ANN 121: Applied Animal Nutrition-I (2+1)

STARTER OR CREEP RATION

• From birth up to 3rd day, the kids are given mothers milk i.e. colostrum. After 3rd day the quantity of milk to be given to kids is reduced to about 100 ml/day.

• Along with mothers milk, green tender grasses, pasture or some legume fodders like lucerne, berseem, cowpea are fed.
• Expected body weight after 7 days is between 1-5 kg.

• There after creep feed is given, which contains 14-18% DCP and 65-70% TDN.

 Creep feed  

1	Maize	60
	Groundnut oil cake	20
	Fish meal	10
	Wheat bran	07
	Mineral mixture	02
	Sodium chloride	01
2	Gram Chunnies	20
	Maize	22
	Groundnut oil cake	35
	Wheat bran	20
	Mineral mixture	2.5
	Sodium chloride	0.5

• During 7 days - 40th days of age 4-5 times feeding is done and from 40-60 days 3 times creep feeding is done.

• At the end of 60 days i.e. weaning age the body weight of young one between 3-4 times more than the birth weight i.e. ranging to about 7-10 kg.