MEAT GOAT FARMING FOR BEGINNERS | Ranching for Profit Grazing How to Raise Goats on Pasture

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    Wondering how to raise meat goats (maybe even for profit)? This video will give you the answers you need to get started raising meat goats! I talk with Karl Ebel who has been raising meat goats on pasture since 2005. Karl Ebel raises Boer goats and Spanish meat goats.
    FARMER MEETUP: bit.ly/ShepherdessMeet
    I hope this give you a good start as a beginner goat farmer!
    Keep up the great work,
    the Shepherdess
    0:00 Farming Meat Goats
    1:26 What is a good fencing for goats?
    3:07 How many Goats can you raise on 2 acres?
    5:27 How to get an education on raising meat goats?
    7:39 Major challenges to raising meat goats.
    9:03 Livestock guardian for your goat herd.
    12:30 What is the best meat goat breed?
    14:16 Will rams fight eachother?
    18:00 Characteristics of a good breeding goat.
    27:36 Kidding goats on pasture.
    30:06 What is the best feed for goats?
    32:04 The best minerals for goats.
    32:59 How to supplement goats on pasture.
    38:08 Deworming Goats with internal parasites
    40:29 How to know if your goats have worms.
    44:28 How to decide on paddock size for rotational grazing goats and sheep.
    50:43 Goat market prices going up!
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    In this video:
    Micro Ranching for profit
    Meat goat farming for beginners
    Rising meat goats for profit
    Goat market prices in 2023
    About this Channel:
    This channel chronicles my journey as a sheep farmer from the very beginning. My primary occupation is in business management. In 2020, I discovered the principles of regenerative agriculture and embarked on a journey with the end goal of building a profitable small farm on 23 acres by 2027. Thank you for joining the journey!

Komentáře • 205

  • @theShepherdess
    @theShepherdess  Před 2 měsíci

    🐑🥩CLICK HERE for my FREE GUIDE to raising beef and lamb: bit.ly/bflmbGUIDE

  • @Balb23
    @Balb23 Před rokem +53

    I cannot express my thanks for this content you and Karl are providing for free. For someone who started raising my own goat herd 5 years ago, I would suggest any beginner to listen to this episode several times. What he explains in one hour I had to learn in 5 years of trial and error. Thank you so much!

    • @theShepherdess
      @theShepherdess  Před rokem +4

      Love this feedback! Thank you!

    • @Balb23
      @Balb23 Před rokem +2

      Thanks so much. Is this also considered regenerative farming when you put hay bales on the paddock?

    • @theShepherdess
      @theShepherdess  Před rokem +5

      Yes! Bale grazing is a great way to restore soil health.

    • @user-fp2pr2bc9r
      @user-fp2pr2bc9r Před rokem

      ​@@theShepherdess Hallo madam i need job in goat farm am and farm house please help me

  • @entrepreneursfinest
    @entrepreneursfinest Před rokem +14

    A good practice for hoof health is to spread coarse gravel and a lot of lime around their watering trough. They'll be exposed to it daily and the lime keeps down bacteria.

  • @zerotoeverything4348
    @zerotoeverything4348 Před rokem +5

    630 as starting, holy cow,
    i started my with 5

  • @arccroses9061
    @arccroses9061 Před rokem +9

    We started Homesteading 6 years ago. Started with chickens for eggs then Tamworth hogs for meat and piglet sales. I already knew how to deal with those. We fenced our entire 7.5 acre perimeter and already had dogs. I no longer work due to a car accident, so I spent years watching YT and researching. Got Nigerian Dwarf goats for milk. Sell kids, occasionally milking does and use milk for us. Friends gave us 3 unknown breeds hair sheep, I think St croix/Katahdin and maybe some Gulf Coast. We bred up to 9, traded some for a breeding pair of young lowline cattle. Bull still under 2, heifer almost 3. Bought 2 unrelated Katahdin ewes and maintaining 3 ewes to 1 ram plus. All animals have their own pens. Goats have a small milking shed with attached stalls on the outside. Breeding pair of hogs moved every few months with hog panel and electric pens. Grazer/browsers get to have access to entire property most good weather days. The front of the house is fenced off to keep livestock away from house. Chickens and turkeys have a coop with yard but come out and free range all day. Meat chickens have a chickens tractor.
    Parmak Solar Electric, cattle fence and goat fence has kept everyone in and a Labrador cross, a Belgian shepard and an Anatolian shepard keep the predators out.

