BEST 3 MEAT BREEDS OF GOAT FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSE

Boer Doe & kids

Buck Boer goat

Boer goats
Commonly have white bodies and distinctive brown heads. Some Boer goats can be completely brown or white or paint, which means large spots of a different color are on their bodies. Like the Nubian goat, they possess long, pendulous ears. They are noted for being docile, fast-growing and having high fertility rates. Does are reported to have superior mothering abilities as compared to other breeds. Due to their productivity traits, Boer goats do have multiple births as a norm rather than an exception. Boer goats have a high resistance to disease and adapt well to hot, dry semideserts. Boer goats tend to gain weight at about the same rate as their sire, so a buck from a proven fast-growing bloodline will command the highest price, as its offspring tend to also be fast growers. The kid of a proven fast-growing sire might weigh 36 kg (79 lb) at 90 days.

Savanna white Doe & her kids

Savanna white Buck

Savanna goat:
It is a large framed, well-muscled breed primarily used for meat. They typically have white coats. Savanna goats have good reproductive traits: high fertility, mothering ability, and milk production, a high twinning rate, and their kids have a good and fast growth rate.

Kalahari red Buck

Kalahari red Doe & her kids

The Kalahari Red is a breed of goat generally used in meat production
Special features:
As a hardy well-adapted breed with good foraging abilities, this goat is a typical little care- high yield breed. Excellent mothering ability, highly efficient foragers. High fertility and excellent conception rate and Multiple births-twins and triplets

Note;
There are a number of important factors that can influence the rate of successful multiple births. One of which is nutrition. Does should be given quality feed in sufficient quantities for them to give multiple births. One of the ways to achieve this is by adopting a flush feeding system, whereby does are put on a good quality pasture or provided with extra nutrition starting from about four weeks before the breeding season.

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