Great information! TFS. I just bred my boer/kiko doe to one of my pygmy bucks, trying to produce a small meat goat that an old lady like me can handle. (Pygmies were originally developed to be meat goats, before they became popular as pets.) If she "took," I may be processing my first goat around this time next year. If she didn't, and if she gets her head stuck one more time (after I horn-proofed my field fence by lining it with non-climb, she pried the gate off one hinge and got her head stuck in the resulting gap), I may be processing my first goat a whole lot sooner!
Thank you for the info! I have found several breeders in my state. I hope to be able to develop a herd within 2 years. Right after I get me a water tight fence. 😜
We just had our baby Boers born this week. They seem to be doing fine in the cold weather for now. Still building the heard up before we butcher any of them. Great video!
I have eaten both goat and lamb. The goats we raised (delicious) and the lamb came from the on base Commissary. That was probably much fresher than the grocery and so much cheaper. I bought the lamb chops and baked them in the oven. A little greasy but Oh so good.
I don't like lamb either. And I'm not a fan of mint, so there's no way for me to appreciate eating any sheep. Maybe those big, wild mountain sheep taste different, but if not, I wouldn't want to eat them either. I'm planning on starting up a little place sometime soon and raising goats for meat is certainly right up there beyond pigs and even chickens for meat. Also, people are waking up to the importance of animal protein in the human diet; we've been mislead about plant-based nutrition for a long time.
I have eaten a lot of lamb, especially in stew, but, Never, Ever, without taking every bit of fat and silver skin off...tiniest bit leaves ugly taste...ugh.
If you are interested in putting meat on the bone you may want to look into crossing with Myotonics! They have great parasite resistance and low maintenance hoofs like the Kiko but the have the highest meat to bone ratio of all the meat breeds. They do grow a little slower but some of that goes away with the cross and they also loose the fainting gene in a 50/50 cross. We raise pure myotonics and could send some pictures and things if you are interested in learning more about them.
Your live stream the other night followed by Dutch. Keep that chain going.Like a dare to other channels, but it would take planning. Try to keep a constant live streamish thru community channels.
Great video. I said my Boer goats to the processor and it runs me $99, that includes the butcher fee and cutting it up. I usually try and butcher mine out at a 100 to a 125 pounds but I have sent them weighing less than a 100. When I do that I only get about 52 to 58 lbs of meat. I have not tried the kiko cross but the Lamancha Boer cross produced a very meaty baby and fast growing. I was able to butcher at 9 months for a 125 pound goat. I too do not like mutton or lamb. I have noticed that my boar meat is not that much different then a mild venison or a little bit stronger beef. If I marinate my roast or chops in whole milk overnight it's not that much different than beef. Looking forward to finding out what the new animal is going to be on the property.
Goats are quite good looking creatures. Maybe not Lamancha goats...they look like someone cut their ears off...very odd looking. Boer goats are, in my opinion, the best looking goat breed. But that one goat of Daniel's...the spotted one...shades of brown in spots....is a very good looking goat. And goats are surprisingly social. They love attention and being petted....provided they are used to human interaction. I think of goats as 4 wheel drive dogs. Lots of similarities in their social connection to humans.
andrew k. ennis Andy You have no idea!! I’m going to upload a video eating deer brains next week ... it won’t get the views that the mountain oyster video got , but it was delicious!
We currently have Boers and one Spanish goat. We also breed for kidding in Jan. I have not eaten goat yet. Great video I was wondering when to butcher we have alot of hispanic and middle eastern that buy goats. We plan to sell as 4-h projects they bring more money that way.
Daniel, this video was very informative good composition of Keko goat's, Boar goat's, and the such. one question though is have your goat's stayed out on pasture longer then a day at a time? I know you have said you do have coyotes? Do you loose many goat's to the coyotes?