  • @HoneyHollowHomestead
    @HoneyHollowHomestead Před rokem +21

    I have watched my LGD "condense" (because it's not really herding) the goats, chickens, and ducks close to the barn when she thinks there is a threat. I even saw her stand with the horse when she was on high alert, the horse standing slightly behind the LGD. I was amazing to see how they sort of teamed up, yet the one with the skill took the lead.

    • @talkingjoseph5582
      @talkingjoseph5582 Před rokem +1

      LGD considers it self part of the flock

    • @swamp-yankee
      @swamp-yankee Před rokem +5

      If it’s not herding it’s definitely herding adjacent. I saw a pair of pyrs react to a coy dog pack once. They bunched the flock, and then one kept them together while the other ran to the edge of the paddock where the coy dogs were coming down the hill hollering murder at some lucky creature they were after. They had no interest in fighting a pair of well fed dogs. I think once it reaches a certain size every flock needs dogs so the shepherd can sleep easy. That farm was had a lot of bears and bobcat also.

    • @cookingwithwine.9190
      @cookingwithwine.9190 Před rokem +4

      That's what my Great Pyrenees and llamas do. Teamwork.

  • @caprahomestead8449
    @caprahomestead8449 Před rokem +3

    We use livestock trailers to move them on pastures and then leave them there as shelter. We put feed in the trailer they all follow close up the trailer and go.

  • @syreeta9642
    @syreeta9642 Před 5 měsíci +2

    I have had pyrenean mountain dogs (Livestock guardian dogs) all my life and my this breed has been a passion of my mum and her parents since the 1960s. I can vouch that they are the BEST family dogs, they mother and love us (especially the kids) but they are protective amd very , intelligent, independent minded, efficient guard dogs so owners need to have a strong personality to successfully raise them. Hope that helps

  • @countryfriedhvac
    @countryfriedhvac Před rokem +5

    This is some of the best content on YT.

  • @HoneyHollowHomestead
    @HoneyHollowHomestead Před rokem +8

    I free range my goats during the day. I find that they will naturally rotate their browsing. They will make a circuit around the barn, browsing different areas at different times.

  • @lizziehiggs5111
    @lizziehiggs5111 Před rokem +5

    I'm starting a milk goat herd... this will help ty so much!!! 66 acres grazing... love your videos!!!

  • @adventuresingoatfarming6754

    Grace
    A book suggestion for your online store.
    The Meat Goat Handbook
    By Yvonne Zweede - Tucker
    I’ll be at work but listening in tonight

  • @kendalsaulsberry2180
    @kendalsaulsberry2180 Před rokem +6

    Thank you for doing this, i am thinking about doing meat goats and sheep

  • @rataraunik
    @rataraunik Před 8 měsíci +1

    Thank you for your knowledge of goat farming. I am a goat farmer from Indonesia, I have learned a lot from your Chanel.

  • @Justthemow
    @Justthemow Před rokem +5

    You can treat your ground with diatomaceous earth it’s a powder and most parasites and bugs can’t live in it. It’s pretty cheap and it also treats intestinal parasites if you mix it in their feed.

    • @BlueSpoonFarm
      @BlueSpoonFarm Před rokem

      These are stomach worms, DE doesn't effect those stomach worms. DE gets under the carapace of the bug and kills it, all bugs. DE kills good bugs too. Stomach worms do not have a carapace.

