How much meat do you get from.....

[Doglover]

From the following animals how much meat do you get at slaughter on average?

1. Small dairy bull
2. Dairy Goat wether
3. Meat Rabbit
4. Average Pig
5. Egg Laying breed Rooster
6. Sheep Mutton breed
7. Goose
8. White Tail Deer

Thanks for any info you can give.

[leera]

1. Small dairy bull (250-400lbs)
2. Dairy Goat wether (15-30lbs)
3. Meat Rabbit (3-7lbs)
4. Average Pig (100-200lbs)
5. Egg Laying breed Rooster(2-5lbs)
6. Sheep Mutton breed (40-90lbs)
7. Goose (7-15lbs)
8. White Tail Deer (big if here.......35-90lbs)



Is this a trick question?

They all have a "well it depends" answer.

;D

[Doglover]

Thanks very much for the info.......

No trick question, just wondering.

How much more meat would a Meat Breed goat give over the Dairy Goat Wether you mentioned.

[leera]

I have a book on goats,I'll get it out in the morning and see what it tells me,but I would imagine that a meat breed,like a Boer would end up being nearly twice as much meat as a dairy goat breed.

[leera]

OK,I have three books.........none of which mention anything about weight.They all just talk about butchering and how to,etc.........for goats and sheep.

But meat bred goats are just that........for meat,and will weigh a lot more than a diary goat.Some people butcher them as newborns,others keep them a while and butcher them at 6-8months.

But a lot of the figures will depend on what breeds,how old,nutrition they got,etc.......a well fed animal is going to weigh in at more than a not so well fed animal.

If you want both milk and meat,you could breed your diary doe to a Boer or Boer cross,and then you would still have your milker doe,and meat for the freezer.

I have not raised any of these critters,so all my knowledge is from books,until we get our property. :)

[Doglover]

Thanks for the info

[Doglover]

If you breed a Dairy Doe to a Meat Billy, won't the Doe have serious problems at delivery time? (Kid to big)

[wr]

In reality, the offspring generally grows and develops to the appropriate size of the dam's uterus but there are several mitigating factors that can come into play. It's not wise to try this with first timers, you want to breed for certain ease of delivery but feeding has a great impact on the size of your offspring. It's not uncommon for people to want to feed well in preparation of lactation but it's a very fine line because most of your growth (calves, lambs, goats etc.) comes in the final weeks and you can end up with an oversized baby more often from overfeeding than from the size of sire. I bred my highland cows to a limo bull last year and got very satisfactory results and no delivery problems whatsoever but they were all mature cows.