I am buying some very high quality Nubian doelings in a couple months, for milk. BUT once we get moved to our homestead and pastures are in place, breeding to a Boer for dual purpose kids sounds like a fabulous idea!! I can raise both purebred milk/show Nubians and Nubian/Boer cross for milk and meat ...wonderful!
Ok skip my last question this video answered it thank you for all your videos they are very informative my question now is price wise let's say I don't have but maybe a acre I buy 2 meat goats and I feed them grain and hay for the 6 months or so before I process them when it's all broke down including the processing fee when it's all said and down how much per pound will I have in them..im curious about cost effectiveness ..my dad would buy a cow and hog to stock our freezer every year but he didn't raise them and all that he go pick them out and go back when it's over and pick up the meat he said it was cheaper than buying the same meat at the grocery store
With our boers we eat our less desirable ones that wont sell as good. (Small ones that have flaws that we dont want to breed) We happen to love our boers. I have heard that they can have major issues. We do have to put ours in to keep the babies warm but so far we have had great mothers.
Scenario... 1 buck, 1 doe in a portable electric net/ fence that gets moved as needed. Assuming to expect two kids that would then be dispatched for personal consumption at weight. Then rinse and repeat. Is that a feasible option? In east tennessee, 10 acres.
I know that taste in lamb you're talking about and it's horrible but not all lamb has that taste. I've had Australian grass fed lamb and it was great. I guess its a roll of the dice 🤔
I too have seen the comments asking what breed bear is smh you should juz add it to your name Arms Family Homestead (Bears a Anatolian shep. X breed) lol
Another good video AFM. And I figured out what you can do for the haters. Take down their names, and make an uncut video of you putting down and harvesting the smallest cutest goat you have, and put all their names in the video dedicating the video to them. And tell them you will make another video like it and dedicate in their name every time they leave or send you a hateful comment.. lol. And I say just make it an uncute video so that you don't waste time editing it, because you know it will get demonetized. Just a thought.. lol. I'm really not a mean person, but hey, I myself get tired of seeing them attack others and wish bad things onto them and their families. I hope you're having a great weekend.
Daniel where is the link to the video you made about the Kiko farm you got your goats from? Cant seem to find it. I know your busy but if you have a chance can you point me to it?
After eating some mutton one time I knew I didn't like it but my friend kept saying oh man it just wasn't cooked right, try some of mine. Wrong, I can't stand it. Goat is good LOL. I am curious about the one calico looking goat. That's a weird color, at least to me. What kind is it? Mix I'm assuming. I liked your video Daniel You stay safe. To you vegans, I had meat every day this week and am going to have some more tonight but never fear I'm gonna eat some dead veggies too. Later Okie
Haha, I detest the taste of lamb, too. I don’t understand how people go crazy over lamb chops. To me, they taste disgusting. My local farmer’s market sells goat meat. Maybe I’ll try it.
May I buy one from you for my German Shepherd to play with? I drive to okc all the time. May I buy one on the way driving there. Peter from Dallas. Thanks
Daniel I have shared the info I learned from your vids with a guy that works with me from Guthrie who has Boar goats. He is now thinking of switching to Kiko once he stop his children from making pets out of them. A question I have is in your opinion would Kiko's make a good dual breed goat? I know most people have smaller breeds for dual purpose but most are high maintenance and I like to theory of no worms and not having to trim as often.
@@ArmsFamilyHomestead That is what I was thinking but most breeds of dairy goats are bad mothers and high maintenance that is why I was thinking Kiko because I was I like your method of raising goats. Have you ever heard of anyone doing this?
I have herd of people milking Kiko’s and they say they do pretty good as a dual purpose breed, and I have also cross bread my Kiko bucks with my one Nubian nanny and the cross are not as parasite resistant as my Kiko’s are, but they better than the my full Nubian.
Houston, I hit the "Fanotification bell" after I watched your first video. When are you going to set your sidekick Daniel free? He seems to be hogging your channel.😂😂😂
Has anyone ever tried "Raw Goat Meat"? I learned to eat it while I was in the U.S. Navy. Great Stuff! All it is, is that you would slice the meat into thin strips into a bowl, squeeze some Lemon or Calamanci (It's like a Lime/Lemon citrus) on it, place it into a fridge for a couple of hours and than, enjoy.
