Goat Housing (Shed) Guide

Goat shed or housing plays important role in any successful commercial goat farming. Based on number of goats, you should plan for goat housing. If you want to start with low numbers of goat and wants to invest less initially, there is an option for going to construct a simple goat shed. For commercial goat farming business, one must know how to build goat housing. Goat shed is required for security to protect goats from unwanted predators (such as wild dogs, wolfs and snakes), unpredictable weather conditions and to provide shelter in night times. After planning on number of goats to be raised, you can get an idea on shed dimensions or size which can have both covered area and open area. Cost of goat shed construction depends on many factors like number of goats, space allocated for feed storage, and type of rearing like zero grazing (stall feeding) or open field grazing (where they require only night shelter). In the following write-up, let us talk about goat housing.
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Goat Farming Business Plan

For any successful commercial goat farming, proper business plan is required before starting the goat farm. This business plan may include right from land selection to marketing of goats. However, goat farmers should have complete knowledge before going to large scale commercial goat farming. The following write up details about important milestones in goat farming business plan implemented in stall-fed goat system. You can assume the same for dairy goat farming, meat goat farming or wool goat farming.

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Goat Vaccination Schedule

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Goat Diseases Information Guide

For successful goat farming, one should be aware of common diseases of goats and their control methods. In many cases, intensive goat farming leads to spread many diseases which ultimately results in increased mortality. If goat farmers are not aware of common goat diseases and their prevention, there may be a chance of getting losses in goat farming business. Hence, it's very important to identify the symptoms and apply preventive care. Let us discuss about such common diseases and their control measures in commercial goat farming business. Read more : HERE. 

Toggenburg Goat Breed Information

This goat breed is famous for milk production and one of the very popular dairy goats originated in the Toggenburg Valley in north-east Switzerland. These goats are credited as being the oldest known dairy goat breeds in the region. This goat breed performs best in cooler conditions. These goats have known for their excellent udder development and high milk production. Toggenburg breed is distributed throughout the world. Other names of this goat include; Toggenburger Ziege, Chèvre du Toggenbourg and Capra del Toggenburgo. Goat farmers can consider Toggenburg breed for commercial dairy production due to their high production of milk. However, this breed can also be reared and raised for meat purpose.Read more: HERE.

Kiko Goat Breed Information Guide

The "Kiko" is a breed of meat goat from New Zealand where Kiko is a Maori word which means a "flesh" or "meat". It is the breed created by cross-breeding New Zealand local goats with Anglo-Nubian, Toggenburg and Saanen breeds. The best part of these goats is "fast growth", hardiness to survive in many climatic conditions and high feed conversion ratio (FCR). There is an association called "The American Kiko Goat Association" (AKGA) with this breed name. Let us discuss more about these goat performance and characteristics in this write-up. The scientific name of Kiko goat is “Capra aegagrus hircus”. Read more : Here.

Ganjam Goat Breed Information Guide

Ganjam goat is one of the Indian goat breeds mostly found in Ganjam district of odhisa and surrounding states like Andhra Pradesh. These goats are also found in some areas of Madhya Pradesh and Kerala. These goats are reared for meat purpose. As goat meat has excellent demand in all states of India, commercial goat farming proved to be very profitable. Selection of health Ganjam goat breed is essential to get more profits in short period of time. Ganjam goat is one of the Indian goat breeds mostly found in Ganjam district of odhisa and surrounding states like Andhra Pradesh. These goats are also found in some areas of Madhya Pradesh and Kerala. These goats are reared for meat purpose. As goat meat has excellent demand in all states of India, commercial goat farming proved to be very profitable. Selection of health Ganjam goat breed is essential to get more profits in short period of time. Read more: HERE.