    • @Justthemow
      @Justthemow Před rokem

      @@BlueSpoonFarm as they eat it threw digestion it shreds there intestines no such thing as good bugs

    • @BlueSpoonFarm
      @BlueSpoonFarm Před rokem

      @@Justthemow that is not how DE works.

    • @Justthemow
      @Justthemow Před rokem

      @@BlueSpoonFarm yes it is I’ve done it to treat for bugs around my house for years and it’s the main ingredient in 7dust

  • @KPVFarmer
    @KPVFarmer Před rokem +1

    Another excellent video. Loved the combined expertise from both of you!

  • @tommytwothumbs9974
    @tommytwothumbs9974 Před rokem +4

    Your guides are amazing. Thank you so much.

  • @harvey_the_rabbit
    @harvey_the_rabbit Před rokem +7

    Great and instructive interview. I learned a LOT!

  • @elizabethdixon8038
    @elizabethdixon8038 Před 10 měsíci +2

    i just found your channel today, and it’s great. This interview was great, thanks so much.

  • @ChrisC1776
    @ChrisC1776 Před rokem +2

    That was great. Really helped answer some important questions for my daughter and I.

  • @Velacreations
    @Velacreations Před rokem +4

    I use electric on the outside of a mesh fence to be predator and hog proof. In other areas, I've excluded hogs with a single hot wire about 12" high. It works really well for that.

  • @Oasisearthfarm
    @Oasisearthfarm Před rokem +4

    Grace this was an excellent learning experience. I could have listened to you teo for another hour easily.

  • @elitesless1539
    @elitesless1539 Před rokem +3

    I loved this! Really great and informative information! Thank you so much! God Bless and Merry Christmas!

  • @DannyCreech
    @DannyCreech Před rokem +4

    What a FANTASTIC video!!! Great Information. Thank you for posting this. I gave you a big thumbs up.

  • @jabesm9
    @jabesm9 Před rokem +1

    A lot of this tips are super important. A lot to learn from this video. Thanks

  • @realtalk2036
    @realtalk2036 Před rokem +9

    recently purchased small acreage in southern Arkansas 🤠, I want to thank both Karl & yourself... this information will serve me well as I begin building my farm 🚜 God Bless... you both

    • @theShepherdess
      @theShepherdess  Před rokem +1

      Congratulations!!

    • @wongtani.ternak
      @wongtani.ternak Před 9 měsíci

      Salam ngarit salam sukses Real Talk 🐏🐐🐑

    • @tckingfish
      @tckingfish Před 7 měsíci +1

      I’m moving to SW Arkansas in January to start my homestead.

    • @realtalk2036
      @realtalk2036 Před 7 měsíci

      @tckingfish
      Don't know where you're moving from but there seems to be plenty of rainfall down here... And the heat and humidity can get downright unbearable.... I'm near hope arkansas how about you??

    • @realtalk2036
      @realtalk2036 Před 7 měsíci

      @@tckingfish
      Wish you the best

  • @cookingwithwine.9190
    @cookingwithwine.9190 Před rokem +3

    We have somewhere between 30-40 cross goats. We raise them for weed control as much as for love. (I do not use chemicals or sprays on my farm.) The sheep, though, are more profitable, IMO.

  • @desmomotodesmomoto2033
    @desmomotodesmomoto2033 Před rokem +1

    Thank you for this.
    Both been amazing.

  • @durgaprasadala
    @durgaprasadala Před rokem +5

    The knowledge and wisdom from this video is really helpful to new farmer like me, thank you, My contribution is to not skip the Ads.

  • @paoemantega8793
    @paoemantega8793 Před 17 hodinami

    Outstanding interview, tons of useful information! Bless you and thankyou!

  • @wendilamphear7667
    @wendilamphear7667 Před rokem

    Wonderful talk, thank you for sharing!

  • @StarvrosMitchell
    @StarvrosMitchell Před rokem +1

    Did the free webinar happen already? Once again thank you for all you do.

