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What is a dairy goat? What do dairy goats like to eat? Which goat gives more milk?

March 10, 2020 Benadine Nonye

Dairy goats are the breeds of goats that are mainly used to produce milk. Some common breeds of dairy goats in the United States are Alpine, La Mancha, Saanen and Nubian. Goats are ruminants. A ruminant is an animal with four stomach compartments: a reticulum, omasum, abomasum, and rumen. Goats are fed differently depending on their age and stage in their life. The stage of their life when they produce milk is the production stage. Dairy goats must be fed appropriately to get wholesome milk. The Six Major Dairy Goat Breeds.…

How to hand-milk a goat, follow these steps

March 10, 2020 Benadine Nonye

Hand-milking or let’s say that milking a goat is the most important part for you if you are raising a few goats for fresh milk supply because if your goats are few or you have a small herd, you don’t need to use any auto or electric milker as you can easily milk your goats by hand. If you’re raising goats as part of a green, sustainable lifestyle, you’ll want to milk them. Hand-milking a goat isn’t difficult, but you do have to practice to be efficient at it. Some…

How much milk can you get from a goat?

March 9, 2020 Benadine Nonye

Goats milk is easier for digestion, and the meat is lean. Goat produces a unique flavor as well, resulting in special tasting milk and additional products. Meanwhile their milk production is less than that produced by a cow. A good dairy goat provides between 6 to 12 pounds of milk a day for about a 305-day lactation. A good dairy cow provides almost five times that amount. It takes more work to maintain a herd of goats than it does a herd of cows, and the same number of cows…

How long does it take for a goat to produce milk?

March 9, 2020 Benadine Nonye

Total goat milk per day is one quart or 7 gallons a month. Therefore if your doe is pregnant, then her milk will continue to dry up and at 10 months you should stop milking. If your doe is not pregnant, she may continue to produce milk for up to 2 years. It really just depends on the individual goat. Choosing the Right Breed of a Dairy Goat The first step to raising dairy goats for milk production is to learn about the different standard dairy goat breeds. Although there…

Goat Breeds for Meat

March 8, 2020 Benadine Nonye

With regards to Goat Breeds for Meat, Findings have shown that goat meat is relatively healthy with almost as few calories as chicken thou It can get dry if not being cooked properly, but despite that goat can make a scrumptious and nutritious dinner. There are numerous breeds of goats. The dairy goats generally produce large amounts of goat milk throughout the entire year. They also generally have high fat content to make thicker products. Goat breeds for meat production are bred to be large and reproduce often. The larger…

Pulpy Kidney Disease in Goats: Symptoms and Prevention Control Measures

February 10, 2020 Benadine Nonye

This disease is caused by bacteria that often exist within the sheep’s intestine but only cause disease symptoms under certain circumstances such as a change of grazing, exhaustion, sudden dietary changes and dosing with dewormers. The bacteria in the intestine produce a toxin (poison) which results in death. It’s symptoms vary as sometimes the goats are found dead while at other times, they either: (1) appear exhausted, show paralysis and a loss of consciousness and may have labored breathing, salivation and diarrhoea or (2) have nervous symptoms with convulsions, accompanied…

Tetanus Disease in Goats: Symptoms and Prevention Control Measures

February 10, 2020 Benadine Nonye

Tetanus is a disease that causes stiffness that leads to paralysis and then death. This fatal disease occurs as a result of a wound becoming infected by bacteria commonly found in soil and faeces. Therefore, animals are at high risk when using the elastic band method of castration as this makes a wound. The disease is preventable by using the appropriate vaccine at the right time or as recommended by an expert. Symptoms, Prevention and Treatment Some of the basic signs and symptoms may include but not limited to the…

Ways to Maintain a Healthy Goat

February 8, 2020 Benadine Nonye

Goats can be kept healthy through the following activities and methods: 1. By Ensuring that they have access to enough feed of the correct quality. 2. Ensuring they have access to clean water. 3. Following a vaccination program against common diseases 4. Keeping internal and external parasites under control. 5. Keeping sick goats separate so that disease does not spread to healthy goats. 6. Making sure that any goats introduced to the flock are disease-free. 7. Sheltering goats from adverse weather.If a goat does get sick it needs to be…

The Different Types of Goats – Diary and Meat Goats

February 8, 2020 Benadine Nonye

There are two major types of goats reared in Africa: 1.Diary Goats.2.Meat Goats. Diary Goats: These include the different breeds of goats which are basically reared for milk production.They are so many breeds but the commonest in Africa include the following: 1) Saanen Breed This is a breed of goats that originated from the Saanen valley of Switzerland. Its the highest and most consistent diary producer producing 3-7ltrs of milk and in Uganda,it can mostly be located in kasese district, mbale district and a few in masaka. 2) Toggenburg Breed…

Goat Breeds for Milk

January 12, 2020 Benadine Nonye

Goats are one of the most popular animals which are being raised for the purpose of milk and meat production. There are different breeds of goats with each breed having a different meat and milk production rate. In order to get the most out of your goats, the right breed must be considered. Breeds of Goats can be classified according to their purposes i.e. for milk and for meat. First we will discuss the different breeds of goat for milk production below: Goat Breeds for Milk Goat milk contains less…