A) Feeding schedule of Goat’s kids (0-3 months)
All newborn kids should get colostrum soon after birth (within the first hour after birth, and certainly within the first 6 hours).
Feeding schedule for a kid from Birth to 90 days.
Age (Days) |
Milk |
Conc. Mixture |
Green/day |
| (g) | |||
| 1-3 | Colostrum, 300ml,3 feedings | – | – |
| 4-14 | 350ml,3 feedings | – | – |
| 15-30 | 350ml,3 feedings | A little | A little |
| 31-60 | 400ml,2 feedings | 100-150 | Free choice |
| 61-90 | 200ml,2 feedings | 200-250 | Free choice |
B) Feeding schedule of growing goats (3 -12 months)
Growing goats can be maintained with 7-8 hours grazing along with supplementation of 200-300 gram concentrate mixture having 1-2% mineral mixture.
Feeding schedule of growing goats (Intensive system)
| Age (months) | Concentrate | Green | fodder | Straw |
| mixture (gram) | (gram) | |||
| 3 | 150-200 | 500 | As per choice | |
| 4 | 200-250 | 600 | do | |
| 5 | 225-275 | 700 | do | |
| 6 | 250-300 | 800 | do | |
| 7 | 250-300 | 900 | do | |
| 8 | 300-350 | 1000 | do | |
| 9 | 300-350 | 1000 | do | |
| 10 | 300-350 | 1200 | do | |
| 11 | 300-350 | 1300 | do | |
| 12 | 300-350 | 1500 | do |
C) Feeding schedule of adult goats
| Adult-type | Grazing (hrs/day) |
Straw (g) |
Green fodder (g) |
Concentrate |
| Dry, non-pregnant doe and adult male | 5-6 hrs | 300-400 | 750-1000 | 100-150 |
| Lactating doe | 5-6 hrs | 300-400 | 1000-1500 | 100+(400g/kg milk) |
| Breeding bucks | 5-6 hrs | 300-400 | 1000-1500 | 500g during breeding season only |
Source-
- ICAR-Central Institute for Research on Goats
