Do you butcher any of your goats?

[Hillsvale]

I have a nubian boer cross last year which went to freezer camp... if your serious about a good cross the nubians can produce a nice carcass, the dairy kids would probably be a bit scarce on meat

 

[wannacow]

I have a nubian that is in milk now, but am looking to breed her in the next couple of months. I have a saanen yearling that I want to breed this month. My problem is finding registered bucks around here. Maybe we'll try a boer buck... Hmmm. Another thing to think about. I am a first timer myself. I got my first goats in March so I am very much a newbie.

 

[kstaven]

If you find the taste a little strong for your taste then marinate it in some milk over night. Works well for wild game also.

 

[dhansen]

Thank you all for all the advise. I forgot about the soaking the meat in milk part, as it's been a few years since we had venison. I think I might have someone come to the house to do the butchering because I want my husband to actually eat some of it . The goat I have in mind is a nigerian dwarf wether so if we don't like the meat, we won't be wasting much! He is a spazz goat so I would not miss him a bit!
I finally milked one of my goats for our use and tricked my kids by putting it in the milk jug. It took 2 weeks for them to figure it out and they actually liked it. They don't mind drinking it now, but it's hard getting teenagers to try something new. I was pleasantly surprised at how yummy the milk is and will defintiely be drinking goat milk from now on.

 

[genuck]

I've eaten goat overseas before, no idea how old it was (the goat not the meat). To me it tasted like a more delicious lamb. You know, if lamb is good this was the 'OMG I never had such good lamb before' flavor.

Another way we've soaked venison is garlic powder and water over night. Haven't had any in a few years

 

[mydakota]

We eat goat. Up to about a year, we butcher like a deer with steaks, roasts, and some ground meat. Much older than a year and it's a "grinder". The flavor is delicious. There is not much fat, so we usually slow cook the roasts and they are very tender and tasty. We fry the steaks with a little Montreal Steak Seasoning and they are wonderful.

Around here we name all the wethers bound for freezer camp "Kenny". We have SpottedKenny, KennyRoanie, and KennyB at the moment. It is a reminder to the children not to get attached. (We are South Park fans, and in South Park "Kenny" gets killed in every episode). Sick humor, I know. If it has a real name? It is a keeper and you can get as attached as you want. This years "keepers" are DeeDee and Wendy.

 

[ksj0225]

We eat goat. Up to about a year, we butcher like a deer with steaks, roasts, and some ground meat. Much older than a year and it's a "grinder". The flavor is delicious. There is not much fat, so we usually slow cook the roasts and they are very tender and tasty. We fry the steaks with a little Montreal Steak Seasoning and they are wonderful.

Around here we name all the wethers bound for freezer camp "Kenny". We have SpottedKenny, KennyRoanie, and KennyB at the moment. It is a reminder to the children not to get attached. (We are South Park fans, and in South Park "Kenny" gets killed in every episode). Sick humor, I know. If it has a real name? It is a keeper and you can get as attached as you want. This years "keepers" are DeeDee and Wendy.

Love the Kenny reference...

 

[freemotion]

When I was a kid the steers were Big Mac and the wethers were Lambchop.

When you said Kenny I thought at first that it was a reference to the Kenmore freezer....

 

[dhansen]

My teenage boys were trying to decide who would do the "killing" part. Yuck! Too much info for me. One of them was in Tanzania for a few months this summer and said he ate a lot of goat meat and it was delicious. He said it was NEVER butchered the way we do in America, just chopped up!

 

[SheepGirl]

We also put alpaca in the freezer at the same time and have to admit that we like alpaca much more than goat.

I didn't know you could eat an alpaca! That must've been very expensive meat since alpacas cost over $3,000!