BRUGOAT Farming and Trading Pte Ltd has set aside for sale 450 Boer goats and Dorper sheep for Aqiqah and Korban, each weighing between 25kg to 50kg.
Located at Kampong Gana in Sungai Liang, the farm began operation in December 2015. It is managed by Hajah Rohzemah binti Haji Ismail, and currently has 2,205 Boer goats and Dorper sheep on the farm.
The company started its business for breeding purposes in late 2015, with the Boer goat and Dorper sheep breeds imported from Australia. Its primary objective was to increase livestock production with the availability of locally sourced goat and sheep meat. Its goal is to breed, rear and sell locally sourced goat and sheep meat.
The farm is considered to be the first in the country to breed Dorper sheep intensively and aspires to introduce its meat to local consumers.
The management has also employed a field veterinarian experienced in rearing Boer goats and Dorper sheep, along with a labour force of 39 field workers.
The farm area consists of eight goat houses, six of which are used as the main production houses and the remaining two as nursery quarters.
The capacity per goat house is between 400 and 500 heads, depending on the length of the house structure.
Minister of Primary Resources and Tourism Dato Seri Setia Awang Haji Ali bin Haji Apong, Legislative Council member YB Haji Umarali bin Esung, Haji Amit bin Mumin, Ong Chek Thiam, farm manager Hajah Rohzemah binti Haji Ismail, Haji Abdul Rahman bin Haji Metussin and Philip Ong Chee Leong at the farm
Dorper sheep for sale
Dorper sheep in the breeding pens
In the breeding production of the Boer goats and Dorper sheep, the farm management observed that delivering sets of twins was quite the norm, although from the breeders in Australia, this was generally not the case for Dorper breeds.
Caring for twins would be more tedious and requires ample nutrition and care.
If required, supplementing with manual bottle feeding may be needed; using expressed milk from other female goats that had miscarried or loss their young.
Dorper sheep are naturally wooly and would need shearing in its management so as to avoid heat stress as well as for hygiene purposes.
The husbandry management segregates the livestock population based on the production stages, eg, for the pregnant does and maternity areas, weaned young, breeding males and females and for the goats and sheep ready for sale.
The feed management programme in the farm caters for the preparation of fodder or grass feed, supplemented pellet feed, concentrate and silage (fermented grass and other supplements).
Management for proper and clean feeding system is important to ensure optimum animal health and growth as well as a preventive against diseases.
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