GOAT INFORMATION

One of our goat types is boer goat. Male boer goat will grow to weight around 120-150 Kg when they are adult (2-3 years old), while adultt females (2-3 years old) will weight 80-90 kg. 

The content of fatty acids and triglycerides found in goat milk, not only maintains the health of the inside body, but can also have a good effect on maintaining healthy skin, goat milk also have high levels of vitamin A, which can help fight acne and improve skin health in a healthy manner.

Sheep meat is one of the favorite animals for consumption. However, do you know?? there are some interesting things about sheep that you should know...

Let's see the following interesting facts about sheep:

1. Sheep have extraordinary memories, they are able to remember every sheep and human they meet over the years.

2. Sheep express themselves through the earlobe. So that the owner can find out the mood of the sheep.

3. Sheep is independent animals. Sheep are animals that are not spoiled, if they are sick, they are able to treat themselves first, by eating plants that can make the disease heal.

4. The sheep have a leader in the flock, they will follow the direction of the leader, so that the owner will find it easier to manage the other sheep.

The content of fatty acids and triglycerides found in goat milk, not only maintains the health of the inside body, but can also have a good effect on maintaining healthy skin, goat milk also have high levels of vitamin A, which can help fight acne and improve skin health in a healthy manner. 

Goat is animal that often consumed. However, not all goats can be cut.

Here are the criteria for deformed goats that can't be cut:

-Eye blind.

-Goat with one leg paralyzed.

-The goat was sick and became thin so

that the meat was broken.

-Goat is very thin.

-The ears that are partially or completely cut off.

-The tail that are partially or completely cut off.

Goats that have the above conditions cannot be cut. However, goats with broken horns or without horns can still be cut. Likewise, goats with eartag or ear marks can be cut off.

An ideal location for sheep is needed to produce sheep that are healthy, not stressed, and have the best meat, fur and milk.

The ideal location is a large enough area and a quiet environment.

The function of the cage as a sheep house is also important. Therefore the cage is divided into 3 sections so that the breeding of the sheep runs smoothly.

The sections are :

1. Main Cage

The function of the cage as a place to fatten livestock.

2. Mother and child cage

The function of the cage as a place for the mother to breastfeed her children for three months

3.Stud cage

The function of the cage as a place for stud.

Goats with good characteristics can be used for meat consumption or cultivation. However, do you know??? In general, there are several standards in choosing female and male sires.

The characteristics of a good male parent:

-The body is large but not fat, the body is solid, back and waist line were straight.

-Tame and friendly eyes.

-Straight legs and high heels.

-Complete teeth.

-From a good breed, the origin is known such as productivity, history of disease.

-Two nipples, symmetrical udder does not hang.

The characteristics of a good stud:

-Have big and long body, looks handsome, wide chest, not too fat.

-Have a high libido or desire for mating.

-Legs appear firm and straight.

-From twins better off.

-Between 1.5 and 3 years old.

Goats are the most selective animals?

Compared to cows, goats can be said to be more fussy in choosing food. Goat won't want to eat grass that is withered and dry. In addition, goats are also spoiled animals in terms of food. When the grass to be eaten falls on the ground, the goat won't want to eat it even though the grass is still fresh.

Quoted from nakita.grid.id, goat meat is very good for consumption for people who are on a diet. Because goat meat is rich in B vitamins. This B vitamin really helps the body to burn fat quickly and naturally.

In addition, goat meat has also been shown to be very low in saturated fat.

Not only that, goat meat is very rich in protein. So goat meat is very suitable for consumption for people who are on a diet.

So that's the benefit of goat meat which is proven to be good for burning fat, and is suitable for consumption when dieting.

But remember to consume it not too much.

In giving feed to goat in order to produce healthy goat and ideal body weight, it is necessary to pay attention to the appropriate feed for goat.

Odot grass is a good choice for feeding goat because odot grass is one of the grasses favored by goats.

Odot is known to have good enough palatability to be used as goat feed because this grass has a softer texture than elephant grass and king grass.

In addition, odot grass is hairless like that found in elephant grass and king grass.

The Harvard School of Public Health recommends avoiding red meat because it is high in saturated fat, which can raise cholesterol levels in the blood and contribute to heart disease.

