Hello,
I am a young graduate who intends to start an animal husbandry farm in nigeria.I specifically want to invest in goat farming. Does any one have an idea or a kind of advice for me on starting out.PLs you culd reach me here on niraland o my mail ewuoso_adeyombo@yahoo.com

Ade.

Good day,

See: http://goatfarming.tripod.com

A graduate intrested in Goat farming/animal husbandry?
Thats the first am hearing of it,u are really courageous.wish u all da best ! ! !

good luck dude but with any animal husbandry in Nigeria, you will need a lot of patience

I am about to go into cattle business, thanks to one of my staff who reared cows as a young boy. we are thinking of buying cows somewhere at the rate of between N35,000 to N120,000 per head, and reselling same at double the price in Abuja.

I've seen cows going for as much as N250,000 per head. For those who do not know, ex-Ghanaian international Nee Odartey Lamptey is into cow business. Animal husbandry is good business, but like any other business, you need a marketing plan to properly dispose of your stock getting your cash at hand and not having people owing you up and down.

Go for it my brother!

This is a very lucrative business. All you need is space and location. You can multiply your stock 3 to 4 times in a year. Carry go.

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ifyalways:

A graduate intrested in Goat farming/animal husbandry?
Thats the first am hearing of it,u are really courageous.wish u all da best ! ! !

Now come on. I'am a graduate of computer science with 2:1 honors but I presently own a small fish farm, thinking of expanding like 300% in say march or april. Yeah and I also have plans of going into cattle, goats, poultry(I tried this before and its very profitable), etc

@Thethy; I didn't hear from you again

@  steel5800,

Please,what was our last discussion.

Thank you.

My brother, when there are graduates flooded over the whole place with very few jobs for these graduates, it then boils down to the critical question- why do government/schools admit more than they can employ after graduation? Well, gone are the days when people wait for non existent government jobs. Anything can be a job to you. Good you understand this fact by considering the goat farming idea. Myself i have a degree in Political/Administration, but i don't think, i have the patience for those non-existing jobs. I do Heliculture (Snail Farming) on Part Time coupled with other businesses.

You can incorprate Heliculture to your goatfarming and watch the profit yearly. Snail farmig is as simple as ABC if only you follow the practical guides. All you need to know about Heliculture and succed is downloaded here for you. follow the link: www.snailfarmingng..com

@igelomo

smart move, i am personally saving tons of capital and hope with time i could join you very soon. i need this as secondary income generating biz.
i have a friend who is down at ilaro, ogun state, he has his own goat farm, and some herds of cows and he recently boast of making a net profit of 2.5 mil every month.
he started with just 50 goats, and he almost regretted it and would complain bitterly daily, but today he's acquired about 11 acres of land and has over 500 goats.
the goats and cows are cheaper to rear because they consume mostly soy and beans waste which you get cheaply at ketu per ton and they also consume grasses which is as good as free, but you need a good link in either chad or the north where you can consecutively pack them at immature age. that way, its dirt cheap. you only spend on transporting them down to where you have your farm in either ikorodu or ifo, etc.
and a fully matured wild goat goes as atleast for #10,000 at the market, maturity of wild goats take 3 months, and feeds is extremely cheap.
cows take about 8 months depending on provision of soy waste and fresh grass. a small calf goes for around #40k to #50k and sells for atleast #120,000 at maturity, the older the cows get, the more expensive it becomes. we recently purchased an 11 month old cow for #320,000 from my same friend for a burial.
but note; location and security is the key, and knowing all the local abattoirs will help a lot,

its a great biz, but its front loaded, you need plenty capital, and lots of patience, and ofcourse, experience,
i advice you to find a young mallam you trust who has done the job, partner with him on some tiny percentage; give him accommodation on the farm and watch yourself becomes the next multimillionaire in no time. i have a blueprint for this business, im still battling with the poultry biz im running with my construction profession, next stop is the husbandry biz.

@Thethy: about the Freight Forwarder stuff

Its been a while i posted this comment, do u guys believe i just intend

aasog1:

