Goat farming
Dear Sir,
Here are some tips for you brother as you are in initial stage of this business.
Before starting the goat farming it is very essential to acquire goat management skills as this will help you in knowing the advantages of goat farming over sheep farming or other small ruminants like rabbit, different types of goat breeds in India and which breeds will be more suitable and can survive in your environment of Climate, types of farming but I recommend you to do semi intensive farming as less usage of fodder can be used from your land and animals can get exercise which can also help the Goats to be active during Mating Season, feeding schedule, breeding methods such folk system, pen system and Artificial Insemination, types of diseases like PPR, ET, Goat Pox that will effect goats, labour and fodder management and many more Management Styles.
Don’t purchase the live stock from local market, planned the fodder according to seasons and in time, managing the labour properly, vaccinating the live stock at specific time and with experience Nurse, Keeping qualified doctors for advice, beware of the Goat disease out break in surrounding areas, don’t buy the Live stock during Rainy Season, precaution against like serious diseases during Rainy Season, Security of farm from outsiders and not to allow the farmers to enter in your farm who are coming from Goat Diseases affected area.
1- it is very hard to get kids in market as no one will sale except there are in need of quick cash
2- You can start with 25 and gradually increase.
3- You have to grow Monocotyledons which comprises of Maize, Jawar, Hybrid Napier, Gunea Grass, Oats and Para grass. These fodders are rich in energy and are used for supplying energy to animals and this should contain 66% of the diet.
Secondly you have to also grow Dicotyledons like Stylo , Lucerne, Berseem and Subabul. These fodders are rich in protein and helps in Body building of animals and Milk Production.
4-You can sell them from your farm, to butchers, animal husbandry, Ngos and farmers.
5- Please contact us at 9989579586 or email us below under signed email address.
Here are the few advantages of Osmanabadi Breed:
1- These goats are native of Osmanabad, Maharashtra which enjoys its border with A.P; Osmanabad has similar type of climate as some parts of A.P and Karnataka. These goats are also showing a very good performance in all the state as per the survey conducted by Krishi Vigyan Kedra. We are dealing weekly 20-30 inquiries from U.K,USA, European Union, African Continent, Oman, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Bangladesh and Yemen which are thousands of Kilometre from Osmanabad and also from Kashmir, Bihar, Haryana, Punjab, U.P, Rajasthan, West Bengal and all Southern & Central States regarding this Breed.
2- Osmanabadi goat shows a very efficient reproductive performance and resistance against diseases not only in well managed semi stall feeding system but also in severe drought conditions. As per research conducted by NARI on Osmanabadi Goats in Maharashtra, in spite of drought which occurred in 2007 and 2008, there was no drop in the productivity rate of Osmanabad goat (Nimbkar, Pawar and Chavan 2010- NATIONAL SEMINAR on Stress Management in Small Ruminant Production and Product Processing Jaipur 29-31 January 2010)
3- The age at the first kidding is around 15 months with the lactation length of around 130 days. The dressing percentage varies from 55- 60 %. In favourable conditions the does will breed twice a year, twinning is very common and the milk yield ranged form 700 gm to 1500 gm.
4- From 30 kg live weight, you will get 18 kg of meat. In this 12 kg loss is due to non edible part of meat like Viscera, Hide, etc.
5- The leather of osmanabadi goat is fairly of good quality and its meat is preferred by majority of the rural and urban population in southern India.
6- In the end the weight of 6 months of Kid will be 22-25 Kg in well managed farm.
In addition to above we are the suppliers of Goat / Sheep Live Stock in Bulk for Meat Purpose and can supply any amount of goat / sheep in Bulk to any were in India or abroad.
