In order to create your own farm or get a useful product for your own use, it is recommended to pay attention to the breeding of goats. This can be a good start for a business, but animals need to be provided with decent care and quality conditions. Goat farming is an option for those who have small plots or want healthy milk or meat. Proper keeping of animals will not require large physical costs for care, time for processing the place, preparing and serving food. It is recommended to start farming with goats, as caring for them is much easier and easier than for other animals.

Which breed is more suitable

A successful business is based on the fact that raising goats begins with the fact that you need to purchase an already pregnant female or several kids. The choice of breed depends on the purpose for which the animals are raised. It is necessary to make a choice in favor of the breed that has already confirmed the quality. Depending on the taste of milk or the quality of the wool, you need to choose the appropriate option.

The most popular breeds that are used to create a household subsidiary farm are divided into:

  • dairy;
  • meat;
  • downy.

Dairy goats make up up to 70% of the animals kept on farms. The resulting milk has a set of useful components, is used in dietary nutrition, and therefore is in constant and stable demand. If the choice is in favor of dairy breeds, then the following options are suitable:

  • Russian white;
  • alpine;
  • gorkovskaya.

Attention! Productivity increases after the second lambing and lasts for several years.

Dairy goats

If down production is the basis, then the most common are breeds such as:

  • black down;
  • Orenburg;
  • bottom;
  • mountain-Altai.

One goat is capable of producing an average of 500 g of quality down. The choice in favor of this breed must be made in order to additionally receive milk.

Meat goat breeds also help to succeed in business:

  • Boer;
  • gorkovskaya;
  • Zaanen.

You can get from 75 kg to 115 kg of high-quality and healthy meat. Aromatic and tasty smoked meats are made from it.

Conditions of detention

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The backyard must be equipped in accordance with the rules for keeping animals. It depends on what the productivity of adults will be, how successful the growth and development of the offspring will be. You should choose such an option as stall-grazing goats, as it is suitable for any breed. Additionally, proper care assumes that animals in the spring and summer will spend a lot of time on pastures (meadows). The optimal duration of such a period is at least 180 days.

During winter, goats should be kept in a warm stall. It is also necessary to provide a sufficient amount of green forage (hay). Additional care is required for the hooves of goats.

 

Goats should be kept in a warm stall during winter.

Rational feeding

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The main direction in the care is correct and rational feeding. The diet should be formed based on the age of the goats, their state of health and the direction for which the breeding is carried out. The nutrition of young goats is different from the feeding that a goat or a grown goat receives.Goats should be fed at least 4 times a day if they are in a stable. In the summer period 2-3 times a day, plus 2 walks in the pasture. The supplemental ration is formed from:

  • concentrated feed - 200 g;
  • vegetables and root crops - 900 g;
  • hay - an armful (so that the amount is sufficient for the night food of all the goats that are in the stall).

If the ration is formed for goats kept in a stable constantly:

  • hay - 2.5-3 kg;
  • grain crops - 900 g;
  • root vegetables and vegetables - 2 kg;
  • silo - 1-1.5 kg.

It also requires the constant presence of branches and lick (salt). Water should be given 3 times a day in summer and 2 times in winter. The proportions are selected individually, since the number of livestock is different in each subsidiary farm. During the summer, most of the feeding consists of fresh grass and vegetables, so hay or silage is used only as bedding.

Hay

What kind of care the animals need

In order to properly breed goats, you need to take into account that care is formed from:

  • keeping animals clean and dry;
  • devices for sleeping wooden loungers;
  • shortening of hooves.

At the moment of the appearance of offspring, babies receive increased attention. It is recommended to start preparing for the cold season in advance, so you need to place hay in the stall (so that the entire floor is covered and the goats do not freeze).

How to get offspring

Selection of partners and mating contribute to obtaining offspring. This is followed by the stage of nursing a pregnant female (nutrition is improved, her health and living conditions are monitored).

Pregnancy and goat lambing

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Correct reproduction assumes that the female must be provided with food during pregnancy. She also needs a rest period that lasts 1-2 months. It should be started at the moment when the milk yield drops to 0.8 liters of milk per day. It is then important to ensure that the udder remains soft at all times. If the offspring will be the first goat, then you need to make it give milk during rest, since the animal may not want to rest.

Note! The farm in which the goats are bred makes it possible to form a meat, dairy or fur business. The profitability of each of them will be high, since there is always a demand for any livestock product. You need to start the organization with the choice of the breed.

Breeding goats at home is ideal for beginner farmers, as well as those who want to make a profit in the complex for milk, meat or down.

If a sheep is not suitable for breeding as an animal, then goats will be the best option, since they do not require increased attention or expenditure of physical strength, like cows. A detailed diet is signed based on how old the animals are, whether there are babies or pregnant females.

It is necessary to organize the keeping of animals according to certain rules and norms, taking into account the season, the number of heads in the stall. A dry and clean stall is important and necessary for goats (litter is changed daily for babies), proper nutrition in the required amount. The diet should also contain tree branches and salt.