Anyone know about Goats?? *Raising a goat for meat*

[Charlotte91]

OK, long story that I'm not going to get into....

But, we've found ourselves (very suddenly) with a goat. He's only about 2 days old, he still has his umbilical cord attached.

We're not getting too attached incase he dies, but he did survive the night...

We've got the right formula and stuff for him, and he's been having some bottles.

My question is, being a male goat, how old does he need to be to be slaughtered? We've decided to just eat him when he's old enough.

And how long does he have to be on bottles?