Advantages of goat farming

Same with other livestock, there are also advantages and disadvantages of goats. Here are the benefits that you will get.

1. The market is wide

The market share of goats is also wide, because many restaurants and restaurants rely on processed goats as their main dish. Just look at the roadside, almost every few hundred meters there must be a goat satay stall or goat curry.

Not to mention religious events such as akikah and Eid al-Adha which must be done with goat sacrifices.

Therefore, there is no longer any reason to be afraid to jump into this one business. As long as it is run in the right way, this business will make a profit.

2. Harvest fast

If cared for and maintained properly, goat harvest time is fairly fast. In one year you can get 25 goats with only two males and three females.

Meanwhile, the age of the goats that are ready to be sold are those that are 8-12 months old.

3. Low maintenance cost

Maintenance costs are also cheap when compared to cattle. Because, goats do not need a large area of ​​land, as well as complicated feed. Some goats can even be fed with green grass alone.

Loss

There are advantages, there are definitely disadvantages, here are the losses that are usually experienced by farmers.

1. The smell of goats is very disturbing

The disadvantage of being a breeder of this one four-legged animal is that it often gets rejected by the surrounding community. The refusal was due to the very strong smell of goats which disturbed the sense of smell of the residents.

Therefore, you need to find land that is far from residential areas so you don't experience rejection.

 

2. Easy to get sick

Goats turned out to be livestock that are susceptible to disease. One of the diseases that often infect is flu and intestinal worms. If the flu is caused by erratic weather changes, while intestinal worms can be caused by unhygienic feed.