Guide To Raising Goats - 5 Easy And Simple Tips To Help You Start Raising Goats

Without a doubt, keeping goats is one of the more
profitable businesses these days. Fibers
from these animals also yield wool, mohair and
cashmere wool; and there are now farms that
raise and sell docile goats as pets. Aside
from selling fresh and processed meats in the
markets, there is also goat milk that can be
harvested and sold fresh or used as ingredients
to other food items (e.g. candy, cheese, yogurt,
etc.) and skin care products (e.g. lotions, soaps
and creams). If you are thinking about raising
goats as a business venture, here are 5 tips on
how to raise goats you might want to consider.

Guide to raising goats tip #1: Consider what
kind of production you want to get into. Would
you like to sell goat meat, milk, fibers or
pets? Naturally enough, you can sell both goat
milk and meat at the same time, (or whatever
combination you would want.) But that would
entail a huge overhead expenditure right from
the very beginning. It would also mean getting a
very large number of animals, and an equally
large farm space. Try to start this business
venture small. This will help keep your expenses
down while you learn the ropes of rearing goats
on a commercial scale.

Guide to raising goats tip #2: Now that you have
chosen what kind of production you want to get
into, you need to choose carefully what breed of
goats you can order in. Goat breeds like the
Angora, Cashmere, Nigora and the Pygora are
excellent for fiber production. The best
producers of goat meat are the: South African
Boer, Kiko, Brush, Myotonic (also known as the
Fainting goats,) West African Dwarf and the
Spanish goats. Goats breeds like the Alpine,
Anglo-Nubian, La Mancha, Saanen, Toggenburg and
Oberhasli are the best milk producers; while
docile breeds like the: Anglo-Nubian, South
African Boer and the Pygmy goats can be raised
and sold as pets.

Guide to raising goats tip #3: Learn all you can
about commercial goat raising. Subscribe to
lessons in goat rearing, and how to harvest and
sell goat based products. Ask local goat farmers
for tips and a few tricks of the trade. The more
you know about this kind of business endeavor,
the more you can quickly regain your overhead
expenses and profit from your hard work.

Guide to raising goats tip #4: Always seek out
the services of a veterinarian. As a rule, goats
are very hardy animals, and are quite low
maintenance too. But if you are selling the meat
and milk of the animals, you need the animals to
be issued clean bills of health. Besides, having
a vet on your farm's payroll is mandatory in most
states.

Guide to raising goats tip #5: Build adequate
housing for your animals. Goats would need
protection from both the elements and potential
predatory animals. In order to thrive, one goat
would need at least 4 meters of indoor floor
space with a lot of head room so that it can
stand. Housing should also include a separate
feeding area, watering station, beddings, and
milking or shearing stations, especially if you
are rearing goats for milk or fiber production
respectively.

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Raising goats does not need to be tough if you
know how. If you would like to learn more guide
to raising goats and avoid the costly mistakes,
please go to: http://www.raising-goats.com

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