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Goat Production

Animal Production Technology · Level 5  ·  6 Chapters

Compiled by: James Ogutu

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What Goat Production covers

In this unit, you will be able to confidently prepare and manage all the tools and equipment needed for successful goat production, ensuring every step follows best practices. You will learn to care for newborn kids safely and identify goats effectively, setting a strong foundation for healthy herds. By mastering market survey techniques, you’ll also be ready to make informed decisions that help your goat farming thrive in the real world.

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Careers after Goat Production

In goat production, the hands-on skills you master open doors to many rewarding jobs and entrepreneurial paths across Kenya’s livestock sector. Whether you join a thriving farm, support a breeding cooperative, or start your own goat-keeping business, you’ll be applying exactly what you’ve learned to improve animal health, boost productivity, and meet market demand.

  • Smallholder goat farms in the Rift Valley - you assemble and maintain the pens, feeding systems, and health-check tools, ensuring the herd runs smoothly and earning income from milk, meat, and sale of breeding stock.
  • Commercial goat enterprises in Nakuru County - you prepare breeding kits, such as artificial insemination equipment or controlled mating schedules, and charge a fee for breeding services or premium kid sales.
  • Goat breeding cooperatives in Meru - you choose and apply the most suitable identification method (ear tags, tattoos, or RFID) following GAPs, helping the group track performance and collect higher prices at market.
  • Veterinary outreach teams serving rural communities - you safely assist with kid deliveries, following the Livestock Production Manual, and receive remuneration as a skilled animal health assistant or receive a share of the sale of healthy newborns.
  • Livestock market survey teams at Nairobi’s Gikomba or Eldoret livestock market - you conduct accurate market surveys, gather price data and demand trends, and provide this intelligence to traders or NGOs for a consulting fee.
  • Agri-business incubators in Kiambu that support value-addition - you use your tool-assembly expertise to set up processing units for goat meat cuts or cheese, earning profit from value-added products.

Each of these roles lets you turn practical know-how into real earnings - whether as a salaried employee, a freelance consultant, or a self-employed goat farmer. Mastering these skills gives you the confidence to grow a sustainable livelihood and become a key player in Kenya’s vibrant goat industry. Keep pushing forward; your expertise will feed families, create jobs, and shape the future of animal production.

Chapters

1
Construct goat structures
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2
Carry out goat feeding
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3
Carry out goat breeding
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4
Perform goat routine management practices
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5
Carry our kid management
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6
Market goat products
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What Goat Production covers: 50 main topics in 6 chapters

1. Construct goat structures

  1. 1.1 Tools, equipment and materials
  2. 1.2 Selection of site for goat structure
  3. 1.3 Construction of goat structures
  4. 1.4 Maintenance of goat structures
  5. 1.5 Construction and maintenance of goat structure records
  6. 1.6 Waste management

2. Carry out goat feeding

  1. 2.1 Feeding tools, equipment and materials
  2. 2.2 Goat feeds
  3. 2.3 Provision of basal rations
  4. 2.4 Feed supplements
  5. 2.5 Grazing management
  6. 2.6 Pasture grazing capacity
  7. 2.7 Evaluation of feed intake
  8. 2.8 Evaluation of feed conversion efficiency
  9. 2.9 Goat feeding records
  10. 2.10 Waste management

3. Carry out goat breeding

  1. 3.1 Breeding management tools, equipment and materials
  2. 3.2 Goat breeds
  3. 3.3 Selection of goat breeds
  4. 3.4 Heat signs in does
  5. 3.5 Flushing
  6. 3.6 Servicing
  7. 3.7 Natural mating
  8. 3.8 Artificial insemination
  9. 3.9 Provision of care to pregnant does
  10. 3.10 Steaming up
  11. 3.11 Management of kid
  12. 3.12 Breeding records

4. Perform goat routine management practices

  1. 4.1 Goat identification methods
  2. 4.2 Goat castration methods
  3. 4.3 Hoof trimming
  4. 4.4 Shearing
  5. 4.5 Culling
  6. 4.6 Control of internal and external parasites
  7. 4.7 Vaccination
  8. 4.8 Isolation and quarantine
  9. 4.9 Provision of clean water ad libitum
  10. 4.10 Records

5. Carry our kid management

  1. 5.1 Handling of kids at birth
  2. 5.2 Feeding kids on colostrum
  3. 5.3 Fostering of orphaned kids
  4. 5.4 Kid identification methods
  5. 5.5 Weighing of kids
  6. 5.6 Monitoring of kid growth rate
  7. 5.7 Waste management

6. Market goat products

  1. 6.1 Conducting market survey
  2. 6.2 Goat products
  3. 6.3 Goat transportation
  4. 6.4 Goat products marketing
  5. 6.5 Marketing records

Revise this unit

Exam-style questions 84 Written to CDACC standard, with answers Test yourself 239 Multiple-choice, one at a time Practise questions 180 Quick recall — check you know the facts
3 more for this unit
Oral exam preparation 53 What the assessor asks, and how to answer out loud Worked calculations 7 Step-by-step maths with the common mistakes Quick cards 1,198 Myth busters, skill tips and scenarios

Beyond the syllabus

Decision simulator 6 On site, what would you do? Workplace scenarios 102 Real site situations — what would you do? Turn this into income 48 Where this skill earns — what to charge, how to find clients

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