wethers that are going to freezer camp this year. But the cost of feeding them is insane with the price of hay.

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With Nigerians, it would make no sense at all when you can sell for $100 at 10 weeks.
If you fed him for 18 months to eat, you wouldn't have $100 worth.

We don't "feed" ours ... at this time they can live off the land. We sell them at 40-45 lbs. on the hoof. Or we eat them.

Someone asked how many we have. I realized I am not sure. somewhere around 90..... I think.
I feel awful. I used to count every night to make sure they all got back. Now I don't even know how many I have.

Southern by choice said:

We don't "feed" ours ... at this time they can live off the land. We sell them at 40-45 lbs. on the hoof. Or we eat them.

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Doesn't matter if you feed them or not
Still not $100 worth of meat

I have 11 now n want more
Lol momma
Daisy
Baby
Dee Dee
Socks
Boots
Lucy
Lola
Walls
Horton
Brownie

I am not sure what you mean.

For us I rather them go for food then off somewhere and end up relocated over and over. I see it all the time people get a wether then as they grow their herd they can't see feeding a useless animal and they sell it and it goes on and on.
We have a good deal of ethnic customers that want small goats.
For us having a buck year it is great as I don't need to spend time scheduling appointments and all that goes with it. I can cut them, grow them and 2-3x a week have someone drop by and want a goat.
We never have enough goats for the market here.

Not for everyone but works for us. We just don't get attached.
Plus we like goat meat. Young tender goat is

Southern by choice said:

I am not sure what you mean.

For us I rather them go for food then off somewhere and end up relocated over and over. I see it all the time people get a wether then as they grow their herd they can't see feeding a useless animal and they sell it and it goes on and on.
We have a good deal of ethnic customers that want small goats.
For us having a buck year it is great as I don't need to spend time scheduling appointments and all that goes with it. I can cut them, grow them and 2-3x a week have someone drop by and want a goat.
We never have enough goats for the market here.

Not for everyone but works for us. We just don't get attached.
Plus we like goat meat. Young tender goat is

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I agree... I have had people want 4-h rabbits from me so I sell cheaper then I find them advertised for sale for twice as much or they are neglected or abused. I do not eat rabbit, I am also not against it, but I would much rather see them in the freezer than see them go somewhere they will suffer or be tormented. I can at least use the meat instead of them being mistreated and passed around which is not fair or healthy for the animal.

Southern by choice said:

I am not sure what you mean.

For us I rather them go for food then off somewhere and end up relocated over and over. I see it all the time people get a wether then as they grow their herd they can't see feeding a useless animal and they sell it and it goes on and on.
We have a good deal of ethnic customers that want small goats.
For us having a buck year it is great as I don't need to spend time scheduling appointments and all that goes with it. I can cut them, grow them and 2-3x a week have someone drop by and want a goat.
We never have enough goats for the market here.

Not for everyone but works for us. We just don't get attached.
Plus we like goat meat. Young tender goat is

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Well first off, I don't care if people use goats for food or not. If someone wanted to pay me $100 for a 10 week old and eat it, I have no issues with that.

And what I mean is that why would I want to keep one for 18 months and he would only be worth $100 then for meat, when I can sell him at 10 weeks old for $100 ? Doesn't seem practical to me. I'm not telling you that you shouldn't do this, if that's what you want to do.

Another thing, I have not experienced what you are saying about people determining that wethers are useless animals and there being relocated over and over.

In the 6 years we have been selling goats, I only know of one occasion where my wether buyers got rid of the goats and that's because they moved out of state.
Most of my wether buyers don't want a herd, they just want a couple of pets.
And, I never have enough goats for the market here either.

On the contrary, intact bucks are more prone to being relocated over and over. That's why I will never sell another buck on Craigs List.

Samantha drawz said:

I agree... I have had people want 4-h rabbits from me so I sell cheaper then I find them advertised for sale for twice as much or they are neglected or abused. I do not eat rabbit, I am also not against it, but I would much rather see them in the freezer than see them go somewhere they will suffer or be tormented. I can at least use the meat instead of them being mistreated and passed around which is not fair or healthy for the animal.

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I would respectfully suggest that you are comparing apples to oranges.
In the city of Raleigh NC which is the area I live, people are allowed two miniature goats on a half acre lot.
I get a lot of recommendations from my vet who is a professor at the vet school at NC State in Raleigh. Plus, I screen my buyers carefully

This is two of the more suffering ,tormented , mistreated goats that I have sold.
By the way, they are dressed up for Halloween.

Currently we are at 46 (I think)( not counting lambs or the butcher boys from last year that are headed out this week)

I very rarely have the exact number of sheep down, but can generally eyeball and look at faces to tell whose there and who isn't ...My dad always says we've probably lost a couple out in the desert and don't even know it.

Also, yaks multiply as well. Started with a cow calf pair four years ago. Now up to 12 and looking for some more.