SteelMeadow's Meat Goats

Our Goats

We have a vision of what meat goats should be, and this can vary greatly from farm to farm, person to person, day to day, year to year... At SteelMeadow Farm it means:

* Low maintenance; good foragers

* Good feet; resistance to hoof rot/scald

* Super kidding ease and mothering ability

* Excellent milkers; fast gain

* Year-round reproductive ability

* Market quality; long back and decent muscling

These qualities are hard to find within a single breed and that is why we choose to raise goats from a "broader" gene-pool. Our large Valera-line does and buck "Pedro" are from Eastern Virginia. For Spanish goats they are larger than average Spanish with nice long backbones. They breed year-round and have excellent mothering ability. Their kids grow fast.

With our recent addition of Pape Spanish does from south-central Texas, we hope to add a rounder/ thicker frame to our goats, as well as even tougher feet. (The Texas does have hooves of iron!) These does are smaller than the Valera, but we will "breed up" their kids with a Valera buck, their fluffy cashmere coats keep them warm.

We continue to pick and choose our goats carefully as we develop our herds. What works, stays- and what doesn't- goes. Goats multiply almost like rabbits- a small herd can increase quickly. We soon hope to be able to offer replacement does in addition to our market goats.