₦airaland Forum

OTDR:
I am loving this thread. GGfadar, Im curious, are all your cows too young to conceive? Also, whats the purpose of the sheets on the feeding troughs, or could it be you put them because the floors of the wooden feed troughs have lapses?

GGfadar:
Sincerely, goat business, either breeding for meat production/milk production or buying and selling is highly lucrative, breeding of goats isn't dat easy truly but its requires standard management.

A lot of things need to b considered....

Most importantly

* shelter
* feed
* pasture
* security, most especially against predators

U can never run a backyard goat farming biz and make money due to cost of feeding except its for home/personal consumption.

At least one/two acres of land should be enough for 30 goats to graze as a starter and d land should b flourished with gd pasture.

For south westerners dat wish to start, I will advice u cross breed northern/Niger/chad breed with our dwarf breed, only then u can avoid environmental adaptation issues, feed selection challenges and some other risk factors...


NOTE :
Every beginner must get enough knowledge before starting and should b ready for mortality issues.
I'm not saying its 100% sure thr will b mortality but note dat its part of d challenges any starter should prepare for.
I started small and expanded well with very very low mortality rate due to full attention I gave to the goats. Thanks to my old man dat put me through....

Goats need more attention dan sheep mostly during the rainy season.
Wish anyone interested GOODLUCK...


JAH BLESS

shamecurls:
How much did u get the males and females

OTDR:
@op with all due respect, with little research on goat farming the internet one can easily become a goat farm "consultants". Perhaps, it is best you show readers photos of your goat farm ( if u have any) so we can see how well your goats are doing. Atleast proving u are a practical farmer would go a long way in confidence building. The growing numbers of theoretical farmers on this site is sickening. Photos they say, say a thousand words. Readers would be very delighted to see how well your goat farm biz is doing.Thx

lanre2009:
Pls where is your farm located? Do you train intending farmers?

Emmaloh:
How much did u get all dese 3 rams?

Emmaloh:
FaDar, pls drop your number, i have a few questions to ask personally. Tnks

dgitrader:
nice work bro. this I think is an ideal setup for any beginner herder. but will the females be allowed to roam freely with the males?
this plot looks bigger than typical 50*100feet.

snowpe:
GGfadar,weldone

alakara:
How much is a Gudali Calf.

EmmaAjayi:
Good morning house, quite sometime

Liadi2:
But sir how much did ur friend purchase his/her own cows per head because urs is bigger Dan his/her own.

GGfadar:
Treatment for all kinds of skin diseases, all kinds of worms infections(tapeworm, liverworm, eye worm e.t.c) and treatment for thicks on d skin, foot and mouth rot vaccination.

Will vaccinate all against Trypanosomiasis in 2 weeks time..

OTDR:
Well done bro!

I see the drugs are in big capsules, so do one just give them to cows to swallow or how? And how much is the deworming drug. Thks

Adenex3051:
@GGfadar you have really done well. If a quarter Nigerians are this industrious and selfless with information, this country would be a lot better. Sincerely I think you deserve an award. (All that has benefitted this, if you all agree with me kindly like this post)
GGfadar pls how much will be enough to raise 5 kid rams from.December to Ileya 2016. Thanks

jaz:
How do you connect with buyers

EmmaAjayi:
Boss, how possible will it be to meet you next week? I need to come & see things for myself & rub mind with you.

EmmaAjayi:
Boss, how possible will it be to meet you next week? I need to come & see things for myself & rub mind with you.