How To Raise Goats - Pinoy Bisnes Ideas

2Mar

By PBNo Comments

Breeding Goats For Meat – 4 Things You Ought To Know In Raising Goats To Avoid Frustration

Breeding goats for meat may be the next step to take after successfully establishing your goat farm. After all, continually ordering in fresh batches of animals from the suppliers can become a pricey affair later on. In order to breed meat-producing goats, you need to remember a few things though. For example:1. Most meat producing breeds (e.g. Boer goats, Spanish goats, etc.) normally mate between the months of August and all the way through March. In order to give you ample time to prepare the does' nutritional needs and the birthing pen, try to plan exactly when you want the kidding or the birth of the young goats to happen. The usual gestation period of these animals lasts 5 months or 150 days. One way of maximizing your meat production is to try breeding the goats at twice during ...

6Dec

By PB7 Comments

Livestock Business

Goat Raising Guide

The optimum potential of goat as one of the main sources of milk and meat has not been fully tapped in 'the Philippines. The goat is popularly known as the poor man's cow because children and old folks who can not afford cow's milk prefer drinking goat's milk. Aside from being cheap, goat's milk is more digestible compared to cow's milk. (more…)

29Aug

By PB1 Comment

Livestock Business

Goat Raising Tips

Goats can be reared in the pasteurland, but rearing them in cages has more advantages such as:1. Cage-reared goats are less exposed to parasites. 2. They are better fed, and so the mother goat gives more milk. 3. Less field space is necessary for growing fodder and grass. For every six (6) females and one male goat, one-fourth (1/4) hectare of land would be enough. 4. The caged goats are easier tended and controlled.(more…)

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