Guide On Raising Goats – How To Select The Goat Breeds For Your Farm
1. Guide On Raising Goats – How To
Select The Goat Breeds For Your
Farm
Click Here To Learn Steps on How To Raise Goats Easily Using
Techniques from Experience Goat Breeders
Cute and cuddly: those are the two terms people associate with goats. This
can be true, if you are raising goats as pets. However, if you are trying to
establish a goat farm, you will quickly discover that these two terms are the
farthest descriptions you can give your animal wards. Like all animal
husbandry practices, raising goats also means having to deal with housing
units, choosing feeds and dietary supplements, keeping out unwanted
predators (especially wild animals in the surrounding areas,) health check
ups done by the vet, updating or buying tools and machineries, regular
2. inspection done by the authorities, knowing the breeding cycle of goats, and
most important of all, choosing what breed of goats you intend to keep.
Although you can buy any breed of animal you want, raising goats
according to their output will help you quickly regain your investments, and
make your endeavors into a profitable business. As such, there are four
types of goat farming. These are:
1. Raising goats for their fibers.
Wool is the most common fiber to be harvested from goats. But you can
also acquire mohair and cashmere wool; both of which are usually prized
for their silken texture and softness. For medium class wool, which is
similar to sheep wool but only somewhat thicker, you would need to buy
nigora and pygora goats (hybrid goats.)
Angora goats produce mohair and cashmere goats produce cashmere wool.
And these are about 100 times more expensive than the common wool.
However, you can only every successfully establish a goat farm of this kind
in areas that are very cold or experience near freezing temperatures.
2. Raising goats for their meat.
The South African Boer goats are considered as the true meat yielding goats
because of their fast growth rate, the high litter count, and their resiliency
to almost all kinds of animal diseases. Very young goats are highly prized
for their tender meats which are sold as fresh produce in the market. On the
3. other hand, meat coming from older animals is usually incorporated in
processed food items like cured, salted or smoked meat.
Other types of meat producing breeds are the: Brush, Kiko, Myotonic (also
called Fainting goats,) Spanish, and the West African Dwarf goats.
3. Raising goats for their milk.
Goat milk can be used as a substitute for cow's milk because it contains
fewer levels of lactose, which makes it perfect for lactose intolerant people.
However, goat's milk can also be used in: buttermilk, candy, cheese (and
cream cheese), clarified butterfat (ghee,) kefir (alcoholic beverage,)
yogurt... or incorporated in a number of bath and beauty care products as
well.
The Anglo-Nubian breed is considered as the best producers of quality goat
milk. But other breeds like the: Alpine, La Mancha, Oberhasli, Saanen and
Toggenburg also yield great milk outputs.
4. Raising goats as pets.
Pet goats are usually chosen for their quiet and docile demeanors. However,
many people choose animals that are low maintenance as well. Some of the
best breeds that can be raised as home or farm pets are the: Anglo-Nubian,
Pygmy goat, and the South African Boer goat.
4. Click Here To Learn Steps on How To Raise Goats Easily Using
Techniques from Experience Goat Breeders