Commercial Goat Farming Guide

Commercial Goat farming is a process of rearing Goat for commercial production of meat, milk and wool (leather). Commercial Goat production is increasing day by day in India as the demand for meat is growing. People are from different professions getting into Goat farming business as this has huge scope of getting profits. This also lots of economic importance in India as this provides excellent income for marginal and landless farmers. In order to be successful in commercial Goat farming, one should have proper Goat farming business plan before rearing the Goat on large scale. The Goat business plan should include goat breed type, basic infrastructure (House/Shed), number of animals, feed management, Insurance, vaccinations (Disease control) and other medical information and marketing. Pregnant female goats and newly born kids needs more care in terms of nutrition/feed and medical attention. If you are going for Ram program where only male Goat is being raised, have proper batch plan meaning that one batch Goat flock should be ready for marketing when other batch enters into your farm.  Read more: HERE.

Changthangi Goat Farming Guide

The Changthangi goat also known as "Pashmina goat" and this goat breed is native to cold, arid region of Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir, India. Generally, Changthangi goats are reared for their fine wool. However, they can even breed for meat purpose. These goats can survive in very cold temperatures and can live on grazing in open fields and hills. The wool collected from these goats is being used in making the famous Kashmir's Pashmina shawls. These shawls made from fine wool of Changthangi breed are exported worldwide. Read more: HERE. 

Sangamneri Goat Farming

Sangamneri goat is a medium size animal with long legs. The body coat colour is predominantly white and also can be found in brown, black and spots of other colors. This breed goats have short hair and coarse with straight face. Both male and female goats have horns with backward and upward direction. These goats have short and thin tails which are kept upward. Their ears are medium size and drooping. Their udder is small, round with conical teats. Read more: HERE. 

Mehsana Goat Raising Guide

Mehsana goat breed is originated from the state of Gujarat, India. This breed name is derived from the place called “Mehsana” in Gujarat. One can find pure Mehsana goat breeds in Gujarat. These goats are mostly found in Gandhi Nagar, Mehsana, Ahmadabad, Banaskantha, Palanur districts of Gujarat and surrounding areas. Commercial goat farmers can consider this breed for dual purpose. Generally, the average size of Mehsana breed flock contains from 20 to 300 goats. However, even small size flocks of 2 to 5 also can be found in some areas. This goat breed can adapt itself easily to any kind of climate changes.Read more: HERE.

Saanen Goat Information Guide

This goat breed is originated in  Saanen Valley of Switzerland. The female Saanen breed is heavy milk producer. These female goats produce 4 to 4.5 liters of milk per day. The fat content in the milk is about 3-4 %.This goat breed is mainly raised for commercial milk production. They are the largest animals among all the dairy goat breeds. This goat breed is very famous breed in USA and other parts of the world due their milk production skills. The commercial goat farmers can consider this breed as these goats can adjust any environmental changes. Their care and management is very easy when compared to other goat breeds. Saanen goat milk is used in making dairy products. Read more : HERE.

Anglo Nubian Goat Info Guide

Anglo Nubian goat is a multi-purpose breed developed in England by crossing British goats with bucks of African and Indian origin (Jamunapari). Anglo-Nubian goats are also called as "Nubian" and it is the best suited for dairy purpose and very well adapted to hot climatic conditions. Other best part of this breed is, the Anglo-Nubian goat has been used in grading-up programs in many tropical regions / countries to increase the milk and meat production of local goat breeds. Anglo-Nubian goat breed is not a heavy milk producer, but has a high fat content (about 4-5%) when compared to other dairy breeds. Usually, the Anglo-Nubian goat breeding season is much longer than other breeds. Anglo Nubian goats are available in white, black, brown or mixed with various colors. Anglo Nubian goats can tolerate high temperature and frequent change of weather. However, these goats become more productive in hot climatic conditions. Read more: Here.

