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Question by saji_chaithanya2001: goat farming?
I am going start a small goat farm .I have one acres of grass land and plenty of water sources.I invite valid informations, suggetions
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5 Responses to goat farming?
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Beware of Chupacabra!
Angel Face!
October 5, 2011 at 4:19 pm
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Kolkata-India
October 5, 2011 at 4:36 pm
Go organic dairy and make your own signature cheeses and other products. Advertise online in a boutique or back-to-nature style. Find local buyers – restaurants, specialty shop or deli, individual families (especially with allergies to cow’s milk or gourmet food lovers). Make your customers your clients (repeat customers). Ship products as you grow. Don’t under-price your items. Keep meticulous records, both herd records and expense records. Remember to advertise your youngster male goats as healthy, fresh, meat.
OR go fiber goats and begin making contacts in the spinning, knitting, fiber arts world. Attend shows/festivals featuring theses hobbies/arts to make contact and get ideas. All of the above suggestions apply here, too.
Your operation may be small scale but you should still treat it as a business and keep good records. Keep your overhead LOW!
Buy the best quality stock you can afford. It pays off. If you manage your herd well and follow that standard of perfection for your breed, you can sell extras to exhibitors/4H kids/other goat farms/individual farms for good money.
Have fun!
Amber
October 5, 2011 at 5:34 pm
You could have a couple of goats on that just be prepaired the more you have the more feed and hay you will have to feed even during the summer. They will eat grass but would rather graze on things about their mouth level or higher. here is a link on the how many goats an acre thing.
http://www.tennesseemeatgoats.com/articles2/goatsperacre.html
When you talk about water sources what are they if they are streams ditches or ponds they will drink out of it but if it is a ditch with water they wont cross goats hate water and getting wet they will drink it but wont get in it. What type of goats are you to get?? The more goats you have the more chances for disease or worm break outs. You will have alot of work to do if you plan on doing it but it is very rewarding not much money in it though. Make sure you have houseing for them. there is alot i could tell you but it would take days. can check out these 2 sites they will cover every question you could possibly have
http://www.tennesseemeatgoats.com/articles2/articlesMain.html
and
http://www.goattalk.com
hope this helps it is alot of reading but it will cover every aspect you want to know about.
Richie
October 5, 2011 at 5:54 pm
goats are great and they are very easy to maintain on just a small amount of land i raise dairy goats and they are very fun you will need to decide what kind of goats and what you are going to feed them even if on grass they still need hay we feed ours high quality hay sweet mix black oil sunflower seeds ans goat chow and when they are being milked we feed a milk supplement to the does the sight that i really like is fias co farm. com they have a great amount of help for people just starting out
farm girl
October 5, 2011 at 6:28 pm