There are several important things when selecting for breeding.
A healthy and good quality buck (he goat).
The buck must be healthy, strong and should have a well developed body frame. It must be of productive breed. It must have normal sexual organs and well developed testicles. The buck must be selected from does that produce a high volume of milk and are prolific.
Control mating i.e. Limit the number of does per male (the recommended ratio is 1 male for 35 does)
The Buck must be free of any physical defects e.g. undershot jaws, overshot jaws. It should have a strong masculine head and neck and noisy and should seek out females on heat and mate them. If it’s shy and timid it should be culled.
Badly worn teeth indicate old age. Males with split, missing or worn teeth should not be selected for breeding as they are physically unable to browse or graze properly.
Legs should be checked for deformities and hooves trimmed.
Selection of the breeding Doe
The productivity of a flock depends on the good quality of the mother. Select Does with high milk production and high fertility rate.
The doe must be well built and healthy. A female should not be mated unless it’s physically fit. Thin females will not come into heat, will be become pregnant and abort, and reabsorb the foetus at early stage. Those which are mated and carry their kid will be unable to rear it satisfactorily.
Legs should be checked for deformities and hooves trimmed. Good strong legs are essential for breeding doe. Weak bent hind legs are highly heritable factor and females with this should not be selected for breeding. It should produce kids every 8-10 months
If it produces twins frequently, It should produce enough milk to rear the twins and for the household consumption.
The udder should be soft to touch with two functional teats. Any hardiness indicates the female has had a problem e.g. mastitis. Long pendulous udder is highly heritable and females with this should not be used for breeding. Big udder is liable to tearing by thorns and kids have difficult in suckling them. It also predisposes the doe to mastitis.
Badly worn teeth indicate old age. Females with split, missing or worn teeth should not be selected for breeding as they are physically unable to browse or graze properly.
Any female with physical deformities (e.g. bad feet, hard udders, blind eyes ) should not be selected for breeding
Farmers should seek breeding animals from registered breeding farms.
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