Starting a Goat Farm

Goat Farming is a Very Profitable Business

To establish a successful goat farming business follow these  steps closely...

Select Suitable Breeds: select perfect breed for your business.  You can produce meat, milk, fiber or skin from goats.

Get Training: This is very necessary for successfully running goat farming business and you will gain practical knowledge about goat and their rearing methods.  You will be able do some basic and essential goat caring tasks.

Buy Necessary Equipment: water pot, feeding basket, medicines, money, goats, fencing, housing, separate barn for both does and bucks, silage pit, bet, suitable market and possible customers.

Make a House: build a house for keeping goats safe and free from predators. A house also give them shelter on rainy days. Goats can adopt themselves with almost all types of environment.  Make proper drainage facility inside the house, so that you can clean the house easily.

Make a Pasture: It would be better if you can make a pasture for your goats. It will decrease your farms food cost and keep your goats healthy. You can easily make a pasture by fencing you land with wire or net.

Buy A Buck & Some Does: Always try to buy good quality, diseases free and healthy goats. High production is directly related to high quality and diseases free healthy goats. If possible, take help from an experienced producer for purchasing goats. Buy one buck and several does.

Breed Your Does: During their mating period when they go into heat, keep them in a buck’s room for some days. Keep them with buck until their mating. On an average the gestation period of a doe is between 145 to 155 days.

Take Care of Bucks: Take some extra care of the bucks which will be used for breeding purposes. Provide them high quality food enriched with all types of nutrition ingredients.

Provide Fresh Food: Always give your goats fresh and healthy food. Providing fresh food increases your production but also keep the goats healthy, productive and diseases free. Also serve them sufficient fresh and clean water regularly.

Calculation: Calculate your total income by selling the products and total expenditure of your farm. In first year your total income may be less than or equal to your total expenditure  After that you will definitely get high production and profit from your business.