Wait…. How can you get rid of your kids? Like for adoption? And why would you want your kids to be born in a pasture? Why not a hospital? Oklahomas weird
you just castrating with the banding goats just so you don't have to eat mountain oysters haha I don't blame you, probably just so bear could eat them or the dogs can eat them
after watching your today's video Jan 7 on how good goat is, it is just you talking, you say you will preach it over and over, i think you would do more good if you put your wife and kids on to say what they truly say about it, i my self have kill thousands of goats in my younger years working on a kill floor plus i use to have my own, and it is good, but it also boils down to what your feeding as well, so give a lot of corn and like anything else the meat has that corn taste, same applies what your goats eat out in the woods a lot of
I like how you take time to consider other cultures and traditions. 👍🏼 And makes good business sense.
Good video and answers. Bear is definitely not camera shy. He's there because he wants his own UA-cam show.
I love your videos about the goats they help me with my own herd !
Great information! TFS. I just bred my boer/kiko doe to one of my pygmy bucks, trying to produce a small meat goat that an old lady like me can handle. (Pygmies were originally developed to be meat goats, before they became popular as pets.) If she "took," I may be processing my first goat around this time next year. If she didn't, and if she gets her head stuck one more time (after I horn-proofed my field fence by lining it with non-climb, she pried the gate off one hinge and got her head stuck in the resulting gap), I may be processing my first goat a whole lot sooner!
Thank you for the info! I have found several breeders in my state. I hope to be able to develop a herd within 2 years. Right after I get me a water tight fence. 😜
Love all the videos. I started with Battlbox for my husband for Christmas. We started with the BIG box and some of there Friday flash sale items.
You covered alot of information about the goats, that I never knew about, thanks!! Happy New Year to a awesome family!!
Arms Family Homestead thanks for the update in a well prepared video.
That is some good information for people who might be thinking about getting into raising goats.
Like your goat vids. Learning a lot from you about raising them.
We just had our baby Boers born this week. They seem to be doing fine in the cold weather for now. Still building the heard up before we butcher any of them. Great video!
Glad I am not the only one who likes hearing.....fuh-notification 🔔
We love yall and as always God bless
I enjoyed this video -- thanks for the information on goats.
Lol, "fanotification bell". Houston is so adorable!
Daniel - Love all of your videos
That is interesting your reasoning for birthing the kids around January or February. I might want to start doing this also with my Boer goats.
Thanks man. Super helpful.
Thanks for the tips.
Great advice. Ty I just have dairy goats for now.
I have eaten both goat and lamb. The goats we raised (delicious) and the lamb came from the on base Commissary. That was probably much fresher than the grocery and so much cheaper. I bought the lamb chops and baked them in the oven. A little greasy but Oh so good.
I don't like lamb either. And I'm not a fan of mint, so there's no way for me to appreciate eating any sheep. Maybe those big, wild mountain sheep taste different, but if not, I wouldn't want to eat them either. I'm planning on starting up a little place sometime soon and raising goats for meat is certainly right up there beyond pigs and even chickens for meat.
Also, people are waking up to the importance of animal protein in the human diet; we've been mislead about plant-based nutrition for a long time.
I have eaten a lot of lamb, especially in stew, but, Never, Ever, without taking every bit of fat and silver skin off...tiniest bit leaves ugly taste...ugh.
I put my kiko’s on grain the week before we harvest and completely changes the flavor. Makes them much sweeter and less game tasting.
Great info I've been raising hogs and looking to change it up and I have been asked by several people to raise some for them
I'm in the top 4 comments!!!
Where is the early squad at?
