About goat

Goat care and Breeding

Goat care is a serious responsibility. Goats need companionship. Hence, it is better to keep two goats or have a sociable animal to give a single goat company. Goats need spacious shelters, which is free from dampness and drafts. There should be good ventilation so that the freshness of the air maintained inside the shelter.
Barns with three sides and pitched roof are ideal for all weather condition. Fences for the shelter or the shelter compound should be taller as goats tend to climb. For bedding place, dry straw or dry shavings of wood. Make sure that wild animals or dogs could not get inside the shelter, as those animals can harm goats.
There requires special care regarding the diet of the goats. Goats do not prefer soiled food. Its better to feed goats with forages like browse and hay, grain based feeds as well as nutritional supplements. They are quite sensitive to sudden changes to the diet. Bring changes to the feed program regarding timing of feeding, feeding type as well as feeding amount, in a gradual manner.
Water offered for the goats must be clean and give it in clean containers. On average goats might consume two to five gallon of water everyday and this depends on the breed as well as size of goats. During warm weather, its good to offer water at shorter intervals and during cold weather hot water is advisable.
Access to veterinarian at regular basis will help in detecting any illness or infections. If goats show any changes in their food habits or some other routine, it is better to have checked up. Trim the hoofs of the goats regularly, and medicate it if any infection is there. Put flycatchers inside the shelter, as during warm weather flies tend to disturb goats. Shave the goat during summer if the locality is hotter. Worm the goats using paste wormer at least once a year.
The season stretching from latter part of summer to earlier part of winter is good for goat breeding. There are eighteen to twenty-one estrus cycle for the does’. Goat breeders make use of Natural breeding or artificial insemination.
Does’ become fertile at a very young age of two months. Healthy does and goats of seven months or older can breed and give healthy kids, most of the time twins. It takes five months for a doe to give birth.
Goat cheese making is becoming popular these days as goat cheese has good nutritional value. For Goat cheese making, goat milk, buttermilk, ladle, fresh lemon juice, colander, cheesecloth etc are required.
For making goat cheese, mix all required ingredients well together in the bowl. After pouring it to pan, heat it up to 170 degrees, and then cool it for twelve hours naturally after covering it with plastic wrap.
Drain the cheese mixture-using strainer after placing cheesecloth. Once drained remove the cheesecloth and then store it in container that is airtight. Making goat cheese is possible at homes. Overall Goats are valuable animals. Be its milk or skin or fat or meat or excreta, everything has value.

 

 

 

 

 

Welcome to Indian Goat Farms

We are located at Bairnatham Village, Dharmapuri District, Tamilnadu State in India. Coastal Goat farm is one of the finest Stall Fed Goat Farm in India, spread over many acres, landscaped to provide the necessary facilities to the goats. All the Goats are raised and nourished in stalls with best fodder and care. Health and growth of each and every goat is monitored on daily basis, providing vaccination and medicine to prevent from known diseases.
There is vast demand for Indian Goats overseas as well, Indian Goats are preferred over other regions due to the fact of their natural growth and quality of meat. We are the leading Live Goat suppliers in  all part of the India.
The innovations have taken goat farming to a whole new level of operations within the country. The systems of production and operation implemented at Coastal Goat Farm have been appreciated by many. Top executives from the agricultural and animal husbandry department have acknowledged that Coastal Goat Farm has revolutionized the goat farming industry and has provided invaluable support for rural development.

Goat is a multi functional animal and plays a significant role in the economy and nutrition of landless, small and marginal farmers in the country. Goat rearing is an enterprise which has been practiced by a large section of population in rural areas. Goats can efficiently survive on available shrubs and trees in adverse harsh environment in low fertility lands where no other crop can be grown.

In pastoral and agricultural subsistence societies in India, goats are kept as a source of additional income and as an insurance against disaster. Goats are also used in ceremonial feastings and for the payment of social dues.

In addition to this, goat has religious and ritualistic importance in many societies. The advantages of goat rearing are:

• The initial investment needed for Goat farming is low.
• Due to small body size and docile nature, housing requirements and manage mental problems with goats are less.
• Goats are friendly animals and enjoy being with the people.
• Goats are prolific breeders and achieve sexual maturity at the age of 10-12 months gestation period in goats is short and at the age of 16-17 months it starts giving milk. Twinning is very common and triplets and quadruplets are rare.
• In drought prone areas risk of goat farming is very much less as compared to other livestock species.
• Unlike large animals in commercial farm conditions both male and female goats have equal value.
• Goats are ideal for mixed species grazing. The animal can thrive well on wide variety of thorny bushes, weeds, crop residues, agricultural by-products unsuitable for human consumption.
• Under proper management, goats can improve and maintain grazing land and reduce bush encroachment (biological control) without causing harm to the environment.
• No religious taboo against goat slaughter and meat consumption prevalent in the country.
• Slaughter and dressing operation and meat disposal can be carried without much environmental problems.
• The goat meat is more lean (low cholesterol) and relatively good for people who prefer low energy diet especially in summer and sometimes goat meat (chevon) is preferred over mutton because of its "chewability"
• Goat milk is easy to digest than cow milk because of small fat globules and is naturally homogenized. Goat milk is said to play a role in improving appetite and digestive efficiency. Goat milk is non allergic as compared to cow milk and it has anti-fungal and anti bacterial properties and can be used for treating urogenital diseases of fungal origin.
• Goats are 2.5 times more economical than sheep on free range grazing under semi arid conditions.
• Goat creates employment to the rural poor besides effectively utilizing unpaid family labor. There is ample scope for establishing cottage industries based on goat meat and milk products and value addition to skin and fiber.
• Goat is termed as walking refrigerator for the storage of milk and can be milked number of times in a day.