How much can Boer Goat breed?

Boer goat is a very high quality meat goat breed, which has the characteristics of large size, fast growth, strong fecundity and large number of lambs, so how big can it be to breed Boer goat?

First, how big can Boer goats breed?

Usually rams reach sexual maturity at 6 months and ewes reach sexual maturity at 10 months. The sexual cycle is about 20 days, the duration of estrus is 1-2 days, the time of first estrus is 6-8 months old, the gestation period is about 150 days, and 3 babies are born every 2 years.

Second, the living habits of Boer goats

Boer goat is one of the most tolerant and adaptable livestock breeds. It can adapt to all kinds of climate zones in South Africa, and the inland climate, tropical and subtropical bushes, semi-deserts and deserts all grow well. Under drought conditions, without water and feed, they survive longest compared with other animals. Have grazing habits, can eat small trees and shrubs and other animals do not eat plants. Feed on a wide range of leaves and bark as high as 160 cm and forage as low as 10 cm. Therefore, it is suitable for mixed grazing with cattle to increase meat yield per hectare. Boer goats have rare disease resistance, such as bluetongue, hydrocyanosis and enterotoxemia. But it is very easy to suffer from diarrhea and diseases such as colds, pneumonia, sheep pox and so on.

III. Management of Boer Goat

In order to adjust the flock and carry out shed feeding in winter and spring, the flock must be adjusted before the beginning of winter. in addition to selling out mutton sheep as far as possible, infertile ewes and weak, sick, disabled and old sheep should be resolutely eliminated. According to their own specific conditions, such as forage storage, greenhouse and shed area to determine the feeding scale. Adequate forage storage is the material basis to ensure sheep feeding in winter and spring. Farmers should put forage storage in the first place. The following measures are generally taken to prepare forage in production. Sun-dried hay. The nutritional value of hay is higher than that of crop straw. Conditional sheep farms should collect weeds and shrubs to make hay in summer. Collect crop straw.

Corn straw, rice straw, wheat straw, peanut seedlings, sweet potato vines, bean stalks and pods are all roughage for sheep, which can be processed and stored for feeding. And then there is growing high-quality forage grass. High-quality and high-yield forage grass can be planted in areas with favorable conditions. Hn-mc alfalfa has a yield of about 10,000 kg per mu, cut and silage or sun-dried, because it is rich in nutrients such as protein, hn-mc and so on, and the crude fiber content is relatively high. These are suitable for feeding Boer goats and can play a certain role in nutritional regulation and control of sheep supplementary feeding in winter and spring. In the aspect of prevention and management, it is necessary to do a good job in deworming and epidemic prevention of Boer goats, group feeding and management of Boer goats before winter, and group feeding and management of rams, pregnant ewes and reserve sheep. The warm sheds and maintenance pens of Boer goats should be built and maintained before winter, and thoroughly cleaned and disinfected; the sports ground should also be cleaned and disinfected, and disinfection pools should be set up at the entrance and exit door. Boer goat breeding needs to maintain moderate exercise after the sheep are raised in captivity in winter and spring, they also need to maintain moderate exercise to enhance the physique of sheep. Generally, on a day when there is no rain and snow, the sheep are herded to the grazing grassland for 3-5 hours, so that the sheep can feed on a certain amount of green shrubs and wild weeds, enhance the physique of the sheep, and reduce the spring fatigue of the sheep.

Boer goats have a very strong reproductive capacity, a lot of meat production, strong adaptability, and can be properly bred under certain conditions.