Determination of growth, development, fertility and milk yield characteristics of mahalli goats raised in farmer conditions

This study was carried out to determine the growth and development of 300 heads of local goats and their 294 heads of kids belonging to 3 farmers residing in the village of Gümüştaş in Çınar country, Birth weight, 30, 60, 90, 120, 150 and 180th day weights were 2.6, 7.9, 12.9, 15.8, 17.4, 19.3 and 21.2 kg, respectively, Average daily weight gain during the periods of birth-30, 30-60, 60-90, 90-120, 120-150, 150-180, birth-90, 90-180 and birth-180 were found as 177.7, 163.2, 113.6, 65.7, 62.7, 38.1, 146.0, 57.7 and 103.6 g, respectively. The infertility rate (%), birth rate (%), twining rate (%), number of kids born per single goat, number of kids born per goat gave birth (%) and gestational productivity (kg) were 5, 95, 3.16, 0.98, 1.03 and 267.63; The survival rate (%), number of kids weaned per goat in the flock (%) and number of kids weaned per goat gave birth (%) were found to be 97.62, 95.67 and 100.7, respectively, Body weight (kg), shin circumference (cm), body height (cm), body length (cm), chest depth (cm), chest circumference (cm), horn length (cm), head length (cm), head length (cm), ear length (cm) and ear width (cm) were 52.8, 9.8, 72.1, 68.7, 31.9, 84.3, 36.4, 11.6, 10.7, 16.0 and 7.8 in the females the length of the nipple was 3.6 cm. In males, they were found as 66.2, 11.7, 79.1 and 73.4, 34.0, 90.5, 45.1, 12.3, 12.3, 16.3 and 8.2, respectively, and the scrotum circumference and length were 25.0 cm and 16.1 cm, respectively.