As always, great video.🙂
If you are interested in putting meat on the bone you may want to look into crossing with Myotonics! They have great parasite resistance and low maintenance hoofs like the Kiko but the have the highest meat to bone ratio of all the meat breeds. They do grow a little slower but some of that goes away with the cross and they also loose the fainting gene in a 50/50 cross. We raise pure myotonics and could send some pictures and things if you are interested in learning more about them.
So fun to see the show stealers behind you.
Your live stream the other night followed by Dutch. Keep that chain going.Like a dare to other channels, but it would take planning. Try to keep a constant live streamish thru community channels.
I’ll give it a like because it was good and it angers the haters. Lol
Good information.
Great video. I said my Boer goats to the processor and it runs me $99, that includes the butcher fee and cutting it up. I usually try and butcher mine out at a 100 to a 125 pounds but I have sent them weighing less than a 100. When I do that I only get about 52 to 58 lbs of meat. I have not tried the kiko cross but the Lamancha Boer cross produced a very meaty baby and fast growing. I was able to butcher at 9 months for a 125 pound goat.
I too do not like mutton or lamb. I have noticed that my boar meat is not that much different then a mild venison or a little bit stronger beef. If I marinate my roast or chops in whole milk overnight it's not that much different than beef.
Looking forward to finding out what the new animal is going to be on the property.
I think it tastes like a cross between venison and beef. And I have eaten a lot of goat meat.
So, better than lamb, would you say?
@@meredithr9824 I don't know if it's better, but different
enjoyed your video
TY.
I'm probably one of very few, but I thinks the goats are an attractive animal.
Goats are quite good looking creatures. Maybe not Lamancha goats...they look like someone cut their ears off...very odd looking. Boer goats are, in my opinion, the best looking goat breed. But that one goat of Daniel's...the spotted one...shades of brown in spots....is a very good looking goat. And goats are surprisingly social. They love attention and being petted....provided they are used to human interaction. I think of goats as 4 wheel drive dogs. Lots of similarities in their social connection to humans.
Virginia Reid. Yes, you and about 10 million Muslim men!😂😂😂😂
@@McGieHomesteadAdventures You gotta be a Jarhead !?
andrew k. ennis Andy You have no idea!! I’m going to upload a video eating deer brains next week ... it won’t get the views that the mountain oyster video got , but it was delicious!
Cheap dates too.
Thank you
Great video as always....and Roll Tide!!!! :-)
The mountain oysters are the best part! A little high in cholesterol....but delicious nonetheless!
Goats are darn good eating and good for you just an all around livestock
We currently have Boers and one Spanish goat. We also breed for kidding in Jan. I have not eaten goat yet. Great video I was wondering when to butcher we have alot of hispanic and middle eastern that buy goats. We plan to sell as 4-h projects they bring more money that way.
Bella, get away from the tripod!....ha.
Daniel, this video was very informative good composition of Keko goat's, Boar goat's, and the such. one question though is have your goat's stayed out on pasture longer then a day at a time? I know you have said you do have coyotes? Do you loose many goat's to the coyotes?
No they always come back to the barn several times per day and every night.
I am buying some very high quality Nubian doelings in a couple months, for milk. BUT once we get moved to our homestead and pastures are in place, breeding to a Boer for dual purpose kids sounds like a fabulous idea!! I can raise both purebred milk/show Nubians and Nubian/Boer cross for milk and meat ...wonderful!
Ok skip my last question this video answered it thank you for all your videos they are very informative my question now is price wise let's say I don't have but maybe a acre I buy 2 meat goats and I feed them grain and hay for the 6 months or so before I process them when it's all broke down including the processing fee when it's all said and down how much per pound will I have in them..im curious about cost effectiveness ..my dad would buy a cow and hog to stock our freezer every year but he didn't raise them and all that he go pick them out and go back when it's over and pick up the meat he said it was cheaper than buying the same meat at the grocery store
Goat is meet is 👏🏻
Pant ... Pant... Pant... You can always tell when Bella's around... Lol.
Bella and Bear are great co-stars.
