QUARENTINE SHED

When new goats are brought and before adding them to the existing herd they need to undergo quarantine and acclimatisation treatment. It is because the animals should be checked and treated for any exisitng desease or ill health due to shipping and habituating them to farm feeding. The following treatments are done in a seperate shed of capacity 50 to 80 animals. Quarentine period is 15-20 Days.

• Internal Treatment – Deworming
• External treatment – Dipping
• Vaccination

LACTATING SHED

• 10,000 Sq.Ft. Area with twin shed
• 30 blocks each accommodating 20 animals
• Each block has 4 seperate line feedig, seperate water shed
• Seperate yard is connected to the each shed and accomadated with shelter and water shed.
• Entry and Exit passage to the milk parlor.
• Male Animals are kept here.
• Natural mating takes place here.
• Pregnant animal will be shifted to the individual breeding shed before 10 days to the delivery.

BREEDING & KIDDING SHED

• 13,500 Sq.Ft. Area with 4 X 6 Ft. Block / shed
• 108 blocks. Each block for individaul animal
• Individual block for individual pregnant animal to avoid disturbance, abortion, additional care in feeding and medication
• Natural care-Natural Delivery
• After delivery, kids will stay in this block with mother for one month
• After one month kids are moved to kids pen of area 6 X 10 Ft. – 60 pens
• Each pen accomadate 10 kids
• Upto 4 months kids are kept at kidding pen

BOTTLE FEEDING

• At kidding pen one month old kids seperated from mother are fed with bottle feeding
• Upto 2½ to 3 months kids are bottle fed
• During this period kids are gradually introduced to the grains
• Later kids (after three months) are shifted to growing shed

BIO SECURITY

As to Avoid infections to the animals from external elements/ workers/visitors at the entrance of the farm as well at each shed Bio security measurments are taken.

LAND CULTIVATION

• 38 Acres of total cultivation land
• 15 Acres is divided into 6 plots for staggered sowing so that year around fodder cultivation is possible
• one lakh Sesbania, 5000 Mulberry, 1000 Glyricidia and 1000 Soobabul trees around the periphery of the farm
• 27% of the farm land was divided into different plots for cultivation of Hedge lucerne, Velvet bean, Cow pea bordered with Sesbania and drumstick trees.