Different Feedings of goat


  1. Feeding of breeding does:

>     If the availability of pasture is good, there is no need to supplement concentrate mixture.
>     In poor grazing condition animals may be supplemented with concentrate mixture @150-350 g of concentrate / animal/day depending up on the age.
>     The digestible crude protein level of concentrate mixture used in the adult feed is 12 per cent.





  2. Feeding does during the first four months of pregnancy:



>     Pregnant animals should be allowed in good quality pasture 4-5 hours per day. Their ration must be supplemented with available green fodder at the rate of 5 kg per head per day.



  3. Feeding does during the Last One Month of Pregnancy:



>      In this period fetal growth increases 60-80 per cent until parturition and lack of enough energy in the feed can cause pregnancy toxaemia in does. So during this period animal should be allowed in very good quality pasture 4-5 hours per day.
>      In addition to grazing, animals should be fed with concentrate mixture @ 250 -50 g/animal/day. Their ration should be supplemented with available green fodder at the rate of 7 kg per head per day.



  4. Feeding does at kidding time:



>      kidding time approaches or immediately after kidding the grain allowance should be reduced but good quality dry roughage is fed free choice.
>      It is usually preferable to feed lightly on the day of parturition, but allow plenty of clean, cool water. Soon after kidding the doe must be given just enough of slightly warm water.
>      After parturition the ration of the doe may be gradually increased so that she receives the full ration in divided doses six to seven times in a day.
>      Bulky and laxative feedstuffs may be included in the ration during the first few days. A mixture of wheat bran and barely or oats or maize at 1: 1 proportion is excellent.



  5. Feeding lactating does:

  The following rations may be recommended
>      6-8 hours grazing + 10 kg cultivated green fodder/day
>      6-8 hours grazing + 400 g of concentrate mixture/day
>      6-8 hours grazing + 800 g of good quality legume hay/day



  6. Feeding non pregnant does:



>     If the availability of pasture is good no need to supplement with concentrates mixture. In poor grazing condition animals may be supplemented with 150-200 g of concentrate / animal/day.



  7. Feeding bucks for breeding:



>      The common practice is allowing the bucks to graze with does. Under such conditions the bucks will get the same ration as the does. Usually, it will meet the nutritional requirements of the buck.
>      Where there are facilities for separate feeding of the buck, it may be given half a kilogram of a concentrate mixture consisting of three parts oats or barley, one-part maize and one-part wheat per day.