Jakhrana Goat Breed Information

Jakhrana goat is a dual-purpose breed raised for meat and milk. Though it is a dual-purpose breed, most of the time it is considered as dairy bread because of good milking skill. This breed has been said to be originated in India. The home tract of this goat is Jakhrana village in alwar district of Rajasthan state in India. Jakhrana goats are similar to Beetal goat breeds, the major difference being that Jakhrana goats are longer. Apart from meat and milk production, the skin of these goat breed is useful in tanning industry. Read more here. 

Kota Goat Farming Information

Kota Goats are also knows as "Karoli" and these goat breeds are distributed throughout the States of Rajasthan and Gujarat. Kota goats are being raised or reared for milk, meat and skin production. However, mostly this breed is considered as dairy goat. Kota goat is similar to Beetal goat. Kota goats are famous their horns. Goat farmers who are considering for dairy business can go for this breed. Kota goat skin is popular with the tanning industry. Read more about this breed : Here

Alpine Goat Information Guide

Alpine goat breed is one of the best commercial dairy breeds and mainly raised for commercial milk production. Commercial goat farming with Alpine breed is proven very successful in India, Malaysia, West Indies and Philippines. These goats became very popular due to their high milk production rate. The Alpine goat is native to French Alps and is also being termed as “French-alpine". The Alpine goats are medium to big strong animals and can survive in any type of weather conditions. However, this goat breed is more adapted to mountainous areas and in tropical environment and not suitable in areas of high humidity. The average lifespan of the Alpine goat ranges from 8 to 13 years. Alpine goat milk is higher in niacin, calcium and vitamin ‘A’ than cow’s milk. Generally this goat milk contains vitamin ‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’, ‘D’, ‘E’ and ‘K’. The fat content of Alpine goat milk is about 3 to 4%. Alpine goat milk is being used to make cheese, butter, soap, ice cream. There are five types of Alpine goats available in the world. These include British Alpine, American Alpine, Swiss Alpine, Rock Alpine and French Alpine.Read more about this goat breed here.

Tellicherry Goat Farming Guide

Tellicherry goat is an excellent breed for meat, milk and skin. These goats are mainly found in the state of Kerala and surrounding Tamil Nadu state. Pure breeds are found in the districts of Thalacherry, Kasargod, Kannur and Kozikkot in Kerala. Tellicherry goats are also known or called as Malabari, Talacherry, Telacherri, Thalacherri, Thalassery, Tellicherri, Talacheri, Thalachery and Thalacheri. Read more about this goat breed here.

Black Bengal Goat Breed Information

Black Bengal goat breed is a small-sized, meat type, early maturing, non-seasonal and prolific breed , in eastern and north eastern regions of India), Bangladesh and also in Pakistan. The Black Bengal goat breed is famous for its quality of meat and leather with high fecundity. Black Bengal goat is also mainly raised in neighboring Bangladesh. This goat breed is usually found in black color. However, you may also find with brown, gray or white colors. Read more here.

Barbari Goat Profile Information Guide

Barbari goat breeds are found in in the districts of Rajasthan, Agra and Aligarh districts of Uttar Pradesh, and Bharatpur.Barbari goats are small animals with compact body. There is wide variation in coat color, but white with small light brown patches is the most common. Ears are short, tubular, and almost double with the slit opening in front, erect, directed upward and outward. Both male Barbari and Female Barbari goats have twisted horns, medium in length and directed upward and backward. This breed horn length is about 12cm. Male Barbari goats have a large thick beard. Read more here.

Boer Goat Farming Details

When it comes to Boer breed, this goat breed was developed in South Africa in the early 1900s for meat production. The name "Boer" is derived from the Dutch word (Afrikaans) which means "farmer". Generally, Boer goats are famous for their meat production and the commercial breeding of Boer goat is very much successful and the breeding season usually starts in august and runs through the month of December. Selecting a quality buck is more important for commercial meat production. Medium-sized does are normally preferred, as they produce the same number of kids, but require less feed to do so. Boer goat breeds are found in various parts of south India; Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. Read more here. 

