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    Meat goat farming is becoming popular in Kenya as goats are hardy and can thrive in dry areas. Most farmers raise meat goats as a source of income from selling kids and culled adults. Goats are prolific, have a short gestation, high twinning rates, require less space and feed than cows. Common breeds suited for meat goat farming in Kenya include the Small East African goat, Galla goat, Anglo-Nubians, German Alpine, Boer, and Toggenburg. Housing for goats should provide adequate space, be protected from weather and predators, and include separate resting and feeding areas. Feeding should include fodder, protein supplements, salt licks, water and ca

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    Meat goat farming is becoming popular in Kenya as goats are hardy and can thrive in dry areas. Most farmers raise meat goats as a source of income from selling kids and culled adults. Goats are prolific, have a short gestation, high twinning rates, require less space and feed than cows. Common breeds suited for meat goat farming in Kenya include the Small East African goat, Galla goat, Anglo-Nubians, German Alpine, Boer, and Toggenburg. Housing for goats should provide adequate space, be protected from weather and predators, and include separate resting and feeding areas. Feeding should include fodder, protein supplements, salt licks, water and ca

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    Meat goat farming is becoming popular in Kenya as goats are hardy and can thrive in dry areas. Most farmers raise meat goats as a source of income from selling kids and culled adults. Goats are prolific, have a short gestation, high twinning rates, require less space and feed than cows. Common breeds suited for meat goat farming in Kenya include the Small East African goat, Galla goat, Anglo-Nubians, German Alpine, Boer, and Toggenburg. Housing for goats should provide adequate space, be protected from weather and predators, and include separate resting and feeding areas. Feeding should include fodder, protein supplements, salt licks, water and ca

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    Meat goat farming is becoming popular in Kenya as goats are hardy and can thrive in dry areas. Most farmers raise meat goats as a source of income from selling kids and culled adults. Goats are prolific, have a short gestation, high twinning rates, require less space and feed than cows. Common breeds suited for meat goat farming in Kenya include the Small East African goat, Galla goat, Anglo-Nubians, German Alpine, Boer, and Toggenburg. Housing for goats should provide adequate space, be protected from weather and predators, and include separate resting and feeding areas. Feeding should include fodder, protein supplements, salt licks, water and ca

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    Meat Goats Rearing

    Meat goat farming in Kenya is becoming popular day by day. This is because goats are hardy
    and can be kept even in dry areas. Most farmers venture into meat goat rearing as a source of
    income from the sale of extra kids and culled adults. This is because goats are prolific
    compared to cows. They have a short gestation period, high chances of twinning and requires
    less space and feed less than cows. They are also much easier to invest in considering the
    initial capital investment and time you need to attend to them. They are generally browsers, if
    you plant more of fodder trees you are good to go.

    Breeds

    There following are the common breeds suited for commercial and profitable goat farming in
    Kenya:
    ● Small East African Goat
    ● Galla Goat
    ● Anglo-Nubians
    ● German Alpine
    ● Boer
    ● Toggenburg
    ● Saanen

    NB: Have a good Meat Goat breeding plan for a vigorous growing flock and to avoid inbreeding

    Housing
    Construct a suitable house for your goats. The house should:
    ● Have adequate space for accommodate each goat. Generally, an adult goat requires a
    an average space of 0.5 - 0.75 square meter
    ● Be damp proof and th roof not leaking
    ● Free from sharp objects, pests and wild animals
    ● Has a proper ventilation
    ● Be in a calm, quiet and noise free land on your farm. Goats love solitude places.

    You can divide the house into two parts:


    Resting or sleeping area - Make the sleeping area comfortable enough for the goats with
    sufficient facilities of well ventilation, soft bedding, must have to have wall with door, well roofed
    and well ventilation system
    Feeding area - The feeding area should have water trough, feed trough, slatted floor, feed racks
    and a rain proof mineral block pack area. Ensure sufficient flow of fresh air and light in the
    sleeping and feeding places of goats
    Since goats are browsers and not grazers, a house 1.5 feet raised off the ground would look
    much more appealing to them. This also helps to reduce waste of feed. Put a board under the
    rack to catch fallen feed.
    A house of 1.8 meter *1.8 meter* 2.5 meter (5.5 ft * 5.5 ft * 8.5 ft) is suitable enough for housing
    10 small goats

    Feeding
    Feed Meat goats complementary on fast growing and fast weight gaining food. These include:

    Fodder​ : napier grass, green leaves. The fodder should be chopped into small pieces of size 3
    cm. Include energy supplements, molasses, milling by-products like pollard or bran, cereals etc
    Protein supplements​ : These include Calliandra leaves, cotton seed cake, Leucaena leaves,
    desmodium, fish-meal, dairy meal, sweet potato vines etc.
    Salt :​ Hang nutritious salt lick like MACLIK MINERAL BRICK constantly in their cages to lick.
    This will avoid cases of​ hard to urinate and a little bloody urine.
    Water:​ Ensure goats gets sufficient supply of clean and fresh water. An adult goat should take 2
    litres of water per day

    You can also castrate them for fast weight gain.

    Since feed costs account for up to 70 per cent of the total cost in a meat goat enterprise you can
    reduce costs through adequate year round browsing and/or grazing with only mineral
    supplementation is the most economical way. These include hay, crop by-products such as
    maize stalks, forages from leucaena, calliandra, gliricidia, clitoria and centrosema, harvested
    cassava leaves left under the sun for 1 day to reduce poisoning, pruned mango tree branches,
    cowpeas, local bran from pound maize and other grains as energy supplement.
    Vaccination

    Do timely vaccination of your meat goats for a healthy flock.


    This helps to keep your goats free from highly contagious diseases like PPR, goat pneumonia,
    tetanus etc.
    Vaccinate meat goats for PPR at 2 weeks and Contagious Caprine Pleuropneumonia (CCPP) at
    1 month. CCPP is also a very dangerous disease which can kill the entire flock in a short time
    Give sheep & goat pox and tetanus anytime after 1 month of age.
    For preventing scabby mouth disease, vaccinate the goats at their two months of age.

    Deworming:​ We deworm our goats after every two to three months. Use dewormers like
    NILVERM from Cooper K-brands.
    Ticks control:​ To control ticks, wash your goats every two weeks with water containing
    acaricide using a piece of cloth or a hand sprayer. Wear hand gloves for protection against the
    acaricide. Use at least 1.5 litres of the mixed acaricide for each adult goat
    Walk the goats through a foot bat of 5% COPPER SULPHATE regularly. This will help stop foot
    rot and foot abscess. Trim injured or overgrown hooves

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