Beetal Goat

Description

Because of the curious nature of this animal they can eat variety of feed source which are bitter, sweet, salty and sour in taste. They can eat leguminous feed like Lobia, Berseem, garlic etc. with taste and enjoyment. Mainly they like to eat the fodder which gives them energy and are rich with protein. They usually have a habit to spoil their food because they did urine in the feeding place. Therefore special type of feeding place is made to protect food from spoilage.

Planted fodder: Podded: Berseem, Garlic, Beans, Peas, Guar.
Non leguminous: Corn, Oats.
Tree leaves: Peepal, mango, ashoka, neem, berry and banyan.
Plants and bushes, herbal and climber plants: Gokharu, khejri, karonda, berry etc.
Root plants (Left over material of vegetables): Turnip, potato, radish, carrot, beetroot, cauliflower and cabbage.

Grass: Napier grass, guinea grass, doob grass, anjan grass, stylo grass.

Dry fodder

Straw: Chickpea, pigeon pea and groundnut, conserved fodder.
Hay: Grass, leguminous (chickpea) and non-leguminous (oats).
Silage: Grass, leguminous and non-leguminous plants.

Distribution

Grain: Bajra, sorghum, oats, maize, chickpea, wheat.
Farm and industrial sub products: Coconut seeds skin, mustard skin, groundnut skin, alsi, shisham, wheat sawdust, rice sawdust, etc.
Livestock and marine products: Full and partial dry milk products, fish meal, and blood meal.
Industrial sub-products: Sub products of barley, vegetables and fruits.
Pods: Acacia, banyan, peas etc.

Kid food management:
Give kids colostrum within 1 hour of birth. Colostrum has antibodies properties which help to protect it from diseases and it also provides Vitamin A, D, minerals such as copper, iron, manganese and magnesium. Give about 400ml of milk per day to kid which will increase in 1st month.

Milk producing goat’s feed:
Mainly the normal goat can eat 4.5kg of green manure in one day. In the feed minimum 1 kg of dry manure i.e. pigeon pea/peas or leguminous hay must be included