Need Help - Wife is apprehensive about harvesting our livestock

Thanks to everyone who replied. I am very new to this forum, and in awe of the vast and insightly knowlege distributed here. As far as which animal to start with, my choice would still be goats. I really dont like goats, as a youngster I remember being chased and butted by goats. I am aware of thier good traits, hence me getting them to clear/clean-up my fence rows, guess they will never be pets to me though.
thanks again!
Brad

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This is what we did with calves and initially with pigs. When we raised hundreds of butcher hogs, it wasn't as big a deal to take one to a butcher shop. We only had a couple of bucket calves at a time so it was more difficult - so we traded them at the butcher shop for the same weight of meat from another animal - no big deal.

As for goats - no way we would eat the goats either. Sorry, but they are more like pets (dogs with little horns and funny eyes) here - maybe if we had many meat goats it wouldn't be so bad, but goats have a way of being a "buddy" (an evil plan they have to save themselves )

I wouldn't pressure your wife. Be empathetic - that will get you a lot further!