Are Angora Goats Good For Meat? (Helpful Content!)

 

While Angora goats certainly are good for meat to a degree, if what you’re looking for is the best meat breed you can find, an Angora goat probably is not the best choice.

If you’re looking for something of an all-rounder that can provide fiber and meat, then an Angora goat is a good choice.

Let’s find out more.

Can you eat Angora goats?

Yes, you certainly can eat Angora goats.

Indeed, in parts of the world, as I mentioned, Angora goat meat is the preferred goat meat and is enjoyed by large parts of the population.

The meat is famously finer in texture as well as sweeter in taste.

You might say that it is a fine delicacy in that sense, but ultimately not to the extent of being a highly profitable kind of meat.

If you are looking to raise goats simply for your own meat supply, then Angora goats are certainly an option.

If what you want out of your meat goats is a finer taste, as opposed to the highest yield and most efficient meat goat, then an Angora goat could be a good option.

But if this, specifically, is not what you want out of your meat goats, then Angora goats are not the best choice.  

It’s also due in large part to the age of the goat.

The older the goat gets, the less nutritious the meat is and the less tasty it will end up becoming.

So, if you were butchering Angora goats for your own meat supply, you would need to be slaughtering them at a very young age.

In short, yes you can eat Angora goats.

However, unless you happen to be particularly crazy about the taste of Angora goat meat, there are countless better options for goat breeds you can raise for their meat.

Indeed, even if you are very fond of Angora meat, there may well be a better meat goat whose taste and texture you prefer.

So, what about profitability?

 

Is Angora goat meat profitable?

Angora goat meat really is not very profitable, relatively speaking.

As I said, though it is considered a delicacy in certain parts of the world, you can rest assured that those parts of the world are well stocked on local supply.

Most people won’t be looking to import their goat meat from across the world.

Being essentially locked out of the only market in which these goats might be profitable for their meat, there’s really no clear path to making a profit from Angora goat meat.

There won’t be much demand for it compared with other kinds of goat meat, and the price will be very low to begin with.

As I mentioned, you may be able to make a higher profit on the meat of kids rather than adult goats, but it won’t really be enough to make a difference.

Angora goats are reared all over the world and they certainly are profitable when used in the right way—just not when being raised for their meat.

How can you make money with them, then?

 

Can you make money with Angora goats?

You can make money with Angora goats, and the main way you’re going to do this is through their fiber.

This is the famous mohair fiber that makes Angora goats grow a woollen-looking coat like a sheep, and is the number one reason Angora goats are raised.

With a good yield, as well as increasing profit margins by using fiber to make things, mohair can be a very profitable business.

Any professional Angora goat farmers will be selling their fiber and not their meat.

So, again, while they produce tasty meat, they produce a far more profitable fiber.

This is the primary use of Angora goats, and they are reared around the world for this famous, expensive fiber.

What is a profitable meat goat, then?

 

What is the most profitable meat goat breed?

Without doubt the single most profitable meat goat breed is the Boer goat.

This goat was originally bred in South Africa in the early 20^th Century, and has since become the best meat goat breed in the whole world without question.

It produces a very high yield, the goats themselves are very hardy and can put up well with a variety of climates, making them extremely profitable for meat in the right hands.

Angora goats would not even come into such a list.

In some rather specific circumstances, their meat may be profitable, but there are probably a dozen or more other breeds that produce better meat and a higher yield that would be the better choice.

Other than the Boer, breeds like the Nubian goat, the Saanen, or the Spanish goat would make better choices still than the Angora goat.

 

So, if you’re looking purely for profit from meat, then an Angora goat is far from the best choice.

They produce good meat that is tasty, but they don’t produce a high enough yield to make them a good choice.

Even then, though their meat is highly edible, it’s far from the most favored of varieties of goat meat, so you’ve got plenty of other better options.

 

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