Our kandang lies silent, for now

For the past three weeks, our kandang has remained silent. No more bleating of goats. We sold our entire herd of goats and Zai and I are now taking a sabbatical from goat farming. (Mind you, not from farming, though!)
 

 
Our (now) empty kandang

I have not posted anything in our blog for the past 3 weeks. [...]

Goat waste as organic fertiliser

 
Rizal and Ustaz Jaafar
 
The processing of goat waste into organic fertiliser for sale is considered lucrative. Lucrative enough to be classified as “black gold”. We at Ladang Fatima also believe in recycling the waste to put to good use.
 
We have been looking at the processing of goat waste for some time now. In early 2007, [...]

Marketing of our goats – it may not be as easy as the Jabatan Veterinar or the Kursus Kambing people make it out to be

The basis of the mushrooming number of goat farms seem to be the concerted efforts by the Jabatan Veterinar to create self sufficiency of goat meat and related products in Malaysia. To support this, a table of the gross shortage is often shown and quoted repeatedly.
The summary as it relates to goats is shown here:
                                               2007                  [...]

The Neem tree – A herbal pharmacy for goats?

 
Neem leaves
 
People have been rearing goats for thousands of years. Well before the advent of modern medicine. Have you ever wondered how our forefathers used to treat their goats when the goats got sick?
 
Our forefathers relied on traditional methods. Methods discovered through trial and error, methods discovered by chance and methods passed on to [...]

What to do when your goats get an itch?

Goats, just like us, get an itch once in a while. And when they do, they rub their bodies against some rough surface. Much like us, when we get an itch at a spot that is not easily reachable by our fingers.
 
We let our goats loose for a few hours everyday. They play about in [...]

You want to venture into goat farming? Maybe you should do the following first. Part 1

 
Deep in thought. Is he planning a goat farm?
Source: Google Images

Chapter 1 – Overview
 
It has been said that if we follow our passions, the money will come. Yes, I think this is true. Still it would be even better to prepare ourselves first.
 
Before embarking on any venture, we have to have a feasibility study [...]

Other goat farming blogs

One of the ways we use to keep abreast of the local goat farming industry is to look up and read other blogs.
 
The only directory I could find was the Direktori Pertanian dan Penternakan that has been put up by Global Excellent Marketing Sdn Bhd. It appears that the link to sign up to get listed [...]

A great side benefit of attending the Kursus Kambing – Opportunity to Network

 
Picture of us having a coffee break in Al Barakah farms

 
I have written about the Kursus Kambing that I attended from the 21 – 25 November 08.
 
One very useful advantage that we gain from attending such Kursus (besides the main objective of gaining knowledge) is the meeting and getting to know other like minded people.
 
There [...]

Kursus Penternakan Kambing by Al Barakah and AGRO Bank

I am joining the hundreds of other entrepreneurs who have attended the “KURSUS PENTERNAKAN KAMBING” conducted by Al – Barakah Global Food Industry Sdn Bhd in cooperation with AGRO Bank.
 
This course covers (I am now attending the Foundation Course) 5 full days of theory and practical hands on knowledge by industry practitioners and experts. It [...]