A Detailed Guide to Wild Goat Farming Techniques and Management Methods

Wild male goats captured in the wild or purchased from the market are first placed in a square wooden pen made of wooden slats (the standard pen size is 1.5 m long, 1 m wide and 80 cm high) and tamed for a few days, given 1 injection of livestock vaccine or triple vaccine, then their two tusks, left and right, are pulled out, and then they are rubbed all over with “Mishiling” mixed with water according to the instructions. Forage (sweet potato vines, soybean leaves, wheat seedlings) is provided twice a day, with a larger amount fed in the evening, accounting for about 60%. 0.5 iodized salt is supplied to help change their wild nature.

Wild goat farming techniques

Wild male goats captured in the wild or purchased from the market are first placed in a square wooden pen made of wooden slats (the standard pen size is 1.5 m long, 1 m wide and 80 cm high) and tamed for a few days so that they come into contact with people. When the keeper reaches a hand into the wooden pen to touch them and the wild goats no longer jump about wildly, the wild goats are then moved from the wooden pen into the taming ground. Before entering the taming ground, they are first given 1 injection of livestock vaccine or triple vaccine, then their two tusks, left and right, are pulled out, and then they are rubbed all over with “Mishiling” mixed with water according to the instructions.

The wild goats selected for taming are generally required to be young in months (according to experience summarized, the wild goat growth cycle is two months, with a body weight of 5 kg to 6 kg), as they are highly adaptable. Because tamed wild goats are timid and afraid of people for a period at first, several yellow goats of the same body weight and similar coat color are placed in according to the growth characteristics of pure wild goats, but they must not be of the same sex. For example, for male wild goats, only female yellow goats may be placed in, to prevent fighting in the taming ground and at the same time to avoid competition for food; mixed raising can help the wild goats and yellow goats to herd together and feed.

Forage is provided twice a day, with a larger amount fed in the evening, accounting for about 60%. When the wild goats, after a period of mutual contact and growth, have grown bolder, do not run away when the keeper enters, and even dare to come into contact with the keeper, the yellow goats that were placed in are then driven out of the taming ground to be raised separately, because the wild grasses and crops eaten by wild goats are the same as those of yellow goats (that is, sweet potato vines, soybean leaves, wheat seedlings) and so on, all of which are green feed for raising goats, but these crop feeds are best cut into short sections when fed, and 0.5 iodized salt is supplied to help change their wild nature.