  • @michaelmorgan6154
    @michaelmorgan6154 Před rokem +3

    Another great vlog, goat is the most eaten meat in the world. I’ve not tried it, I think it would be a bit lean for my liking.😊but one thing with goats or sheep higher reproduction rate and much quicker to a saleable product.

  • @luisguerrero-jo4mi
    @luisguerrero-jo4mi Před 22 dny

    I recognize this man just by his voice.. first time I ever see his face, but I have watch some of his videos before so where here on CZcams.. great man!

  • @rashidsukhera8674
    @rashidsukhera8674 Před 9 měsíci

    Hello. It was awesome and so very informative. Thankyou sooo much and kindly keep it up. I am now one of your most loyal subscribers ❤

  • @Paul11B2P
    @Paul11B2P Před rokem +4

    Looking to your next episode 🎉🐏

  • @asktodd2000
    @asktodd2000 Před 6 měsíci +1

    Late to this video, but the information is still highly relevant and informative. Thank you for sharing the interview!

    • @CritterUprising
      @CritterUprising Před 6 měsíci

      Wishing you and your family always healthy and happy

  • @mimi27513
    @mimi27513 Před 10 měsíci +2

    Such great info! Thank you for putting this out there.

  • @diyside
    @diyside Před rokem +1

    This was really helpful. Thank you!

  • @jeffreywilson690
    @jeffreywilson690 Před rokem +4

    I've always said a whitetail is a woods goat

  • @calebfast8088
    @calebfast8088 Před 5 měsíci

    Awesome video, thanks! Tons of good info.

  • @mikeyaustin7526
    @mikeyaustin7526 Před rokem +7

    Ma'am I absolutely love your videos. This is insanely helpful, and I really appreciate your cadence and pronunciation which is fun, eloquent and easy to understand but it's never hyper or simplistic. Independent of the awesome content and everything, you are one of the best spoken youtubers I have ever seen. God bless

  • @ahmedstorage2998
    @ahmedstorage2998 Před rokem +1

    Great podcast. Thank you

  • @edwinmoore4560
    @edwinmoore4560 Před rokem +2

    Dang it guys you have a lot of good information

  • @Nelson_Nicholson
    @Nelson_Nicholson Před rokem

    Thanks for your time.

  • @michaelangelosmegaslicepiz2489

    Waooo, what a beautiful explanation, thank you so much, make me remembering my childhood, as a grew n a kurdish village with kangal dogs grazing sheeps, goats and cattles , Lady , wish that could find a lady like you toe my6 farmer queen,

  • @williamburke9947
    @williamburke9947 Před rokem +13

    So I’ve done some rotational grazing studies at UCSC, and one thing I learned is that yes the grass recovers in 30-45 days (depending on water) and can be grazed again but that 60 days gives enough time space for parasites to die off. Not sure if that is with 100% consistency but relevant info. Thank you so much for this wealth of information and content.
    I’m intending to do fire grazing with goats in the fire danger areas of the Santa Cruz Mountains, and I’m trying to figure out if milk or meat goats is a better fit for this business model. I’m guessing meat goats since they won’t always be on site for milking and I don’t want to miss milkings. I’ll still be getting some Milk goats for personal homestead food production but the logistics is a problem. I’m only worried about a good meat market for the goats, maybe the Hispanic population around here would like them but I don’t hear about Silicon Valley folk liking goat that often.

    • @jeannedigennaro6484
      @jeannedigennaro6484 Před rokem +3

      Carnivore diet people would be interested.

    • @BlueSpoonFarm
      @BlueSpoonFarm Před rokem +3

      60 days off pasture to guard against barber pole worm, is recommended by Cornell University. And, you have a Muslim community in your area who would probably buy goats to.

    • @Matt-tz4hn
      @Matt-tz4hn Před rokem +3

      I love goat, the price per pound here in Toronto Canada. Ranges from 13 to 18$ per pound.

