Do you want to know when the best time to place
your boer goats for sale? How about planning your
breedings around known holidays?
I recommend you find out what the popular goat-eating
holidays are in your area. I did a little bit of
research, and this was the information I was able
to find about holiday dates at which meat goats
may be sold. Different areas of the country have
different events that are celebrated by different
groups of peoples. At some of those events, the
size issue comes into play. So, you have to know
what size animals are desired for the different
occasions. (Some want very young kids still nursing;
some want old bucks - without blemishes; some want
that 40 to 60 pound wether). Learning what size/type
animal is wanted by your buyers is as important
as knowing the holidays/events. It requires a little
bit of work on your part if you want to maximize
your income.
In doing my homework we learned Easter is a great
time for us to sell. We have to consult a calendar;
find out when Easter is going to be; back off two
weeks or to the nearest sale-barn selling date roughly
two weeks before Easter; back off 3 months for a
kidding date; then back off another 5 months for
a breeding date.So if Easter is on April 8, 2 weeks
prior to that is 25 March. 3 Months before that
is 25 December, and 5 months prior to that is August
25. Therefore, to have our "best" product
for an Easter sell, we should ensure we are breeding
in the last 2 weeks of August.
Of course, your breeding results may vary. Here
is what you have to do:
Once you know birth weights and
growing time, then you can calculate approximately
how long it's going to take your goats to reach
the optimum sell size.
