| Have you ever thought about a different career or | | | | strong enough. |
| business far away from the city, at a serene place? | | | | For bio farming, goats will be a good addition. The |
| Goat keeping is a good small-scale business to do. | | | | pest plants are useful as feed for the goats. While |
| You must be wondering, keeping goats! The demand | | | | the goat manure is useful for producing, vermin |
| for nutritious goats' milk is increasing day by day. | | | | compost manure. A group of eight or more goats |
| Rich protein content goats milk is also having good | | | | needs only the same amount of food required by a |
| market. Think about the wool that is required for the | | | | single cow. |
| apparel industry. Goat milk based products like | | | | Yet the herd can give twice the amount of milk, and |
| cheese, yoghurt, soap and other items are having | | | | it has more value in the market. If you have diary |
| good time in the market. | | | | farm, if you can set up machineries, yourself can |
| Goat keeping is more of a fun job. Goats are good | | | | process milk and make goat milk based products. |
| companions with good affection. Goats can clear the | | | | Value added products always could give more money |
| shrubs and other plants from the farms effectively. | | | | than the raw produce. |
| Unlike cattle and other animals, goats are smaller. | | | | You can sell the unwanted kids or excess goats for |
| Their price is less and hence risky to keep goats. | | | | meat purpose. Make sure that you sell the goats |
| Finding feed for goats are easier as less quantity is | | | | when they have good weight, as it can fetch more |
| required compared to cattle. | | | | money. Give additional nutritional food so that those |
| Goats have higher fertility rate and they mature | | | | goats fatten up faster. You can sell meet directly if |
| faster. There fore the herd size is maintainable even | | | | you have processing facilities. |
| if sales take place. Goats adjust to the dry areas | | | | There is a new stream of farm tourism coming into |
| very well. These are some of the attractive | | | | prominence. You can market your lumber some goat |
| prospects about goat keeping. | | | | farm, as a destination for tourists to enjoy goat |
| Goats require about less than hour caring everyday. | | | | farming and idle location. |
| You can let them graze if there is enough forages | | | | Goats make up a good percentage in the total |
| available in the farm. You need to provide clean | | | | livestocks amount. With the shortage in grains, many |
| water at regular intervals of time. Also, provide | | | | people are turning towards meat more, and milk for |
| nutrients and protein rich feeds based on grains along | | | | proteins and vitamins. |
| with minerals and nutrition supplements. Goat requires | | | | In countries like India, keeping goats in families helps |
| roughly six square metres. So build a shelter with that | | | | in earning livelihood for many. Think again, there are |
| much of space for each goat. Shelter must provide | | | | some good possibilities awaiting you with goat |
| relief from draught, wild animals etc. Fences should be | | | | keeping. |