"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Many will agree there can be no greater joy than raising and nurturing animals. Whether they live inside ...

A meat goat is a breed that is specially bred and raised for meat. There are four main breeds raised for meat: Boer, Spanish meat goat, Kiko and Tennessee. The Churchill County Livestock Show and Sale ...

The average weight of a buck can be 115 kg, while does are 75 kg. Their mothering instincts are very good; they don’t need any help during parturition which eases its keeping very much. It got its ...

These goats aren't just useful livestock, they also make highly entertaining — and sometimes mischievous — companions. For centuries, humans have raised goats for milk, meat and fiber; as work animals ...

A few years ago, I ran a series of articles on understanding agriculture, designed for anyone in the general public who had an interest in understanding more about various agricultural crops and ...

Scientists in the country have started developing the fastest-growing meat-goat breed to improve the productivity of indigenous breeds, whose body weights are often small and grow slowly. Under the ...

The breed standards for the Boer goat, the White Savanah and the Kalahari Red are basically the same for body conformation and differ mainly regarding the colour of the coat and pigmentation. Goat ...

This breed takes the 7th place on our list of easiest goat breeds to raise, but this doesn’t mean that it lags behind. This is a real purpose-bred goat; developed in New Zeland as a pure meat breed.