But for goat meat, the total fat is around 0.79 grams per serving, so it is a heart-healthy alternative to beef and chicken. The last two types of meat contain 3 grams and 1.7 grams of saturated fat, respectively.

One serving of goat meat contains about 4 percent of your daily value. While the recommendation of health experts is less than 20 grams of saturated fat every day.

The difference that is easy to find is in the hair of goats and sheep. The hair on the goat is straight and does not need to be shaved, even left to length. Whereas sheep have curly hair and are usually shaved.

Another difference is that the ears of the goat are mostly dangling down and long, while the ears of the sheep are straight up.Goats usually eat fresh leaves and shoots and eat them standing up while they are grazed, looking for short grass on the ground. And goats are a type of animal that tends to be independent and free, whereas sheep prefer to flock and feel restless when separated from the herd.

Choosing fresh and healthy goat meat is important so that we get maximum nutrition from goat meat. 

Therefore, there are several tips in choosing goat meat:

1. Look for pinkish-brown meat with a creamy white layer of fat.

2. Avoid gray meat , too bloody or has very yellow and oily fat.

3. Age and type of animal can make meat color different. Older goats tend to have a darker meat color.

Sheep have difficulty controlling themselves when they fall to the ground, this occurs when the sheep are overweight, pregnant or have heavy hair on their bodies, so this makes it difficult for the sheep to control themselves when they fall.

If other animals can easily get hold of themselves and rise again after falling to their knees, it is not the case with sheep who need human help to get up after falling.

If the position falls and cannot get back up for a long time, the sheep become stressed and afraid.

So far, many people worry that eating mutton triggers high blood pressure, but if it is not consumed in excess, it is considered not a problem. Even eating mutton has many good benefits for health. One of them is heart health.

Research conducted by Harvard University says saturated fat can increase the risk of heart disease. Meanwhile, the unsaturated fat found in goat meat can increase good cholesterol and stabilize the heart rate.

Apart from being fed and drinking regularly, body hygiene and the health of sheep and goats must be well maintained so that their growth and weight gain are not disturbed. The following are various hygiene and health treatments that should be done during the fattening period:

1. Giving worm medicine regularly every 3 months.

2. Bathing regularly.

3.Cut nails regularly every 3 months. The nails of caged goats and sheep will be longer faster than the hooves of grazed goats.

4 Handling diseased goats as early as possible. Including separating them from healthy goats so they are not contagious. 

5. Giving vitamin B complex when a goat or sheep is attacked by a disease. Its function is to accelerate the healing of diseases.

In addition to the cleanliness and health of the sheep and goat, the cleanliness of the cage must always be maintained. Goat and sheep manure under the cage must be cleaned regularly so that it does not accumulate and cause unpleasant odors that can potentially cause disease for goats and sheep. collect or remove goat and sheep manure from under the cage to keeping clean cage.

When it is slaughtered, the goat is laid down, then it legs is tied and turned to it left rib . Cut off the arteries and esophagus on the left and right of the animal's neck until it breaks off so that it quickly dies. The esophageal veins are the food passages. The two tendons of the animal must break. After the goat really dies, then it can be skinned.

Feed for goats can be grouped into three groups: for energy sources, for protein sources, and for mineral sources. Energy sources of feed are grains, corn leaves, sorghum, rice bran, wheat bran, corn bran, yams, cassava skin, papaya leaves, kale stalks, grasses, and rice straw.

The protein source feed ingredients are legume gliricidia, turi leaves, lamtoro leaves, peanut leaves, long bean leaves, gamal leaves, calliandra leaves, agricultural residues, peanut leaves, cassava leaves, soybean cake and leaves, cotton seeds, tofu dregs, and soy sauce dregs. Meanwhile, mineral sources in feed can be in the form of added salt or mineral mix which can be purchased at agricultural and livestock shops.

Foot root is a disease that attacks the nails of goats or sheep. The nails of a goat or sheep that are attacked by this disease will rot. Affected nails will also be damaged or torn and cause a bad smell. If the attack gets worse, the goat or sheep will have difficulty walking and will appear limping. Causes Foot root occurs due to infection with the bacteria Fusobterium necrophorus or Fusiformis nodosus between the legs. This bacterial attack usually occurs when the nails are long and dirty. Dirty and muddy soil or cage conditions also increase the likelihood of foot root attack. 