Just want to say thank you for all the information we love having goats and your videos help us with a lot of issues
Great video. New subscriber here!
I think I'm convinced to get kikos, when I can start up with goats. 2020 or 2021.
With our boers we eat our less desirable ones that wont sell as good. (Small ones that have flaws that we dont want to breed) We happen to love our boers. I have heard that they can have major issues. We do have to put ours in to keep the babies warm but so far we have had great mothers.
Great video once again. Why dont you process your own goat? Is it anything like processing your own deer? I hope you all had a Merry Christmas.
It would be much like processing a deer. We just chose to send the out to be processed.
Scenario...
1 buck, 1 doe in a portable electric net/ fence that gets moved as needed. Assuming to expect two kids that would then be dispatched for personal consumption at weight. Then rinse and repeat.
Is that a feasible option? In east tennessee, 10 acres.
I processed a goat for New Year’s
When’s the Boer buck coming 👀👀? I have boer goats and been wanting to start a channel on a small land and show how it’s done
I know that taste in lamb you're talking about and it's horrible but not all lamb has that taste. I've had Australian grass fed lamb and it was great. I guess its a roll of the dice 🤔
I've heard that meat from hair sheep (blackbelly, khatadin, dorper, etc.) is not nearly as gamey as meat from wool sheep (merino, rambouillet, etc.).
Catching up on some older vlogs. How often do you have to worm/vaccinate your goats?
Good video, my buck is for sale soon. Lol..
Born in winter usually means you wean them in spring which means they get the good grass as they come off mum
How much room does a billy and a wethers need when they're separated from the does?
“...and half random neighbor dawg.” Now that’s the funny truth.
Whatever you do, do not butcher the scapegoat!
I too have seen the comments asking what breed bear is smh you should juz add it to your name Arms Family Homestead (Bears a Anatolian shep. X breed) lol
Another good video AFM.
And I figured out what you can do for the haters. Take down their names, and make an uncut video of you putting down and harvesting the smallest cutest goat you have, and put all their names in the video dedicating the video to them. And tell them you will make another video like it and dedicate in their name every time they leave or send you a hateful comment.. lol. And I say just make it an uncute video so that you don't waste time editing it, because you know it will get demonetized. Just a thought.. lol. I'm really not a mean person, but hey, I myself get tired of seeing them attack others and wish bad things onto them and their families.
I hope you're having a great weekend.
cool idea but then people will complain about that too lol
You are too cruel. Shame on you. At least you could say something nice.
im of the opinion that it was true and not tyvm
I think you all need to MYOB and let Daniel handle the haters. Take a chill pill.
@@rsoubiea, Yet here you are in other peoples business.. hmmm.. :))
i love goat meat any way you make it, but i have never liked lamb its too oily and dry and yes i have tried it made lots of different way
Yum goat summer sausage
Great video, very informative. Do you only have one billy? Do you keep him separated when not trying to breed? Love watching your videos.
Yes I just have one. He is only out with the does during breeding season and up until we get close to kidding.
@@ArmsFamilyHomestead do you sell the kids or do you keep them? Asking so I understand how you keep from inbreeding the offspring with the father.
Daniel where is the link to the video you made about the Kiko farm you got your goats from? Cant seem to find it. I know your busy but if you have a chance can you point me to it?
ua-cam.com/video/Ke-sCmH4fjg/v-deo.html
My husband can make some of the best lamb I've ever had, i agree goat tastes a little bit like good venison
Nice goat video but you left us hanging on the new fence what's up with that?
Still working on it.
As a farmer, can you process the goat yourself if it's for own consumtion
After eating some mutton one time I knew I didn't like it but my friend kept saying oh man it just wasn't cooked right, try some of mine. Wrong, I can't stand it. Goat is good LOL. I am curious about the one calico looking goat. That's a weird color, at least to me. What kind is it? Mix I'm assuming. I liked your video Daniel You stay safe. To you vegans, I had meat every day this week and am going to have some more tonight but never fear I'm gonna eat some dead veggies too. Later Okie
She is a mix but mostly a spotted Boer goat.