    • @williamburke9947
      @williamburke9947 Před 7 měsíci

      @@BlueSpoonFarmthank you for the reference and another community to market to. I’m up on the land, off grid where I have permissions for a herd of goats, and I’m also aiming for mini sheep and Dexter cows for diversification and handling different brush layers.

  • @indiedavecomix3882
    @indiedavecomix3882 Před 10 měsíci +5

    Can you follow up your herds, rotating chickens or guinea fowl after the goats/sheep to clean up the parasites in the pasture?

    • @sherylpyers326
      @sherylpyers326 Před 10 měsíci +3

      I believe that is what Joel Salatin of Salad bar Beef does.

  • @koontzman123
    @koontzman123 Před rokem +3

    Do chickens and goats share the same parasites? Could you use the Joel Salatin method of following a herd with chickens and they will clean a paddock of pests? He does that with cows, what about goats?

  • @rickayers3150
    @rickayers3150 Před rokem

    Thank you. Great podcast

  • @Mansahx
    @Mansahx Před rokem

    Round of applause… great stuff. Learned more stuff lol. 👏🏾👏🏾

  • @debraspinks4312
    @debraspinks4312 Před měsícem

    Thank you both so much! Looking at goats for clearing poison ivy on about 4 acres. Very informative!

  • @brettbaer9804
    @brettbaer9804 Před rokem +3

    Excellent content. Because of its length, I put off watching for quite a while, so glad I made the time this morning. Great job tracking down some of the generous, friendly, experienced folks in your area for your own mentorship and sharing that gift more broadly. This stuff is truly some of the best elements of being involved in agriculture.

  • @nackyeads2508
    @nackyeads2508 Před 3 měsíci +1

    This was the best video ! Good info for me. I hope to get a few soon. I am burned out on goats not respecting the fences. I would like to try sheep.south central Kentucky. 35” average rainfall. Thanks again!

  • @rickythompson6154
    @rickythompson6154 Před 3 měsíci

    Great commentaries,like this

  • @bettyj2592
    @bettyj2592 Před rokem +1

    loved it

  • @wkp4139
    @wkp4139 Před rokem +1

    I love your videos and how you have branded you image

  • @redcossack245
    @redcossack245 Před rokem +1

    Very good video. No problem you went a bit long, well worth it!

  • @billc3405
    @billc3405 Před rokem +1

    Excellent thank you

  • @jamesalanstephensmith7930
    @jamesalanstephensmith7930 Před 2 měsíci

    Very informative!

  • @davidwatkins6687
    @davidwatkins6687 Před 8 měsíci

    Thanks for the info.

  • @shoshanafox727
    @shoshanafox727 Před 2 měsíci

    Awesome video. My family just bought 38 wooded and brushy acres in an area with 24" of precipitation, but most of that snow. We'd like to run goats. Lots of great info here. 😊👍👍

  • @faithwalker5196
    @faithwalker5196 Před 10 měsíci

    This was fantastic

  • @Shiloh3498
    @Shiloh3498 Před rokem

    This Minnesota goat rancher thanks you for this! 🤠👍

  • @wilde1909
    @wilde1909 Před rokem +8

    I am not a farmer, but am very curious about what it takes to be a farmer in todays world. I know nothing about goats, but found this discussion very interesting. As a typical grocery shopper I never think about about the farmer’s problems with parasites and the amount of pasture the farmer needs. Did I hear it right that a pasture of long grass creates less of a parasite problem than short pasture? If I heard right that’s the opposite of what this uninformed person would have thought.

    • @tezcatlipocagrande2231
      @tezcatlipocagrande2231 Před rokem +4

      Yes, that's right. The parasites spend their entire life cycles within inches of the soil (when not inside a host). If sheep or goats are forced to eat grass very close to the soil they will pick up much heavier parasite loads than ones that are allowed to eat the stems of longer grass.