Jamunapari Goat information Guide

Jamunapari is one of the beautiful goats originated from Indian subcontinent. These goat breeds also have been imported to Indonesia where this breed became very popular and had commercial success. Basically, the name of “Jamunapari” goat was derived from the river “Jamuna” in the state of Uttar Pradesh (UP). These goats are also found in Bangladesh. This goat breed is reared for both milk and meat. However, it is more popular as dairy goat. This breed is one of the ancestors of the American Nubian goat breed. When it comes to Jamunapari behavior, during the winter, these goats spend more than 80% of their time in grazing and in summer, this falls to around 50%. Jamunapari goat breed browses on bushes, tree leaves or small plants and the top of grasses rather than typical ground grazing. Jamunapari goats are also called with different names like "Ram Sagol" and "Jamnapari".Read more here.

Beetal Goat Breed Information

The Beetal goat breed is distributed throughout the states of Punjab and Haryana in India. However, pure Beetal breeds can be found in the districts of Gurdaspur, Amritsar and Ferozepur in Punjab state. This breed has similar features like Jamunapari goat breed. Beetal goat breed is found in India and Pakistan. The Beetal goat is raised for both meat and dairy (milk).When it comes to size, this breed is second to Jamunapari goat breed. However, Beetal goat breed s superior to it in respect to proliferation and adaptability to various agro climatic conditions. This breed is also suitable for stall feeding. Read More here.

Sojat Goat Farming Details Guide

Sojat goat is one of the famous meat goats originated from the state of Rajasthan in India. Basically, Sojat goat is cross bred from other Indian domestic goat breed called the "Jamunapari goat". This goat breed is distributed mainly Sojat, Aau (Phalodi), Pipar, Jodhpur and other small regions of Rajasthan, India. However, this meat goat breed is spread everywhere in India. More people are showing interest in this breed due to its tasty meat and adaptability to any area in India. As meat goat farming growing tremendously and demand for goat meat increasing every year, there is huge potential of getting good profits in Sojat goat farming. Usually, goat growers sacrifice this goat during the Bakri-Eid festival. Sojat goats are poor in yielding of milk having only 2 months of lactation period; hence farmers choose this breed for production of "meat". The best part of this goat breed is they can be raised in stall feeding system. Read more here.

Osmanabadi Goat Information

Osmanabadi goats were originated in India and native to state of Maharashtra. This goat breeds are mainly found in Osmanabad Ahamednagar, Latur, Parbhani, Sholapur and other surrounding areas of Maharashtra. Now Osmanabadi goats are spread in other states as well. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Karnataka have good population of Osmanabadi goats. The best part of these goats is; they can easily able to adapt to any kind of weather/area in India. The other specialty of Osmanabadi goat breed is, they can fit in stall feeding, semi-stall feeding and open field grazing. The goat growers select these goats for meat purpose even they are suitable for dairy/milk production because of the taste and quality of meat. One can find pure line Osmanabadi goats for commercial breeding. The great reproductive system makes these goats to be on top across all other breeds in India. Read more about osmanabadi goat breed profile here.

Sirohi Goat Breed Details

Sirohi Goat Information:

This goat breed is native to Sirohi district of Rajasthan state. This goat breed is widely distributed in surrounding area. Ajmer, Jaipur, Tonk, Bhilwara and adjoining areas in state of Gujarat are very famous for Sirohi goat breed raising/rearing. The usual flock size of Sirohi goat in these areas varies from region to region and ranges from 50 to 250.The Sirohi goat breed is also found in the state of Uttar Pradesh on large scale commercial lines for meat production.

Performance of Sirohi Goat Breed:- The Sirohi goat is raised for both meat and dairy (milk) purpose. However, milk production is relatively less in this goat breed. On an average, each Sirohi female goat yields about 0.5 to 0.7 kg milk per day. The lactation period in Sirohi goat is about 4 to 4.5 months. An average of 80 kg milk yield can be obtained during this lactation period of 135 days. Read more here.