they are a source of meat
There are more than 300 types of goat in the world.
Producing meat
Too general. There are different type of goats, with individual breeds. To the best of my knowledge goats are raised for 3 things: meat, milk, and pets. There are also mountain gots, which are wild. There are 3 TYPES of goats. Goats raised for milk, fleece, and meat. Each type requires a specific breed for productivity Any breed of goat can be raised for a pet. Google Goat breeds, and you should find several. Some of the better known are; Oberhasli, Saanen, Nubian, Boer, Angora, Pygmy, Nigerian Dwarf, Tennessee Fainter, Kiko, Toggenburg. But there are a good 100 others that are not well known.
Boer goats originated in Africa. They now reside in most countries of the world. Boers are known as large breed, who does best in a hot dry climate, and who are meat producers, tho they are often crossed out with nubians for milk production.
You can raise cattle, sheep, goats, camels and/or yaks for milk, skin, meat and wool.
for meat, milk and/or fibre and to raise it
Boer's are ''the best'' (supposed to be), but Kiko & Spanish are also good, and, sometimes better, because they're hardier, and hardiness is vital, since most people who raise goats for meat raise them just on forage, and leave them on pasture most of the year.
Meat goats, dairy goats, fibre goats, pack goats and miniature goats.
There are two types of goats, that I know of, dairy and meat. Dairy goats are the ones you milk. Meat goats are sold at fairs for food.
Many humans raise goats for their meat as well as their milk. So if you want to consider that humans predating on goats, then yes.
the best chicken to raise for meat is the rhode island red
Boer, Spanish, and the Australian Kiko are the three most popular breeds of goats raised for their meat.
Boer goats are primarily meat goats.
Robinson Crusoe raised goats on the island. He initially found a few goats on the island and then captured and domesticated them, using them for milk, meat, and companionship.
There are more than 50 different types of goat breeds across the world. Some of these goats are used specifically for milk while others are raised just for the meat.
I don't know...livestock that are birds and livestock that are not birds? Canadian farmers raise beef, dairy, pork, lamb, eggs, mutton, goats, meat chickens, geese, ducks and turkeys.