West African Dwarf Goat (Kid)
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₦50,0000
The West African Dwarf (WAD) Goat Kid is a young goat of one of Nigeria's most widely distributed and important indigenous small ruminant breeds. WAD goats are prized for their exceptional disease resistance (particularly trypanotolerance), adaptability to the humid rainforest and derived savanna zones of southern Nigeria, and their role as a reliable source of meat, income, and cultural value for rural smallholder farmers. A Kid is a WAD goat under 6 months of age, the ideal stage for purchase if you want to raise animals from a young age, customize their feeding and management, and build a productive breeding herd from the ground up.
Ideal for
- • Smallholder goat farmers, rural livestock investors, backyard goat rearing
Key Features
- Indigenous Nigerian breed with natural disease and trypanosome resistance
- Highly adaptable to southern Nigeria's humid climate conditions
- Productive even under low-input, smallholder management systems
- Grows into a productive meat and breeding animal
- Hardy constitution, lower veterinary costs than exotic breeds
- Multiple births common, litter size averages 1.6–1.7 kids
- Strong demand in Nigerian meat markets and cultural/festive occasions