Corn leaf is one of the feeds that contain an energy source according to the needs of sheep and goats. And tofu dregs as a source of protein for goats and sheep.

Both male and female goats have horns and beards, what distinguishes them is that the horns and beards of male goats are longer than the horns and beards of females.

One of the maintenance of goats and sheep for fattening is pre-treatment. The initial treatment is the treatment of goats and sheep that have just arrived at the farm. one of the initial treatments is weighing. Weighing is very important to know the initial weight of goats and sheep as a benchmark for weight gain during the fattening process.

The lead sheep is a sheep from the flock of sheep, its presence is very important for other sheep and also beneficial for the shepherd. By knowing which sheep are the leaders, it will be very easy to take care of and direct the sheep in the direction they want. The shepherd only needs to control the movements of the leader sheep and automatically all the sheep will follow where the lead sheep moves because all the sheep will be very obedient and will follow the lead sheep.

What is the difference between a goat and a sheep? Despite many similarities, they are two different types of animal species.           When we look at the differences in hair is the most noticeable between them. Goat's hair is straight while sheep's hair is curly.

Tips for Choosing the Best Goat Seeds:

-Pay attention to the reproductive nature of the goat

-Pay attention to goat health factors

-Prospective healthy seeds are not defective at all

-Has straight, upright and agile legs

-Prospective seeds have never been exposed to dangerous diseases before

-Normal genital growth

-Body condition is not too fat and not too thin

10 Amazing facts about Goat's are:

1.A baby goat is called a kid, but did you know that a goat giving birth is said to be "kidding"?

2.Goats are sociable animals and therefore become depressed if they are separated or isolated from their companions, however they are not flock-orientated like sheep.

3.They are one of the cleanliest animals and are much more selective feeders than cows, sheep, pigs, swine and even dogs.

4.Goats are very intelligent and curious animals. Their inquisitive nature is exemplified in their constant desire to explore and investigate anything unfamiliar which they come across.

5.They communicate with each other by bleating. Mothers will often call to their young (kids) to ensure they stay close-by. Mother and kid goats recognise each other’s calls soon after the mothers give birth.

6.Goats can be taught their name and to come when called.

7.They are very picky eaters. They have very sensitive lips, which they use to “mouth” things in search of clean and tasty food. They will often refuse to eat hay that has been walked on or lying around loose for a day.

8.Goats use the sneeze sound as an alarm. They use a sneeze to warn each other of danger, whether real or imagined.

9.They are extremely intelligent and curious and are very often not given credit for being the smart and loving creatures they actually are.

10.Goats dislike water and would rather leap over streams and puddles than step in them.

Wool can be used for different purposes, depending on the coarseness of the fibre and on other characteristics such as fibre length and crimp. But regardless of the breed that produced it, wool is a very versatile fibre, with many different qualities. all wool from finest to thickest finds its use.

Very fine wool is primarily used for clothing while coarser wool is used in carpets and furnishings such as curtains or bedding.

A single sheep provides around 4.5 kg of wool per year, the equivalent of 10 or more metres of fabric. This is enough for six sweaters, three suit and trouser combinations, or to cover one large sofa. 

The overall health of a goat is largely determined by their environment, genetics and nutrition. There are a number of illnesses that can affect a goat both in chronic and curable form. Some of these illnesses can be passed to humans and other animals while some illnesses are specific to goats. Much research is being done to provide more drugs that are approved for use in goats.

Two illnesses that can bring sudden death to a goat are coccidiosis and pneumonia. Of most concern to breeders and producers are worms and parasites. A goat that is ridden with parasites and worms and left untreated will most likely suffer a rapid decline in health, production and often result in death.

The pupil in a goat's eye is rectangular in shape instead of being round like those of other animals. It is believed that goats have excellent night vision and will often browse at night. The actual color of the goat's eyes is varied with the most common color being yellow or brown. Blue coloration is a bit rarer and often a characteristic many breeders will try to achieve.

-Goats need plenty of space and suitable facilities to allow them to browse, exercise, climb, investigate, explore and play in safety.

-Their environment needs to be clean, comfortable, offer suitable protection and be interesting.

