LIVESTOCK
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Their meat is succulent with
good flavour and is very low
in cholesterol.
Their production environment
includes hot, dry to hot,
humid bushveld and savannah.
It is not unusual for a flock to
have a 190% kidding rate. In
one year, 50% of the ewes
give a single kid and the other
50% twins or triplets on the
first kidding for the year. On
the second kidding in the
same year, 50% of the ewes
will probably kid, of which
50% produce singles and the
other 50% twins.
Products include meat; skins
with a great
variety of
beautiful
colour
patterns that
can be used
in making
value-added
“hair-on”
items;
quality
Twin births, and even triplets, are common
muzzle, chest, back and
lower legs, which protects
them from the sun.
They have a wide variety of
colours and colour patterns
which helps in camouflaging
and make them difficult to be
spotted by predators.
Most indigenous goats grow
cashmere between their hairs
in the cold winter season to
protect them. In summer they
shed this woolly cashmere