Boer and Osmanabadi discussion

[jaypees]

Dear All,

We have been hearing the question / rumour around Boer goat meat for quit while. We do had this question when we started our goat farm in sivagangai. we used to see in so many forums that people asking or conculding that boer meat may not taste good. But no one practically said we have tasted and it's not good.
We are running our goat farm near sivagangai for past one year , mostly we are crossing boer with thalacerry breed. We tried to find the answer for above question and below is what we did for this Diwali.

We opened our own Mutton Stall in one small town near Karaikudi (Sivagangai dist) . People from Tamilnadu may know that karaikudi (Chettinadu) is famous for Non-Veg food , so they know how mutton should taste. I know people from that area can find easy that whether the food is prepared in sheep / old / young goat by tasking the cooked food. We planned to use only 2 boerX male goat initially and had 3 more in stand-by. We advertised that the goats are from our farm and we won't use outside goats. Day before Diwali people started walked in to the shop to see the goats. We opened shop by 3AM and surpricingly by 6Am all 5 goat meats were sold and there were people waiting for the meat. that pushed us to called up the farm and brought another 2 goats . people were waiting for nearly an hour to get the meat since it took time for us to bring the goat from our farm which was 10km away from the stall. Evenwith 7 goats we were not able to supply to all people and few went with disappointment.

Our plan is to call few buyer in evening to get thier feedback . But we started getting calls from them by after noon saying "Meat taste is great and its like Dear meat " (i'm saying the words we heard from them ) they also asked when do we put the stall again . We told them we will plan for Pongal . Not only the buyer , we ourself tasted the meat and can say confidently it taste great.

Overall this story may look bigger but this will give the Truth behind Boer goat meat taste. I believe our experience will give confidence to farmers who are breeding Boer / Thalaserry goats.

AGARAM GOAT FARM , SIVAGANGAI - 9443189015

Nw its the matter of question who has tasted the deer meat??? Its 5yrs nw no butcher is buyin the boer x meat.....hw is ur meat shop goin...if its running plz giv address... i want to taste it first.....hw s boer goin othe than 4 breeding???plz discuss

 

[jaypees]

There is a lot of discussion and chatter about Boer and lately over Osmanabadi. While breeding and rearing Boer and Osmanabadi goats have obvious advantages in terms of size and weight - the mutton demand for these "premium" variety does not seem to be well established. This is especially important since people start goat farming with the expectation of selling the animals - so it should be confirmed if there is ready demand for the meat of these "premium varieties".

IF there are any Boer or Osmanabadi, wholesalers or meat processors on the forum, we would like to hear from you, especially if you are from Tamil Nadu, Karnataka or Kerela. It would be helpful to a lot of people plan to or have already invested in Boers, Osmanabadi, etc. Based on our research, there was almost no large scale demand for Boer or Osmanabadi live goats (for meat) in Chennai and Madurai markets. We have not explored additional markets yet.

In comparison, there is steady demand for country variety of goats. As expected, they do not have the same height or weight gains so the profit margins are smaller. With that said, the country goats are guaranteed to sell. Elsewhere I read that butchers, processors and restaurants cannot make out the difference once the animal is skinned. I can say from personal experience, that is NOT true when you ask such buyers. Butchers and cooks can definitely figure out if the meat is more muscular, less soft, greater fat content, etc. Some may not care but most will not want to buy such meat.

Helpful comments, guidance and market related infmton plz