-Goats cannot tolerate wet conditions and will always try to seek out a dry shelter in bad weather.

-Goats are inquisitive animals whose curiosity can result in accidents and/or injury. Safety must be considered in terms of the design of buildings, doors, gates and fences.

Each part of goat meat is processed into a variety of different foods. In the sholder goat is cooked for satay, the rib is cooked for grilled ribs, the loin are cooked for rendang and steak, the leg ia cooked for curry, the breast of the goat is suitable for stews and the shank of the leg is processed for roast lamb.

Goats have smooth and soft fine grain, esily available, strong yet flexible and water resistant. Light weight and resilient leather.

And sheep have thin and plush leather, extremely comfortable, soft and light-weight but delicate to use. Mostly used in garments and purses. Sheep skin shearlings can be use with wool inside and leather outside.

Some sheep breeds are raised for their meat, others for their wool. There are many subtypes of each category and some breeds can serve a dual-purpose, such as the medium wool meat sheep, which are mainly raised for their meat but also produce medium wool.

Common goat diseases include:

-Caprine arthritis encephalitis (CAE): Similar to AIDS in humans, this is an incurable disease that affects the goat's immune system. It is also highly contagious to other goats.

-Cassius lymphadenitis (CL): This is a disease that forms pus pockets called abscesses around the lymph nodes. When they burst they infect other goats, and it is highly contagious.

-Coccidiosis: This is a parasite that infects the intestinal tract of goats (and other species) and causes diarrhea.

-Bladder stones: Similar to humans, calculi (stones) can form within the goat's bladder and get stuck in the urethra. This can block urination and be deadly. These stones are often a result of a dietary imbalance.

There are many types of cheese in circulation and can easily be found on the market. The tasty and delicious cheese taste is widely used as a mixture of various foods. Cheese made from goat's milk has several advantages. The advantages of cheese from goat's milk include low fat, low calorie, low lactose, low sodium and rich in vitamins and calcium. Processed goat cheese is usually made into cheddar and mozzarella cheese.

Goats are extremely curious and intelligent. Goats are easily house trained and you can teach them to pull carts and walk on leads. Goats are also known for escaping their pens. If you have unsecured fencing, be warned your goats will be inquisitive and test it out and soon you will know where the gaps are. Goats are very coordinated and can climb and hold their balance in the most awkward places. Goats are also widely known for their ability to climb trees, although the tree generally has to be at a slight angle.

Goats make a bleating sound much like a sheep. All in all, goats make wonderful companions and pets. Goats are a pleasure to keep and give you many hours of fun watching them with their humourous ways.

Goats have a gestation period (pregnancy) of five month and the average birth rate for goats are 2, 2 kids per year. The goat can have 1 to 6 kids, but it is much more common to have a small of 1-3 kids. Each kid has a unique call, and along with its scent, that is how its mother recognizes it from birth.

Goat is one of popular livestock, but goats also have interesting facts that are not known to everyone, here some fun facts about goats that you should know:

- The male goat is called a Billy or Buck

- A female goat is called a Doe or Nanny

- A baby goat is called a kid

- A group of goat is called a herd. Goats are very social creatures and become lonely if left alone for long periods of time.

- Goats are raised for many purpose: for meat, for shop, for milk, cheese, 

For male goats (buck or billy goat), the time directly before mating is called a rut which is a time where males are obsessively interested in the female goats (doe or nanny goat). During this time male goats will often fight among each other (seen in the image ) and will even release a smelly musty odor--yuck!--in order to communicate both to other males and interested females!

Since goats breed for such a long period of their lives, breeding happens annually and for a lengthy amount of time: the period begins usually around late August and extends all the way until early January, however, many goats even breed out of season.

Goats communicate with each other by bleating. Mothers will often call to their young (kids) to ensure they stay close by. Mother and kid goats recognise each other's calls soon after the mothers give birth.

Goats are very light sleepers that wake up at any sound, which explains why people rarely see them sleeping. Domesticated goats sleep about 5 hours a night, and will take short naps during the day. If they have a companion goat, goats prefer to sleep huddled together.

Goats have teeth that are specifically made for chewing and grinding all of the different types of food that they come across. On their lower jaw, goats have 8 incisor teeth used for biting off leaves and branches. Goats have 24 molars on the lower jaw, as well, that they use to grind up their food. On their upper jaw, however, goats do not have teeth; instead, they have a special pad, called a dental pad, that helps them rip and tear their food!