    • @wongtani.ternak
      @wongtani.ternak Před 9 měsíci

      Salam ngarit salam sukses 🐏🐐🐑

  • @rondianderson4402
    @rondianderson4402 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Good fences make good goats!

  • @richardordonez8331
    @richardordonez8331 Před měsícem

    Good show

  • @mrid10t
    @mrid10t Před rokem +1

    do you or Karl utilize EBVs in your breeding/buying decisions? how do you determine what new genetic lines to add to your flock? (if i missed that in the video, just point me to the timestamp. i was working while listening so it's possible io missed that section)

  • @lobster5782
    @lobster5782 Před rokem +1

    Thank you for the video, really interested in goats! Can you interview a shepherd from California? It has a mediterranean-type climate and I've heard that in such climate rotational grazing is ineffective, as most grasses are annuals and don't really resprout.

  • @daynaandsteve
    @daynaandsteve Před rokem

    We get like 200 inches of rain a year and mid 70's to mid 80's year round.

  • @Nightowl5454
    @Nightowl5454 Před 8 měsíci

    A video from the Iowa organic association that I was watching the other day claimed that some round worm parasite species eggs on pasture were still viable for 4-6 years.

  • @Oasisearthfarm
    @Oasisearthfarm Před rokem +2

    I’ve been digging for the Clemson deworming dosage chart. Did anyone find it and if so could you share?

  • @MHow1900
    @MHow1900 Před rokem +2

    I use electric net fencing and have not had any predator issues.

  • @edwinmoore4560
    @edwinmoore4560 Před rokem +1

    Is it true that you need to rotate the different types of dewormers

  • @josephlouderback9767
    @josephlouderback9767 Před rokem +3

    I am in Missouri just east of KCMO and I am 70 years old and need to find help do you have any ideas 💡 FHA, college or?

  • @user-yn4ju7ve3r
    @user-yn4ju7ve3r Před 8 měsíci

    what age should you harvest free range boer goats and whats a natural wormer would diamascious earth work in water. What should be done if family bloodlines accidently breed? Thanks for your time and videos.

  • @curtishaynes7539
    @curtishaynes7539 Před rokem +2

    Where do you buy 600 goats from, I really would like to know.

  • @ronbrendag7131
    @ronbrendag7131 Před rokem +1

    How do guardian dogs react/interact with herding dogs?

  • @billfournier1043
    @billfournier1043 Před rokem +1

    The Turkish guard dog is called Kongal.

  • @dinshamsul2976
    @dinshamsul2976 Před rokem

    Oh nice

  • @user-km4sy5ef8y
    @user-km4sy5ef8y Před 9 měsíci

    Karl mentioned Clemson University worming calendar for goats. Do you have a link to this that you could share?

  • @RatherBeRanching
    @RatherBeRanching Před 3 měsíci +1

    I heard him say he’s in North East Texas. We’re in West Central Arkansas. Pretty close I think. I’m wondering if he’d allow anyone to go visit his farm. This is our first year doing goats and I would like to see his operation. Thanx

  • @herbertjacobs8422
    @herbertjacobs8422 Před 9 měsíci

    I have wanted to have goats for a while. I have just completed my enclosure. Now I need to work on the fence. I need help with nutrition

  • @nevinkuser9892
    @nevinkuser9892 Před 2 měsíci

    600 goats must have been the most fantastic lawnmower ever!

  • @loureaxreuben4999
    @loureaxreuben4999 Před 7 měsíci

    interesting

  • @Perelandra817
    @Perelandra817 Před rokem +1

    Thanks for the video! Where do you feel chicken rotations fit with possibly shortening the rotational grazing time?

    • @theShepherdess
      @theShepherdess  Před rokem +3

      Chickens will actually eat a lot of the grass, so I think it probably ends up being the same!

