Breeding of goats in a personal area is becoming increasingly popular among the population. These animals in the subsidiary farm are always fresh milk, tasty kefir, snow-white and air oil.
Why is it recommended to breed goats at home?
This is a fairly inexpensive and payable way.daily to have fresh milk at the dinner table, which is equivalent to maternal value. There are many examples when mothers, in the absence of their own milk, fed the children with goat, rich in mineral salts. The opinion of most people about its bad taste and peculiar smell is wrong. The fat content of goat milk, which can be stored for a long time even without a refrigerator, is higher than cow's milk and is 4-6%. A significant content of biologically active potassium has a positive effect on the cardiovascular system and contributes to the rejuvenation of the body.
Kefir, sour milk, cottage cheese, cheese, butter - productshomemade, which will always be a useful addition to the usual diet of the family. Breeding goats in a private household as a business, in addition to collateral income from the sale of dairy products, brings satisfaction and joy when dealing with these friendly, loyal animals to humans.
How to choose a goat?
To do this, just need to be able to choose the rightgoat, guided by criteria such as physique, age and purpose of keeping a pet. If a goat on the farm is required to produce dairy products, then the choice should be stopped on dairy breed (Zaanen, Nubian, Alpine, Toggenburg). On examination, special attention must be paid to the udder of the animal; it should be pear-shaped, voluminous and soft to the touch.
Breeding goats in their own farms to obtain andMeat sales can also be a very profitable business, in which the choice to stop on meat species is desirable: Greek, Burgas, Kiko. The meat from them is of high quality and resembles the taste of veal.
A goat can also be kept for wool anddown (a special variety of wool raw materials, which has no analogues in quality and technological properties). In this case, the most suitable breeds are Angora, Orenburg, Gorno-Altai, from which soft mohair is produced from soft wool. Milk in comparison with other breeds such goats give less: only 0.5-1 liters per day.
Manure is a by-product of keeping goats - a high-quality fertilizer for vegetable gardens, home gardens and greenhouses.
The best choice would be local breedsbest suited to the climate of your region. Moreover, popular breeds without proper care and high-quality feed may not meet the corresponding indicators of productivity.
Signs of a good goat
A good goat should have a wide chest, healthybones, straight legs. It is worth paying attention to the jaw. They should close tightly with one another. Otherwise, the animal will not be able to grab the food with his teeth and bite the grass, which will negatively affect its productivity.
Goat breeding is a cost-effective business.
Breeding goats in a personal area is very convenient.and low-cost home business. These animals are unpretentious and optimally adapt to different conditions of detention. Their valuable biological feature is early puberty; one goat usually brings one or two (sometimes three) cubs. Grown up youngsters can be used for meat, tasty and non-greasy, it is very important not to overdo it, because an adult goat aged from 1.5 years produces an unpleasant smell.
Home improvement for goats
Goats in their own farmstead - undemandinganimals, so their breeding can be practiced in almost all climatic zones and, in contrast to cattle, can even be kept in small farmsteads with small outbuildings.
Cultivation of goats in a personal area: feeding
For feeding goats, optimal food is consideredfresh grass, which is also the cheapest feed, due to which there is a significant increase in milk production. Therefore, in the summer period, animals must be brought to grazing, where they independently feed themselves. In the evening, they should be fed by root crops, potatoes, vegetables, cereals, pre-harvested branches from shrubs or conifers.
Keeping goats in winter
You should also give additional mineralelements and vitamins during goat pregnancy. Breeding in their homestead of these domestic animals requires the investment of their own labor, namely the preliminary harvesting of hay, which is the main feed in the winter period.
Not recommended when harvesting hayherbs that give bitterness and smell to milk (tansy, chamomile, horsetail, wormwood and mustard). As an additional food, animals are given dried brooms from branches of trees and shrubs, it is useful to feed them needles during the cold period. As a pulp, they make mash potatoes, which significantly increase the milk yield, for the preparation of which kitchen waste, dried leftover bread, beetroot, carrot peel, steamed oats or bran are mixed with warm water.
In winter, goats require walking to increase appetite, as well as reduce the risk of hoof disease.
Water from goats should always be available and at room temperature. It is recommended to add salt-lizunets to the feeder, in case of its absence, the drink should just be add some salt.
We breed goats in private farms
Progeny goats, it is desirable to acquire earlyin the spring. Born in this period kids are the most developed and strong. For this mating is required in September-October. Goats can happen when they reach 1.5 years; mating is allowed from 7 months of age, it is very desirable - with an unrelated goat to obtain high-quality non-hybrid offspring. In households, the mass offspring is mainly observed in March. Usually by the fall kids are already well developed. Females are sold to other farms or left as a replacement for old females, goats are sold for meat or grown to replace the goat-producer. In order to avoid related mating, it is preferable to exchange the young stock with other farmers.
The first days of the newborn kids need to drinkwith colostrum, then for a month, feed 4 times a day with liquid oatmeal or semolina (in milk) with the subsequent transfer to three meals a day.
7-9 years - the average duration of the use of a goat in a private household.
Breeding goats in their own backyard is cost-effective due to the low costs and the peace-loving nature of these neat and friendly animals.
