CompositionI Feeding different age groups ofgoats
A. Feeding does in different stages
1. Feeding of breeding does
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• 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 with DCP 12%.
2. Feeding does during the first four months of pregnancy
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• Good quality pasture 4-5 hours per day.
• Ration must be supplemented with available green fodder at the rate of 5 kg/ head/ day.
3. Feeding does during the last one month of pregnancy:
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• Animals should be allowed in very good quality pasture 4-5 hours per day.
• Concentrate mixture @ 250 –350 g/animal/day. Their ration should be supplemented with available green fodder at the rate of 7 kg /head /day.
4. Feeding does at kidding time
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• Good quality dry roughage is fed free choice 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.

Feeding Allowance



5. Feeding lactating does
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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
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• If the availability of pasture is good no need to supplement with concentrate mixture
• Animals may be supplemented with 150 – 200 g of concentrate / animal/day.
7. Feeding bucks for breeding
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• The common practice is allowing the bucks to graze with does.
• Under such conditions the bucks will get the same ration as the does
• 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.