Goats perhaps the most favorable for the maintenance of the animals on private farms.Breeding them is to do if only because of their phenomenal unpretentious and very good productivity.
Goats: breeding, keeping, care
To plant growing goats was successful, it should:
- provide animals a comfortable place to spend the night in the summer and winter.
- properly designed diet.
- know how to get healthy offspring and to grow it.
Next, consider how to get the most from the high productivity of the animals, details.
What should be shed
So, the successful maintenance of the goats at home in terms of productivity is only possible if everything easy for them home.Too big areas, these unpretentious animals require.However, even in close quarters can dramatically reduce productivity.When designing the barn, it should be borne in mind that the one goat shall be at least 1.2 m2 for adult goat producer - 2 m2 for a kid - depending on age - 0.70-0.80 m2.If these parameters are met, the animals will feel good, that certainly affect the amount of milk and the quality of wool.
premises for goats must necessarily be insulated.The fact that these animals are not very well tolerated by very severe cold and heat.The air temperature in the barn in the winter should not fall below +8 ... + 10 degrees, and in summer rise above 20 degrees.The floor in the room for goats usually arranged boardwalk and is inclined towards the entrance to drain urine.Next to the barn to wall space for walking at the rate of 2-4 m2 per head.The fence should have a height of about 2 m. In a small shed, designed for a couple of goats, for a good lighting and ventilation will be enough one window.In large rooms arrange ventilation.
feeders and a place to sleep
Live goats (breeding, keeping, care which is not particularly complex procedures) must in good conditions.It is important not only to build them quite spacious barn, but also to equip it properly.Feeders should be positioned at a certain height - 15-50 cm from the floor.In addition, you will need to arrange a special shelf for the rest.Stuff them at a height of 30-40 cm from the floor along the entire length of the wall.The width of the shelves - 60-70 cm. The large barn is possible to arrange even a large platform designed specifically for sleeping goats.
Each animal is desirable to arrange a separate fenced off enclosure, which, in addition to drinking and feeding bowls, set large nursery for hay.On the floor of his goats do not throw, because these animals are very active and lying under their feet trample hay quickly.
Choice manufacturers
So, what should be the conditions of the goats, we are found.Now let's get to how to select the right manufacturers.Experienced farmers are advised to buy a goat or a goat in the market.It is better to look for in the neighborhood someone who is seriously engaged in these animals, or contact your nearest licensed kennel.If the purchase will be based on some reasons still on the market, for the selection of quality dairy goats will need to:
- First, carefully inspect its udder.It must be great with the nipples of medium length.The best dairy goats with different udder right round or pear-shaped, not split into two halves, not flabby and pendulous.
- In order to ensure that the animal will produce delicious milk odorless be scratching your fingers between his horns wool.If the odor from your hands after this will not be felt - so that's all right.
- Age goats can be determined by giving her bread.The young animal is happy to accept a treat and then eat it.The old goat will be a long roll biscuit in his mouth, waiting for him to razmoknet.
When buying goats should carefully examine their mother.The degree of efficiency of these animals very well inherited.You should also ask the seller about the conditions of detention and feed the kid.Sharply changing his diet is not recommended.Solitary confinement goat farming is practiced in quite often.But because these animals are extremely sociable, should buy more than one kid, and at least a couple.
When can conduct successful mating
content goats at home is possible only if the provisions of the rules of the mating.Sexual maturity comes goats very early - in 6-7 months.However, up to a year to carry out mating is not recommended.If this hurry after birth immature goat will grow much worse.The same applies to the offspring.The best thing for the first time the goats happen in half a year.
Reproduction
Goats, keeping and breeding of which must be carried out according to certain rules - the animals are very active, problem getting them to posterity usually does not arise.Rut they usually occurs in the fall.During this period, most often carried out mating.Kozlov uterus bears about five months.Therefore, when they are born in the autumn of conception closer to spring.This means that the owner will not have to further insulate the barn.In May and June the goats on green pastures are rapidly gaining weight.Sometimes mating carried out in the spring.In this case, the fall of the owners of the animals will be milk.
Newborn Care
born goats will need to cut the umbilical cord at a distance of 6-8 cm from the stomach.The remaining tip smeared with iodine.You should also remove the newborn mucus from the mouth, nose and eyes with a clean cloth, and put them under the goat to she licked them.Milk the uterus should be no later than 4 hours after birth.Colostrum fed goats from a bottle with a rubber nipple.In the first days of feeding thus produce at least 4 times a day.A week later, moving to three-time diet (700 g of milk per day).In month old dose must be already in 1500 g and at bi - 2000. In this time, goats feed is not more than twice a day.By the age of three months the number of desoldering milk cut to 500 grams per day.Then kids can be transferred to an adult diet.
Successful Milking goats content at home in terms of a large quantity of milk is only possible under certain guidelines.To improve performance, the animals will need to:
- Punctually observe daily feedings.
- Giving goats only fresh quality food.
- Treat animals with water temperature of 10 degrees in sufficient quantities.
- refuse milking before feeding.
Content of domestic goats in the winter
In cold weather, adult animals should receive crude, concentrated and juicy fodder.Indicative feeding schedule following:
- morning give concentrates (crushed grains), succulent food (carrots, beets - raw potatoes - boiled).Next you need to milk the goat and put it in a manger of hay.
- At noon animal feed juicy fodder - silage or root crops.Then again milked and enclose hay.
- evening flake and fed milk.
- the night in a manger of hay and put a broom made of branches dried hardwood trees.You can also give the fir paws.In them a lot of vitamins.
watered goats twice a day 4 liters per head.
amount of feed should be as follows:
| Food | number |
| Hay | 1,8-2,2 kg |
| Feed | 0,5-1 kg |
| Carrot, beet tops, cabbage leaves | 3-4 kg |
| Root | 2-4 kg |
In addition, be sure to give the goats feed additives, salt and chalk.Hay may be replaced with brooms in a double dose.Also, sometimes the winter feed goats collected fallen leaves in autumn.But too much of it is not recommended to give.Limit the amount should be fed birch brooms.They are goats sometimes happens inflammation of the kidneys.How
need hay
Mow grass for preparations for the winter in June, during the flowering period or before.On one head will need to prepare about 380-420 kg of hay.You can mow and nasushit 200-250 kg, and the lack of make up brooms.In this case they need about 400 kg.
Content goats in the winter in the warm barn with proper feeding will allow to receive quite a lot of milk, and at this time of the year.
Pasture
goats in the pasture kicked in early spring.Put the animal to a new diet should be gradual.To do this, first to the pasture of goats fed small amounts of hay and concentrated feed.
Mouth animals better in the high enough dry areas.Odorous tough grasses they like much more than a watery tasteless growing in the lowlands.In watering goats fetches twice a day.In very hot weather arrange vacation.Needless to pasture is divided into several sections.First goats graze on one, and then transferred to the other.
on pasture arranged a special area for recreation.From time to time, change its location, since it quickly becomes soiled with manure.Home stall animals are driving late at night.Thus, in the summer they are fed as a woolen and dairy goat milking.Their content in the warm season is no big deal.Many owners do not even fed goats optional, fully translating them into the pasture diet.
Thus, the content of the goats at home - the procedure is not as complex as it might seem at first glance.The main thing - to choose the right manufacturers to develop high-quality diet and observe the daily feeding and milking.