Haha, I detest the taste of lamb, too. I don’t understand how people go crazy over lamb chops. To me, they taste disgusting.
My local farmer’s market sells goat meat. Maybe I’ll try it.
Well I like it all...ill bring you some lamb chops...i bet you will like them, let me cook them lol
Do Nigerian dwarf goats taste ok? Can I use them as meat goats?
4:27 background lol
May I buy one from you for my German Shepherd to play with? I drive to okc all the time. May I buy one on the way driving there. Peter from Dallas. Thanks
Did you guys get fat added to your ground goat meat?
Have you ever made jerky out of your goat meat? If so does it taste like venison jerky?
We haven’t yet
Daniel I have shared the info I learned from your vids with a guy that works with me from Guthrie who has Boar goats. He is now thinking of switching to Kiko once he stop his children from making pets out of them. A question I have is in your opinion would Kiko's make a good dual breed goat? I know most people have smaller breeds for dual purpose but most are high maintenance and I like to theory of no worms and not having to trim as often.
I'm sure if you mixed in some dairy lines you could get some good dual purpose goats.
@@ArmsFamilyHomestead That is what I was thinking but most breeds of dairy goats are bad mothers and high maintenance that is why I was thinking Kiko because I was I like your method of raising goats. Have you ever heard of anyone doing this?
I have herd of people milking Kiko’s and they say they do pretty good as a dual purpose breed, and I have also cross bread my Kiko bucks with my one Nubian nanny and the cross are not as parasite resistant as my Kiko’s are, but they better than the my full Nubian.
Houston, I hit the "Fanotification bell" after I watched your first video. When are you going to set your sidekick Daniel free? He seems to be hogging your channel.😂😂😂
What breed would be good for milk, meat, and fiber?
I’m not sure
Hey
Roll tide
Has anyone ever tried "Raw Goat Meat"? I learned to eat it while I was in the U.S. Navy. Great Stuff! All it is, is that you would slice the meat into thin strips into a bowl, squeeze some Lemon or Calamanci (It's like a Lime/Lemon citrus) on it, place it into a fridge for a couple of hours and than, enjoy.
were both of your other children blonde when they were younger?
Yes but not as blonde at Houston is.
I love goat but lamb taste real gamey I made lamb once and I threw all of it away extreme wild taste
Wait…. How can you get rid of your kids? Like for adoption? And why would you want your kids to be born in a pasture? Why not a hospital? Oklahomas weird
how can you not like lamb its good make some gyros
Daniel! Why does Dutch have 10k more viewers than you? How could that happen?????😂🤣😂🤣
Lol, I guess he’s just a better UA-camr!
Shoot we all know the real reason I have more Subscribers is....im just so much better looking then my buddy Daniel hahaha...
In the world goat meat is the highest consumed meat. Just here in the USA goat is not in high demand.
you just castrating with the banding goats just so you don't have to eat mountain oysters haha I don't blame you, probably just so bear could eat them or the dogs can eat them
Wool sheep tastes gamey, hair sheep do not. Just like goats, different breeds taste different.
I have to disagree about taste. Wethers have a much more mild taste than intact bucks in my experience.
after watching your today's video Jan 7 on how good goat is, it is just you talking, you say you will preach it over and over, i think you would do more good if you put your wife and kids on to say what they truly say about it, i my self have kill thousands of goats in my younger years working on a kill floor plus i use to have my own, and it is good, but it also boils down to what your feeding as well, so give a lot of corn and like anything else the meat has that corn taste, same applies what your goats eat out in the woods a lot of
Goats taste better than sheep
Wait you dont do the butcher selection by the most agravating goat? lol jk
When people ask what goat tastes like tell them the truth it tastes like goat . !
Ps maybe learn to process them ,,,save a fortune.
but hey they cant eat you coz ur meat haha. shooo them aliens awayyy. lol