I've raised goats, mostly dairy, on and off of r25 years. Also barbado sheep. They are both delicious. The older ones make fine hambuger or sausage, especially if mixed with pork. We have lots of feral hogs so that is easy enough. Or raise a domestic hog or buying a bit of pork to mix with an old goat is easy. You can have the sausage seasoned however you like. Young animals are good anyway you fix them but sell faster than you can raise them down here as cabrito kids. I milk, make butter etc, have meat, weed eaters and don't see how that reduces my "credibility". I have Livestock Guardian Dogs (Great Pyrenees) Australian Shepherds and a herd of donkeys and have not had a goat death from a predator in about 8 or 10 years. We live in the wild country were there are cougars, wolves and coyotes. Having the right dogs help. I have found the worst problem to be roaming domestic dogs that kill. Just keep your shotgun handy if you don't have good guard animals. My goats ran free for yrs. without any fencing on the ranch until some neighbors moved in to the next ranch and they were a bit too close for my many roaming goats and Barbados. That ended my lovely free ranging and "park-like pastures".
