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Live Stock Production: Feeding Goats by Probityfarms: 3:30pm On Aug 14, 2017
Choosing the right feed for your goat is very crucial to their body formation and development. And it is an aspect of goat rearing that should be considered important especially if the goat is being raised for fattenting. Goats are able to consume a wide variety of feed and vegetation than either sheep or cattle, research has shown that goats are equipped with a well formed palate that can distinguish between sweet, bitter, salty and sour taste. It is important to know the right feed for your goats and serve to them in clean environment.

Goats can be selective when it comes to feed, what would be consumed by one goat would not be not be eaten by another, and a goat would regularly refuse any feed that has been soiled. Goats might consume a certain kind of feed at some stage of maturity but reject them at other times. It is important that the goat farmers take not of what feeds his goats eat and how to improve on them.

Goats can be feed with any type of crop, corn leaves or other wide variety of leguminous fodders. Hydroponic feed and compound feed are other specially formulated feeds that farmers can use in making their goats grow faster within a short period. They contain most of the nutrients required by goats in high quantity resulting in fast body development.
Although compound feed may be expensive to buy, farmers can formulate the feed in their farm based on formulas used in their locality. Cassava peels (dried), elephant grass and banana leaves also represents a good source of nutrients for goats. Cassava peels should be tied in a sack and soaked in water for 3 days allowing it to ferment and properly kill off cyanide, cyanide is a chemical present in fresh cassava peels and can be dangerous to goats, goats would not eat cassava peels with moulds on them.
Cassava peels can also be given to goats in their dry form, Cassava peels should be very dry and can also be crushed. Most farmers make a compound feed by mixing dry cassava peels with brewery waste and other sources of protein. Prices of dry cassava peels vary according to weather condition, but it is still a cheap and affordable feed. A bag of cassava feed currently goes for #500 at 50 kg.

There other numerous ways a goat farmer can source for feed for goats, he should ensure they are being fed with the right amount of nutrients prescribed by the veterinarian.

Probity Farms is a software that allows you to manage feed and track its usage, with its powerful data storing capabilities, farmers can get reports about progress and productivity in farm and if there is a need to change feed or improve on it. Visit ProbityFarms for more information

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Re: Live Stock Production: Feeding Goats by Biotics: 5:00pm On Aug 15, 2017
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