Etawa for Livestock Business

Etawa for Livestock Business - Etawa is one of goat species and its kind of big goat. Crosses etawa results are the results of a cross between a goat and the goat bean Etawa. The results of these crosses resulted in body shape between Etawa nuts and goat with the following characteristics:
Ear-length ranges from 18-30 cm;Winning goat's body weight 50 kg;
High-range 76-100 cm shoulder;
Fur-Color varies from brown to black
This type is very good for goat and farmed for meat  appreciated by the public as more tender and tasty, the reproduction and growth of weight relatively quickly. The goat weight etawa Crosses can reach 68-91 kg making it suitable to be used as meat-producing animals. In spite of it all, goat crosses etawa results have a good sale price and can  increase our profit in livestock business.

Etawa Goat Picture

How to Improve Etawa Livestock Business

Maintaining Etawa is a good way to our Business

Ways to raise goats that are currently performed by many rural communities were less favorable. Feeding only minimally, even not rare to find a goat was released just to feed them and making less enclosure meets the requirements. Traditional way of raising goats like it should be abandoned.
The following are the ways of intensive goat farming:

1. Making home
Appropriate enclosure to perform maintenance intensive goat should be made using the stage system. Wide cage is ideal for a goat is 1 square meter. To be protected from rain and sheep in bad weather, then the enclosure should be roofed and closed the side so that goats can not be free to roam.
Once the enclosure is finished, the next step is to be germ free sterilization.

 Etawa Cage Concept

Example Etawa Cage

2. Procurement of goats
Goats should be fattened and cultivated farms that have been imported from monitored his health and of good quality. Selection of goats can be done using the following criteria:
a. No disease and no disability
b. Between 1.5 to 2 years old
c. Having a straight line back
d. High heels
e. His body was strong and agile look.
After the goats arrived at home, then given vitamin for 2 weeks to relieve the stress experienced during the trip.

3. Feeding
Given feed concentrates and may consist of bran in the ratio 1: 3 or merging some of the feed material with a ratio of 50% bran, coconut cake 25%, 15% corn meal, peanut meal 8%, 1% salt, bone meal 0 , 5% and 0.5% lime For additional feed to the goats can be given turf grass, such as elephant grass, Setaria grass, grass Bengal, king grass and natural grass and leaves, like leaves lamtoro, leaves turi, gamal leaves, bean leaves and leaves Kaliandra. Additional food can be given as much as 15-20% of body weight of goats.
To spur the growth of body weight, may be given growth stimulants (GS) of Bio-N-Plus. This material contains vitamin premix and mineral premix is ​​a mixture of various vitamins and minerals used in the micro-feed ration (0.5%).

4. Making meter bust
Meter circumference of the chest was made to determine goat weight using the formula (X + 22) quadrate/100. For example, a goat's chest circumference 40 cm = X, then the goat's weight is (40 +22) squared divided by 100 equal to 38.44 kg.

Super Big Etawa Goat

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