Way to go! Hopefully my goats are still carrying my elk into my 70s
We tried goats and they can work very well but for us, the llamas worked out better. Good goats are easier to get and transport, though. Around here, the llama market has dried up and you can hardly find a decent one. Fencing in goats is much more difficult than llamas, too.
A llama in good shape can carry about 80 lb. That gray in the photo had 90 on him. He's big and strong so we always give him the heavy work. The way we cut them for packing, the hind quarters from a cow usually weigh 35 to 40lb. This time they weighed 45 each. This was a big cow. I have no idea what the total weight would be but the hind quarters give us some comparison.
3 llamas can handle a cow, 4 for a bull. I took 4 because 1 hauled our packs and a rifle.
