Goat Farming
In Nigeria, goat meat is in high demand, it is widely consumed as boiled/fried meat in most of our delicacies such as Egusi soup,goat meat pepper soup, isi-ewu and so many other varieties of food.
Despite the demand for goat meat and the profitability of goat farming, goats are mostly reared just for personal consumption and small local market sales.
@farms, we are creating awareness on goat farming, goat farming can curb hunger and alleviate poverty if done under proper supervision.
Goat Farming Start-Up
Depending on the business plan, starting a small scale goat farm should require a start-up of 20-40STEEM.
An adult goat cost 8-10STEEM,purchasing two male and two female goats is a great start-up for a small scale entrepreneur.
After mating, the female goat should be able to give birth to at least 2-4 kids you can start small and expand as time goes on.
Time for maturity should be around 2-3 years, there are certain factors that should be available to guarantee sustainability and profitability.
Land
Acquisition of a large acre of land will allow movement of the goats and provide foundation housing.
Accessibility To Water
They should be easy access to water supply to provide water for drinking and cleaning of the farm.
Accessibility To Pasture
One of the most important factors you need to take into consideration is the accessibility to grass,hay and foilage for the goats to feed on.
Feeding the goats green vegetation keeps them healthy and reduces cost of feed.
Yeap, that's the basics you need to know when starting your goat farm.
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Goat farming is rampant in the eastern part of Nigeria it's always done in a subsistent way rather than commercially, however if it can be commercialized in all around the world, there will be meat and cheese even skin for use at a very low rate, @steemchurch is making thing possible
Goat farming is the order of the day, here in Abuja.
I just might venture into it soon.
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Goat farming is a very promising business, goat prices goats goat along with many of its consumers who consume meat, goat meat is also considered the most favorite meat for consumers ..
You dont expect less of such knowledge from an agriculturist like @druids. Wow this is on point. Weldone dear.
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Wow, what a wonderful post. Goat farming is a kind of farming that is easy to start.
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All thanks to @sirknight for this wonderful project ongoing. Operation feed the world.
Goat cultivating is uncontrolled in the eastern piece of Nigeria it's constantly done in a subsistent route as opposed to industrially, be that as it may on the off chance that it can be marketed in all around the globe, there will be meat and cheddar even skin for use at a low rate, @steemchurch is making thing conceivable
@farms, goat cultivating can check hunger and lighten destitution if done under appropriate supervision.
because of @sirknight for this brilliant undertaking continuous. Task encourage the world.
Big difference here and there in goat farming. A good goat here will cost you close to a 100 steem for one goat and they are butcher size from 6 to 12 months and that is just on pasture and hay. Very interesting the difference I am sure do to location and land type along with pasture quality. Will look forward to hearing more about goat farming where you are thanks for the post.
Where are you located @liberyworms?
Northern FL in the States. This is a sir we use. He was 2 years old in this picture. He is older now
This is his father at around 5 years.
Only our nannies in milk get small amounts of grain our males don't since with the rain and heat we get more problems feeding the grain then benefit. They get pasture and perennial peanut hay. We move them into smaller pens when the nannies birth so they don't want to fight and breed right away. Here is him in a cattle coral pen. They are kiko boer mixes and they get very large.
We sell the yearling males anywhere from 100 to 150 lbs at a year. Goat is not as popular here as a main meat source at beef and a lot of buyers don't want goats over a year. Many like to buy younger at 6 to 8 months around 80 lbs and the females seem to be more popular the then larger males. I imagine this is because of the difference in the meat from a younger female to an older larger male. I am interested in how it works where you are. What are the butcher weights and age and what is more popular? How much does it sell for there? A good pure breed goat here can run anywhere from $300 to $800 per head and a good registered sire male can run upward to $1200 depending on breed and pedigree. I think I misread where you said maturity as in your butcher age and not your breeding age.