Raising Meat Goats for Profit

by Gail B. Bowman

A wonderful resource for goat breeders, Raising Meat Goats for Profit includes Information about the Meat Breeds, How to get started with meat production, Easy to use feed ration tables, Real advice for new breeders, Kidding and Raising Kids, How to sell your goats, Up-to-date informations about health and diseases, Recipe book, 250 pages of user friendly information!

Genres: Nonfiction

256 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1999

Reviews

[Matt · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty informative

[Ron · Rating 4 out of 5]

Easy read that address the issues around raising meat goats. Some of the information on goat prices/business plan seems dated, but the rest of the book has lots of god information for somebody interested in a primer on raising goats.

[Tamara Taylor · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very interesting and useful guide to raising meat goats. I am not a fan of the high grain diet for small ruminants that she proposes, but all in all there is a lot of really great information in this book. A must read if you are considering getting into the industry.

[David · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the best of all the goat-related books I have read. There are a lot of useful tables, charts, and recipes.

pg. 38 - housing and facilities for goats
pg. 91 - list of hazardous plants
pg. 91 - feed composition
pg. 215 - The Vet Kit

[Shane Westfall · Rating 5 out of 5]

Generally I am very partial to the Storey guides, but in this case I found Bowman's book to be signifigantly better.

[Donna · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent information from the author's years of experience.

[Ketan · Rating 5 out of 5]

its really worth reading...
its one of the best business to start with. if done well then it will reward you a lot.

[Me2 · Rating 4 out of 5]

This seemed like a good book for learning about the meat goat market.