Broiler Goat Farming in Kerala
Raising commercial Broiler goats in Kerala can be a major source of income for the unskilled and the educated. In particular, landless women can raise other goats and other animals to earn more money. Raising chickens, cattle, sheep, goats, etc. with the most popular and old business opportunity in Kerala.
Is Broiler Goat Farming Profitable?
By broiler goat production, maximum weight is prepared for goat meat in a short time, in the same way, in about two months, chickens of 1.5 to 2.0 kg are prepared. Till the broiler gets ready. Similarly, broiler goats can be prepared from lambs of any available breed by using special techniques in broiler goat production. If broiler goat is produced, then in broiler goat production, the average weight of large-sized breed goats at the age of 12 months is 45 kg. Up to 35 kg for medium-sized goats and 30 kg for small-sized goats. Can be sold for up to Rs.
By doing health management in broiler goat farming, the mortality rate of goats can be reduced to less than 6 percent so that maximum profit with minimum loss can be achieved. Farmers who do not have enough land to graze goats in the village. They can also get maximum benefit by producing broiler goats. On producing goats in cities, the goat trader will have to buy and feed all the grain, straw, and green fodder, whereas in the village the goat farmer can produce grain, fodder, and straw in his fields and feed the goats by grazing in the forest or pasture near the village. Can save in the expenditure on fodder, straw.
With the broiler goat production method, unemployed youth, landless laborers, and small farmers of villages and urban areas can get good employment at home and get a lot of benefits from normal goat farming.
Keep these things in mind in broiler goat production
- Immediately after the birth of goats, their umbilical cord is cut and tincture iodine is applied to the wound, and lambs are given guffaw.
- Write down the lambs' birth weight, their sex, the type of reproduction, and the mother's weight before delivery.
- Lambs are fed milk 3-4 times a day till the age of one week. Breastfeeding of lambs is stopped when they are 3 months old.
- When pasture is available after three months of age, feed the lambs 4-6 hours a day.
- In scientific goat rearing, the weight of lambs should be written immediately after birth, from then every fortnight till the age of 3 months, and thereafter every month.
- The goat's weight is then separated into their birth weights, at 3, 6, 9, and 12 months of age to study the effect of non-genetic factors on their weight.
- For the purchase of good goats, contact the Central Goat Research Institute of Mathura district. Farmers are also given training. The first month is a bit difficult for goats. This requires more care these days. With good care, mortality can be reduced.
- For healthy growth of goats, first deworming should be given to broiler lambs at 45 days of age, after that deworming should be repeated as per need.
- After one month, start giving ground grains and little green fodder to the goats in small feeders.
- Goats will start eating it slowly. This ration should be given to eat for 12 hours.
- Animal feed is available in the market and can be fed by buying and feeding goat farmers, otherwise, goat farmers can prepare their own feed using locally available ingredients.
- Starter and finisher feed is available in the market, buy it and give starter feed to broiler goats from the third month to 6 months.
- From six months to 12 months, feed the finisher grain as per his wish.
- In case of general ill health from the age of one month, the lamb should be given some antibiotic medicine by asking the veterinarian, half a gram. Give it in one liter of water, so that goats can be protected from diseases.
- In the initial days, clean the bedding on the ground daily.
- Always change the place of keeping the water pot.
- Get the dead goats out of the enclosure quickly.
- Get the post-mortem done from the nearest hospital or veterinarian.
- Keep phenyl water in a pot or cistern at the door of the goat's enclosure.
- Visitors should wash their feet while entering or entering the goats' shed.
- Change this water daily. For good profit, the average weight of goats of high sized, medium-sized, and small-sized goats by 12 months of age should be sold at 45 kg, 35 kg, and 30 kg. -
- The broiler goat should be sold at the age of twelve months because at this age not only the meat of the broiler goat is tasty but it also contains maximum nutrients and its price is also good.