Pygmy Goats for meat

[Tehwrd]

Gosh - it's been a minute or two since I butchered a pygmy. Unfortunately, I've never weighed the goats or the yield. But, we did a smallish/young wether about 4 or 5 months old. He weighed "about" 40ish lbs. Meat yield was approximately only about 10 - 12 lbs, but through no fault of the goat. He'd been attacked by a dog and we lost both front legs/shoulders and neck because of the dog attack. If I were still raising pygmies I'd probably butcher around 9 - 12 months.

Thank you for such a quick reply! It does give me at least an idea. It seems difficult to find information about goats, beyond Boer for meat. We haven't eaten goat before, but we're looking for self sufficiency and planning to make some changes in our eating habits to accommodate that!