@igelomo

smart move, i am personally saving tons of capital and hope with time i could join you very soon. i need this as secondary income generating biz.
i have a friend who is down at ilaro, ogun state, he has his own goat farm, and some herds of cows and he recently boast of making a net profit of 2.5 mil every month.
he started with just 50 goats, and he almost regretted it and would complain bitterly daily, but today he's acquired about 11 acres of land and has over 500 goats.
the goats and cows are cheaper to rear because they consume mostly soy and beans waste which you get cheaply at ketu per ton and they also consume grasses which is as good as free, but you need a good link in either chad or the north where you can consecutively pack them at immature age. that way, its dirt cheap. you only spend on transporting them down to where you have your farm in either ikorodu or ifo, etc.
and a fully matured wild goat goes as atleast for #10,000 at the market, maturity of wild goats take 3 months, and feeds is extremely cheap.
cows take about 8 months depending on provision of soy waste and fresh grass. a small calf goes for around #40k to #50k and sells for atleast #120,000 at maturity, the older the cows get, the more expensive it becomes. we recently purchased an 11 month old cow for #320,000 from my same friend for a burial.
but note; location and security is the key, and knowing all the local abattoirs will help a lot,

its a great biz, but its front loaded, you need plenty capital, and lots of patience, and ofcourse, experience,
i advice you to find a young mallam you trust who has done the job, partner with him on some tiny percentage; give him accommodation on the farm and watch yourself becomes the next multimillionaire in no time. i have a blueprint for this business, im still battling with the poultry biz im running with my construction profession, next stop is the husbandry biz.

to start out now/ the reason was because i needed to understand the terrain very well but off i goo

See: http://goatfarming.tripod.com

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Thethy:

Good day,

See: http://goatfarming.tripod.com

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Do you have an idea of any comm goat farm in Nigeria ? I need to visit one and see live farm management!

Igelomo - there is a knowledge based online certification program on comm goat meat production in US university, u can download it freely or complete the program and paid a small amount of money for the certification. The program is very informative for a beginner and includes basic farm budgets on Xcel for such biz.

babaijesha,

where is the site to your message on d online certification course.

Does anyone have knowledge based suggestion on how much it takes to start animal husbandry from scratch to profit.

I like to includes goats and cows. Detail technicalities will be appreciated. xtayle@gmail.com

xtayle:

Does anyone have knowledge based suggestion on how much it takes to start animal husbandry from scratch to profit.

I like to includes goats and cows. Detail technicalities will be appreciated. xtayle@gmail.com

This is diffilcult to get as u hardly see any big time commercial animal husbandry farm ard. Though we have farms up in the North, most of them are handled by Fulanis and record keeping is done in the primitive way,

I feel you.

That will mean trying through errors. Meanwhile someone somewhere have done it in the south without our knowledge. We hope that someone will visit this thread soon and throw light on it so we dont have to re-invent the wheel.

i want to go into goat farming some body help me on ihedioramma@yahoo.ca

I must tell u guys the very truth.goat is not a profitable venture except they are free ranged.I would advice u go for rams and ships.cows r also good

a.A.K:
I must tell u guys the very truth.goat is not a profitable venture except they are free ranged.I would advice u go for rams and ships.cows r also good

what are ur reasons? Because i ve seen people into d biz

OK MY BROTHER THANK'S FOR UR POST FOR ME TO STOP GOAT FARM . AND NOW PLS TEACH ME HOW TO BRING UP RAM,SHIP E.T.C AND SELL FOR PROFIT AND HOW EVERY THING WORKS AND THD FOOD THAT MAKE THEM BIG ,

ihedioramma: OK MY BROTHER THANK'S FOR UR POST FOR ME TO STOP GOAT FARM . AND NOW PLS TEACH ME HOW TO BRING UP RAM,SHIP E.T.C AND SELL FOR PROFIT AND HOW EVERY THING WORKS AND THD FOOD THAT MAKE THEM BIG ,

are u into it already? Wat are ur experiences so far...like ur housing method or are u using free range method?

I AM NOT INTO IT NOW. BOUT I NEED SOME ONE THAT WILL TEACH ME ABOUT IT AND ALL IT TALKS TO BRING THEM UP FOR SELL

osca123:
are u into it already? Wat are ur experiences so far...like ur housing method or are u using free range method?

Goat Farming business is a profitable venture for you because goats do not need high maintenance and are relatively cheap to tend.

The returns are great since almost every part of the goat can be used.

Its meat is sought-after, its wool is utilized to create sweaters and jackets and most importantly, its milk is harvested.

You can find more information about goat farming here:

http://www.how-to-start-guides.com/how-to-start-a-goat-farming-business

Have a good reading

This Is Interesting But Unfortunately Most Graduate Do More Talking Than Action. I Ve Posted Sometimes How I am making My Millions. Many Called From NairaLand But Could Not Do What Am Doing. animal fattening is good my broda.

MY BROS TEACH ME HOW I CAN START AND HOW I WILL MAKE COOL MONEY FROM IT. AND THERE FOODS, WHAT FOODS MAKE THEM BIG ? LIKE HOW MANY ONE CAN BORN? E.T.C