1. Don’t invest a lot of money on structures: This is where most farmers get it wrong, success in goat farming business is not about building big shining structures, just have the basic structures for pen, water, grazing areas, etc.
2. A sickbay pen is necessary: Try as much as you can to have a pen for isolation of sick goat and any new goat you may want to introduce to your farm. This is very important in disease control.
3. Consider better grazing areas: I never really had this challenge when I was starting the business, I had a very big field with plenty of shrub and grass; I only reverted back to supplementary feed during raining seasons
4. Start with your local goat breed: Please start with your local goat breed before bringing in other breed, this is because your local goat breed already understand the environment and they are good for learning.
5. Avoid Inbreeding: If you visit my farm, you will notice that I tagged all the goats with numbers, this is helpful apart from encouraging accountability, it’s also a strategy against inbreeding.
6. Vaccination is very Important: I don’t know how to say this, you have to keep your goat all the basic vaccinations against disease.
7. Start Small but not too small: I always suggest a minimum of at least 30 goats, then grow from there. This is very important because the money and energy you will use to carter for 10 goats is the same for 30 goats.
2. A sickbay pen is necessary: Try as much as you can to have a pen for isolation of sick goat and any new goat you may want to introduce to your farm. This is very important in disease control.
3. Consider better grazing areas: I never really had this challenge when I was starting the business, I had a very big field with plenty of shrub and grass; I only reverted back to supplementary feed during raining seasons
4. Start with your local goat breed: Please start with your local goat breed before bringing in other breed, this is because your local goat breed already understand the environment and they are good for learning.
5. Avoid Inbreeding: If you visit my farm, you will notice that I tagged all the goats with numbers, this is helpful apart from encouraging accountability, it’s also a strategy against inbreeding.
6. Vaccination is very Important: I don’t know how to say this, you have to keep your goat all the basic vaccinations against disease.
7. Start Small but not too small: I always suggest a minimum of at least 30 goats, then grow from there. This is very important because the money and energy you will use to carter for 10 goats is the same for 30 goats.
