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Goat Raising Mini Course
Welcome To The 10-Part Secrets To
Raising Goats Mini Course!
This will help you discover if raising goat for milk, meat, and other products is the right for you. This course will introduce you to the basic information about goat, their different breeds, how to care for them, how to breed them and take care of the young, and the essential products they give - meat and milk. This course will give you a basic understanding of the economic importance of goats, and in addition, the joys one will get by simply taking care of this wonderful animal.
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Lesson 1 - Basic Goat Information
The goat is among the most common herbivores in the world. It is the common name for mammals under the genus Capra. Three of the nine different species of goats are the makhor, ibexes and wild goats with about three hundred breeds determined. Capra aegagrus hircus or the domestic goat is a subspecies of the wild goat under the family Bovidae.
Goats are usually found in the Middle East and Asia that in these regions, people often take care of goats as pets or for agricultural purposes. However, recent studies show that goat production is also becoming a fast growing livestock industry in the United States.
The domestic goat today came from the wild goats found in Eastern Europe and Asia. Domesticated goats no longer have horns since they are removed unlike the wild goats.
Being the first domesticated animals, goats have been trained to interact with humans and dogs.
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Breeds of Goat
About 200 breeds of goat exist and they are classified according to their use such as fiber, dairy, meat and production of goat skin. There are also goat breeds for goats as companion. The most number of goat breeds are those for the production of dairy followed by meat, fiber, goat skin and companion goat breeds accordingly.
Some of the most common breeds for dairy include Alpine, Belgian Fawn, Chengdu Brown, Damani, Erzgebirge Goat, Finnish Landrace Goat, Grisons Striped, Hailun Goat, Irish Goat, LaMancha, Kinder, Maltese, Nigerian Dwarf, Oberhasli, Pyrenean Goat, Russian White, Saanen goat, Toggenburg, Verata, White Shorthaired and Xinjiang Goat. Goats raised primarily for meat include Barbari Goat, Chappar, Duan Goat, Hasi Goat, Irish Goat, Jamnapari Goat, Kiko Goat, Moxoto, Norweigan, Philippine Goat, Somali Goat, Valais Blackneck, Xinjiang Goat and Zalawadi to name a few.
Some useful terms that you should know if you plan to raise goats include: kidding, estrus, rutting and standing heat. Kidding is the term used for giving birth while estrus is the time when the goats are ready to mate. Estrus usually lasts for 21 days. Rutting is the term used when a buck or a male goat is ready to breed while standing heat is the term for a female goat which is ready to mate. Goats breed in a seasonal basis and it was noted that a healthy buck can breed up to 50 nannies in one season. Puberty for goat occurs between 7-10 months of age. The breeding age for male goat is around 8 to 10 months of age while that of a doe is around one year of age.
A nanny or doe can have at most 6 kids at one time. The gestation usually lasts for 145 to 155 days where a doe can deliver 1 to 5 kids in a litter after. The average life span of goats is from 8 to 12 years. Until then, happy goat raising! ~ Valik
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The new book, "A Beginners Guide To Raising Goats" teaches beginning goat farmers absolutely everything they need to know about starting and keeping a successful goat farm while keeping the goats healthy and injury-free.
-- Goats
-- Different Types of Goats
-- Where to Buy Goats
-- Boer Goats
-- How to Sell Goats and Sheep
-- Goat Raising Mini Course Lesson 1
-- Goat Videos
-- Different Types of Goats
-- Where to Buy Goats
-- Boer Goats
-- How to Sell Goats and Sheep
-- Goat Raising Mini Course Lesson 1
-- Goat Videos