Goats might not seem like the most cuddly animals, but researchers have found evidence that goats are as clever as dogs, and just as capable of building emotional relationships with humans as all the other domesticated animals we've let into our hearts and homes.

Kids can be born with or without horns, and are often able to stand within minutes of birth and are able to walk with their mom almost immediately. Kids are usually very social with other young.

Often called by its French name, Chèvre, meaning goat, this cheese type comes in many different flavors and textures - from crumbly to creamy, young to mature, mild to tangy. A versatile cheese, it can be white, coated with ash or herbs, or wrapped in grape leaves. Its distinctive character comes from capric acid (after the Latin word capra, meaning ”goat”) - a flavorful fatty acid that promotes the development of good intestinal bacteria in humans and is sold as a health food product. Thanks to its relatively low lactose content, cheeses from both goats and sheep are excellent choices for people with lactose intolerance. 

Goat meat is called chevon, or sometimes even mutton when it is derived from mature animals. In some regions of the world goat meat is also referred to as capretto or cabrito meaning kid or young milk Fed goat.

A goat’s typical self-defense response is to use their horns to head butt anyone on two legs or four, that are posing a perceived threat to them. Goats that have never been around dogs often head butt even if the dog is only curious about them. This type of behavior can quickly cause even the most docile of dogs to give into their own natural response and attack the goat. 

Goats are not really biters, not like dogs or cats, at least. But goats have teach and will bite if they are threatened enough. A goat uses its teeth much in the same manner as we do our fingers. If you are bitten by a goat and their flat edged teeth, it will feel like a pinch and likely not break the skin. 

Anemia is a condition in which the body lacks red blood. This will be very bad for the body, because the body can experience weakness, frequent dizziness, and headaches. Well, lamb meat is able to increase the production of red blood cells. These substances can prevent or reduce the symptoms that arise due to anemia. 

To prepare a nanny goat to dry up before freshening, start milking her only every other day for a week. Next, milk the goat only once every two days for a week. Start milking the dairy goat just once every three days per week, followed by a milking only once every four days until the milk is completely dried up. Never simply stop milking the goat, this will not stop milk production and will cause swelling, bloating possible infection, and other severe health issues for the nanny goat. 

The vocal sound a goat makes is called a bleat. Mother and kid goats recognize each other’s calls soon after the mothers give birth. Goat kids also bleat when they’re excited to see their caregivers at feeding time.

Kids use their lips to learn about the world around them. Intelligent and curious, they love nibbling (not eating!) just about anything around them. 

Isolation can cause depression in many animals, including sheep. Studies have shown that sheep’s heart rates increase when they can’t find their family or are approached by strangers. That’s why sheep like to stick with their flock. They also leap into the air with excitement when they see their friends and family. They can remember about 50 faces for more than two years!

Each sheep has its name based on its age and sex, here are the names of sheep that you should know:

-Ewe: female sheep

-Ram: male sheep

-Wether: castrated male sheep

-Lamb: young sheep, less than 14 months old. 

Both male and female goats can have tufts of hair under their chin called beards. Both can also have wattles — hair-covered appendages of flesh, usually around the throat area, but sometimes found on the face or hanging form the ears. Wattles serve no purpose and aren't harmful to the goat. Wattles sometimes can become caught on fences or in feeders or may be chewed on by other goats. To avoid those kinds of injuries, sometimes will have them removed.

A goat's complicated digestive system involves four stomachs. Dudarev Mikhail / Shutterstock like cows, sheep, and deer, goats are what's known as ruminants. meaning they have a complex system of stomachs for digestion. They have four compartments in their stomachs: reticulum, rumen, omasum, and abomasum (also called the true stomach). When simple-stomach animals like humans, dogs, and cats, eat, food is broken down in the stomach with acid and then undergoes enzymatic digestion in the small intestine where nutrients are absorbed. In ruminants like goats, microbial digestion occurs in the first two compartments, followed by acidic digestion in the second two. Then nutrients are absorbed in the small intestine. Goats graze using their lips, teeth and tongue. It then takes 11 to 15 hours for food to pass through the animal's four stomach. 