    • @BlueSpoonFarm
      @BlueSpoonFarm Před rokem +2

      Chickens will poop all over the pasture and the goats will not eat anything dirty. Chickens come after the goats. Keeps goats off pasture for 60 days. Chickens follow the goats 10 to 30 days after. That will give grass time to rest.

  • @BlueSpoonFarm
    @BlueSpoonFarm Před rokem +1

    @BlueSpoonFarm we are raising Boer Goats and wool sheep. Sheep cannot eat copper, goats need copper in their minerals to thrive. Boar buck should not be put with Boer bucklings. He will hump on them to the point of broken legs in your bucklings. Just don't do it. Kids and lambs for sale in NY in the spring.

  • @jennifervert2601
    @jennifervert2601 Před 9 dny

    Does the wormers and parasite drugs affect the meat or birthing?

  • @mihailb8280
    @mihailb8280 Před 3 měsíci +1

    This breed they are also for milk or only for meat ?

  • @shaynemcmillan8315
    @shaynemcmillan8315 Před 28 dny

    Bluefield Virginia 45 inches

  • @jht09
    @jht09 Před 2 měsíci

    What type of dog was best

  • @angelmeza6137
    @angelmeza6137 Před rokem +1

    Some of my sheep develop blindess i am treating them with oxytetracycline and an antimicrobial spray for the eyes i understand it comes and goes.. any advice on what to do once they get better

    • @cookingwithwine.9190
      @cookingwithwine.9190 Před rokem +1

      Use chamomile tea for eye issues. Restrain animal and use eye dropper to administer a few times daily to eyes.

  • @clintjohnson7023
    @clintjohnson7023 Před 13 dny

    Newbie wannabe here. I haven't started yet but ppan on raising goats. Maybe a few sheep. Ince i finish set up. My question on this video how in the world would you keep up with the foot work on 600 + goats

  • @timgruver5932
    @timgruver5932 Před rokem +1

    There are so many wild goats in Australia they are hunted 24/7/365 in the bush. Most just feed the meat to the dogs. A few will take prime pieces to the kitchen. Personally, from my limited experience of the meat I would just let it lay for scavengers to eat.

    • @BlueSpoonFarm
      @BlueSpoonFarm Před rokem

      Goat meat is delicious! Bucks may taste Bucky during breeding season.

    • @jmc8577
      @jmc8577 Před 10 měsíci +1

      Ethics is the biggest buyer. Aussies are accustom to bland meat

  • @breesechick
    @breesechick Před 6 měsíci

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    @breesechick Před 5 měsíci

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  • @johnskipper2619
    @johnskipper2619 Před 5 měsíci

    What about Donkeys for your livestock guardians?

  • @roland6954
    @roland6954 Před rokem +1

    I am researching about starting a goat business, meat goats, and maybe start with 10-12. Many have mentioned about having a "guard dog" because of potential harm from coyotes. How effective would a donkey or mule be for this purpose?? How well do goats get along with donkeys of mules?? Thanks!!!

    • @jamesmonarch3044
      @jamesmonarch3044 Před rokem +1

      Get an LGD. Love mine😘😘😘😘Every thing knows my dog on the job.

    • @sherylpyers326
      @sherylpyers326 Před 10 měsíci

      Apparently, donkeys are great guardians . I have heard of them kicking a coyote through the air and it ran away.

  • @jlawrence0181
    @jlawrence0181 Před rokem +1

    The biggest problem you have in the lamb market is that imported lamb from Australia and New Zealand are generally cheaper and of higher quality that their US counterparts.

    • @jmc8577
      @jmc8577 Před 10 měsíci +3

      Interesting. I'm an Aussie, just brought some cheapies $8 a sheep. A small roast lamb in the supermarket here is $15-18 a piece

  • @samnolan1065
    @samnolan1065 Před rokem +2

    How important is registration? Is a great unregistered herd for meat just as good as a registered herd for meat?

    • @theShepherdess
      @theShepherdess  Před rokem +2

      No need for registered animals of meat is the only goal. 👍🏻