The Cockerham Herd of Pedigree Meat Goats was established in 2001 making it one of the countries longest established herds of goats raised purely for their meat products. Owned by Chris and Sharon Peacock the herd is based on the Boer using only top quality 100% Boer males alongside over 100 Boer and cross bred Boer females and a small number of cashmere females and their boer crosses (the cashmere has a good carcass conformation and adds its hardiness to the herd.) The size of the herd means that it is able to run in a commercial manner whilst retaining its levels of individual care which are afforded to its animlas
Dedicated to producing only high quality goat meat Cockerham Boers does not buy in any livestock to fatten or meat products meaning that all its meat animals are born and reared on site. This allows there to be full traceability of the products and the consumer can be certain of the high levels of care afforded to both the live animals and the meat products. With a waiting list for meat products, a large proportion of the meat is sold to repeat customers who come back time again to a product they are sure will be of a high standard, new customers regularly find the web page www.goat-meat.co.uk and most enquiries lead to meat purchases.
These high standards are also used in the herd replacement policy to ensure the herd is gradually developing to give not only a well conformed animal with a high quality carcasss but also to begin to develop an animal with higher health and lower requirements gradually widening the profit margins. Replacement stock is carefully selected to ensure the continued improvement of the herd and this careful selection process is also used in choosing which kids are for sale to other breeders.
The passion they put into the bussiness is clearly shown by Chris and Sharons` refusal to compromise on standards and dedication to learing and improving their knowledge of the meat goat and goat meat insustry. This alongside their high level of involvement with the British Boer Goat Society means they are well known throughout the country and are often the port of call for others new to the industry with questions and enquiries leading Sharon to introduce basic goat keeping courses in 2008 and goat Kidding courses in 2009 which are proving to be a great success.
The passion they put into the bussiness is clearly shown by Chris and Sharons` refusal to compromise on standards and dedication to learing and improving their knowledge of the meat goat and goat meat insustry. This alongside their high level of involvement with the British Boer Goat Society means they are well known throughout the country and are often the port of call for others new to the industry with questions and enquiries leading Sharon to introduce basic goat keeping courses in 2008 and goat Kidding courses in 2009 which are proving to be a great success. 