Goat pregnancy for 150 days, therefore it is important to know that the goat is pregnant so that you can pay attention to goat and can separate it from other goats. 

Lamb chops can be processed into a variety of dishes, from steaks and other. Apart from getting a good texture and taste, you can also experience the various benefits of lamb, such as: Prevent anemia,maintain endurance,source of protein, good for muscles, protect the nervous system, improve physical performance, and Loaded with healthy fatty acids.

Goat usually comes in several colors and even several patterns. They can be white, black, brown and red. Their coat patterns can be dense, striped, freckled, mottled and they can have stripes on their face. 

Sheep that are heavily pregnant, overweight, or have a heavy fleece have a very hard time righting themselves if they’ve somehow fallen onto their backs. There’s even a term for the situation. They’re called cast sheep. 

This is one of the most unique facts about goats, which is that they can experience depression. Goats, like other livestock, will experience depression if they are kept alone without any friends. Goats that are raised alone without friends will get sick more easily. 

Kambing kacang have the ability to reproduce relatively fast, because at the age of 15-18 months are able to produce children and have the characteristics of a relatively small body size and short. The weight of goats that reach adulthood ranges from 20-25 kg.

Tofu pulp is a reinforcing feed which has been widely used in goats livestock. Tofu dregs are a by-product of the process of making tofu from soybeans, which can be used as a feed ingredient for ruminants. giving tofu dregs to goats has a positive effect on milk production and weight gain. 

The average goat lives 10-13 years and the female produces milk from 1-1.5 to 7-9 years. There special exceptions to this age limit. Generally, female goats tend to live a little longer than male goats. 

If sheep are not sheared, it can make the sheep uncomfortable and possibly unhealthy, because the dirt can stick and settle in their fur, and if the fur is wet, the sheep will catch a cold more easily.

And shearing the ewe before giving birth is something that needs to be done. This will keep the sheep clean when they give birth and will also make it easier for the lamb to find the nipples to feed on. 

Goats that have given births twice can be easily determined in less than 2 months (8 weeks), it is possible to determine whether the goat is pregnant or not. This is very different from a goat that is pregnant for the first time, a goat that has been pregnant will have the following characteristics :

1. The udder is already enlarged and is also secreting a sticky liquid in that area.

2. The cervix secretes a white discharge

3. The navel is widened

4. Increased appetite

5. Decreased level of anxiety

6. The stomach has grown

7. The base of the hips widened 

Puberty in female goats is marked by the first ovulation. Puberty seems to depend on the weight of the goat. Most female goats will reach puberty by the time they have reached 50 - 70% of their body weight. Factors affecting puberty in female goats are genetic factors and nutritional factors of goats.

Kambing Senduro is the result of crossing an Indian kambing etawah with kambing Kacang and kambing jawarandu. The characteristics of the kambing Senduro include white fur, convex head. long ears, hanging down and twisted, back straight, slightly curved until the lowest point in the middle of the body forms an angle, and getting back higher up to the hips. As for the advantages of this goat:

1.It is adaptable and does not require special maintenance patterns, and is resistant to various types of diseases.

2.Ideal posture as a dairy goat (for milk).

3.Large udder in the shape of a jug, capable of producing between 1.5 - 2 liters of milk per day.

4.Produces more than one child per birth. 

Here are 4 ways to choose a good dairy goat:

1. Pay attention to the body size of the goat, a large goat will have a greater chance of producing more milk than a smaller goat.

2. Then look at the parts of the goat's body, do not let any defects. Her eyes should be bright, not sad.

3. This is very rarely noticed. Goats have a personality, or expression. Choose a goat that is tame and friendly, making it easier to milk. Also choose a goat whose movements are agile and active, indicating that the goat is healthy

4. Look carefully at the udder section. 

The Benefits of shaving sheep are:

1. By shaving the sheep's hair, the condition of the sheep's body will be more comfortable, especially the sheep who are grazed in locations where the temperature is dangerous or the sheep are in intensive cages.

2. The loss of long hairs and even clumps will make it easier for the keeper to check the health of the livestock, whether there are open wounds, whether there are lice, etc.

3.The feed intake consumed by the sheep will run away more and more to the sheep's body and very little will be used for hair growth.