Eaating dairy goats

[mamainthewoods]

Our sanaan had two bucks and we are considering raising them for meat..
My husband was thinking about wethering them and waiting for them to grow for a year or so and then butchering them. Anybody do this? Any feedback would be appreciated!
Thanks

[cathleenc]

delicious. But I'd butcher them out late fall/early winter.

[nehimama]

Lots of folks do exactly that.

[motdaugrnds]

We raise Nubians; and any buckling not spoken for from birth goes in our deep freeze.

We always pen them up away from their dams & rest of herd when they are around 6 months old, feed them grain 2 times a day with quality orchard grass all the time and watch to see when they start gaining weight. That is when we butcher them and we usually get 40+ lbs of meat from each...all tender.

[LoneStrChic23]

We just butchered a just weaned mini alpine buck. Meat was really tender and he was actually way meatier than I expected. His twin is off to freezer camp as soon as I get a companion for my bottle buck......Was going to let him grow or a bit more, but that snot gores me in the rear every stinking morning with his lil 3" horns and I'm speckeled in bruises.....Sooner he goes the better!

[Backfourty,MI.]

I would butcher them before a year old too. Wve had some done at usually around 8 or 9 months old.

[Alice In TX/MO]

My Hispanic customers like them at weaning. Very tender for barbacoa.

[chamoisee]

I skip the wethering and eat them at 2-6 months. They are sooo tender and tasty at that age!