Goat enterprises usually earn from two streams at once — meat sales from kids and, on dairy-type breeds, milk from does — while carrying feed, health, and housing costs across the whole herd including bucks that don't directly generate revenue. This calculator combines both revenue streams and nets them against total herd costs.
Meat Revenue = (Number of Does × Kids per Doe per Year × (1 − Mortality Rate)) × Average Sale Weight × Meat Price. Milk Revenue = Number of Does × Daily Milk × 305 (lactation days) × Milk Price (dairy-type farms only). Total cost covers feed, vaccination, and labor/housing across does, bucks, and kids.
| Metric | Typical Range |
|---|---|
| Kidding rate | 1.5-2.2 kids/doe/year (with twinning) |
| Kid mortality | 8-15% |
| Sale weight (meat breeds) | 25-35 kg live weight |
| Buck-to-doe ratio | 1:20-25 |
For 30 does producing 1.8 kids/doe/year at 10% mortality, average sale weight 28 kg, meat price PKR 750/kg: Meat revenue = 30 × 1.8 × 0.9 × 28 × 750 ≈ PKR 1.02 million/year. Against feed, vaccination, and labor costs of roughly PKR 550,000/year for the full herd (does, bucks, and growing kids), this leaves a net margin in the region of PKR 470,000, before land or shed depreciation.
With good nutrition and twice-yearly kidding management, does can average 1.5-2.2 kids per year including twins. Once-a-year kidding with mostly single births brings this closer to 1.0-1.3.
Expect 8-15% kid mortality even under reasonable management, with the first two weeks of life being the highest-risk period. Rates above 20% usually point to inadequate colostrum intake, poor shelter from cold/wet weather, or parasite load in the doe herd.
Dairy goats can generate revenue year-round from milk in addition to kid sales, but require more consistent daily labor for milking and typically need better-quality feed. Meat goats need less daily labor but revenue is concentrated at sale time.
One healthy, fertile buck can service 20-25 does under natural mating over a breeding season. Keeping more bucks than needed adds feed cost without adding revenue, since bucks don't produce marketable milk or offspring themselves.