Cattle rearing

[satheshmarutham]

Goat
Average weight - 25kg
Retail Price per kg - Rs. 800
Retail income per goat - Rs. 20,000 Whole sale price per goat - Rs. 10,000.
Mating age 5 months
Pregnancy period 5 months
2 to 3 kids per pregnancy
Male:Female ratio 1:20

Expenses

• Employee —Time spent on fodder collection
  —Time spent for medicines
  —Time spent on grazing —Time spent on arranging water —Time spent on cleaning the place
• Doctor consultation
• Vaccine

Initial investment

• 1 acre land - Rs. 15,00,000
• 20 small goats - Rs. 40,000

Income

On fifth month

10 goats of 25 kg - Rs. 25,000.

Challenge.

• Shepherd dependency.
• Frequent audit required ----Chance of depth due to in accurate stats on produce

[arun170790]

10 goats of 25 kg each.. how much will be our profit? I see u have written 25k.. is that the right number..

[satheshmarutham]

25k at the 5th month is overall income. This is not considering the expenses yet. I am still trying to workout a formula for the male:female ratio and the production rate. I found that this ratio is a key. We then have to workout expense ratio on top of it.

[arun170790]

I was speaking today with my uncle who had tried doing this business. Here are the details and takeaways from that meeting:

• They were doing sheep (Semmari aadu) business. They said that maintaining goats (vella aadu) had a lot on nuances than sheep.
• Breeding is not possible in sheep. Only possible in goats. So in case of sheep, every time we have to purchase a new batch once after sale. In case of goat, breeding can be done and extra care in needed to bring the little one to an age where it can eat for itself.
• There are 2 types of fodder they tried - Normal and green fodder.
• There is also some waste from corn that they used for the feed (so far that was the lowest cost feed that they have tried and also it is healthy for the sheep)
• They tried growing some plants and grass for the sheep.
• They usually buy a little one for 3k-5k and they sell it at 12-15k each
• The expenses for each goat would come to 4-5k for 6 months.
• Within 6 months, they will grow to 20-25 kg
• Health issues they have faced - wounds in mouth so they might not able to eat
• Vaccination and de-worming - need to be done thrice in the 6 month period. It will just take 1000 INR to do that once for 20-30 goats (provided the guy who takes care of it injects the medicine himself. The price will increase if a vet comes to our place and so on)
• A shed of 10x15 can house 30-40 sheep.
• They don't take the sheep out of the 1 acre land. They just let them graze it inside itself.