Feeding (Goat)

• The goat is a herbivorous. It is fed on setaria, tripsacum, pennisetum and agro-industry by-products
• The goat can also feed on blended flour concentrates, if the farmer can afford them. In such circumstances, weaning can take place earlier, the fertility rate is raised and the kids grow faster.

Suggested quantities are as follows

• Goat and its young: 300 to 400 gr
• Weaned young goat: 50-100gr
• Goats in covering age: 300 gr

4. Production

One adult goat may weigh 40 kg; the she-goat weighs 30kg (for local breed goats)

The meat production of a slaughtered goat is 48% of its weight.

Three young goats kept in goat shed can give 2 tons of manure per year.