TAILIEUCHUNG - Goat keeping in the tropics - Part 8

8 Record keeping Chapter 2 - Goat Breeding- and Chapter 3 - Raising and Selectionalready indicated that a good administration is essential to be able to check the production of the business. Records of the production also enable the farmer to select goats properly and thus improve the stock. In the first place, for a good administration you must be able to recognize your animals. | 8 Record keeping Chapter 2 - Goat Breeding- and Chapter 3 - Raising and Selection-already indicated that a good administration is essential to be able to check the production of the business. Records of the production also enable the farmer to select goats properly and thus improve the stock. In the first place for a good administration you must be able to recognize your animals. If you have few goats and they have very distinct markings then you can recognize them by those markings make a sketch of each goat . If that is not the case it is better to mark the goats. Possibilities are tattooing the ear with a number making a pattern of incisions in the ear which can be recognized or attaching a small plate with a number. Servicing list and kidding records To start with you must make a servicing list notebook which you keep in or near the stall and in which you record all data on kidding. In that way you can easily see if the goats kid regularly and if the number of kids born and weaned per goat is what you want. On the basis of this information you can track down problems and use the differences between animals when selecting animals for breeding purposes. Table 4 Example of Servicing list when servicing is not controlled Goat No. or name Date giving birth Number of kids Sex of kids Number weaned Remarks 23 6 March 2 F F 1 1 died of diarrhoea 15 15 April 1 M 1 If you use a system of controlled servicing then the times of servicing the billy-goat used and the expected date of kidding date due can be written down. This information is useful for selecting good billy-goats. Record keeping 81 See the next page for an example of such a list. Table 5 Example of Servicing list when servicing is controlled Goat No. Billy goat No. Date serviced Date giving birth Number of kids Sex of kids Number weaned Remarks due real 23 2 1st 18 9 2nd 8 10 4 3 6 3 2 F F 1 1 died of diarrhoea 15 3 2 11 12 4 15 4 1 M 1 Records on individual goats and billy goats It is also a good idea to keep

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