local goats

Mr Hog,the Philippine local native is a meat goat,only produces enough milk for kidding,once you breed a local dam to a dairy sire the babies will be f1s and become dairy goats after the first generation,the key here is a top of the line sire for breeding.When buying goat(s) always look for goats that where born twins or better,alot of first time mothers only have a single at first.The cost of a herd I cannot help you with,one would have to check around their area to see what they sell for.Sometimes one can get a better deal if you buy a goat as a meat goat rather than as a breeder,tell the breeder you are looking for a meat goat,but when you get it back to your farm one uses it for breeding<I have done this myself,saves money,meat goats are for meat no one really cares what colour it is.The golden rule always buy the best that one can afford on their budget.The shelter for goats is not like building hog shelters.The first one we built was too low to the ground only 1 meter,our new one is approx 2 meters or 7 feet off the ground makes for easy cleaning.Copra and bamboo wood,like to use metal roof for maintance purposes.Research is the key,once you get your meat stall at your local market,buy a goat a process it and see how well it sells,if it sells well,then you know you have a local market for your product. Hope this may be of some help to you.
Like Doc Nemo said the native is small,once bred to a good sire the new f1 (hybred) is a better quailty product.The native has a good resistance to many health problems,and the native is a good breeder,In terms of meat production:the native is tops in 1)adaptability and reproductive.It has been my personal opinion and observation that mixes or crossbreeds or hybrids are healthy goats over the many fullbloods.
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