Jamnapari Goat Breed – Everything You Need to Know

This beautiful goat with long floppy ears, a soft coat that usually has spots on it and fluffy hindquarters. They are sweetly dispositioned goats that are really friendly and do not mind being handled by humans. They are pretty hardy and adapt well to most environment plus they give their owners a lot of fresh, nutritious milk and their meat can also be used.

Jamnapari Goat Quick Profile Overview

The Jamanapari Goat breed of sweet and friendly with nutritiously sweet goats milk
Country of Origin:	India
Other Names:	Jamunapari
Breed Size:	Large
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Main Purpose:	Milk
Can be used for	Breeding, Meat, Milk, Pets
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Temperament:	Easy going, calm, friendly and gentle
Good with Kids?	They can be a good family pet, but they do have horns, so children must always be supervised around them.
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Ideal Environment:	Medium to large pasture with lots of greenery
Ideal Climate:	All Climates
Conservation Status:	No Listed by the *ALC Status Common
Health Issues?	No known health issues
Good Starter Goat?	Yes, they make a good starter good
Goat Associations:	No known goat associations
Goat Clubs:	No known breeders clubs
Note: *ALC stands for American Livestock Conservancy

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS

They have a large body and longer legs than a lot of goat breeds. Their hindquarters are very fluffy with long hair. They also have longer hair on their thighs.
Color(s):	Yellow, brown, white, black and then there are mixed color variations Both doe and buck are the same
Goat⇒	Doe	buck
Breed Weight:	132 lbs.	198 lbs.
Breed Height:	79 inches at withers	89 inches at withers
Hair:	Medium to long	Medium to long
Ears:	Long and droopy that can twist	Long and droopy that can twist
Horns:	Short and stocky with a slight curve backwards	Short and stocky with a slight curve backwards
Matures at age:	5 to 15 months	3 to 15 months
Puberty Age:	5 to 6 months	4 to 9 months
Breeding Age:	18 months	1 year
Breeding Traits:	1 Breeding cycle	Cover 20 to 30 does in 1 season

DOE BREEDING & MILKING INFORMATION

They are not the best for breeding as they only breed once a year and usually only give birth to 1 kid per breeding cycle
Breeding Period/cycle:	Usually lasts 12 to 36 hours Ave. 21 days/18 to 24 days
Gestation Period:	Usually, around 148 to 155 day but most are 150 days
Kids:	1 to 2 (usually only 1 kid per litter)
Good Mothers?	Yes, they will wean their kid(s)
Lactation Period:	Usually around 250 to 284 days. Most common is 284 days
Milking From:	4 to 6 weeks after kidding
Milk Quality:	Good, They can produce between 2 to 3 liters of milk a day
Milking Level:	Normal, They are easy to milk and will stand quite still
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GOOD TO KNOW

Some information that is good to know and may come in useful about the Jamnapari Goat breed
Where to buy them:	They are not available to buy in the US
Agility:	They are very agile and can scale a 6-foot wall with no problem
Interact with other animals:	A sociable breed that will share its pasture with all other livestock.

GENERAL INFORMATION:

The breed is suitable for commercial farming with is high milk production per day.

The milk of the Jamunapari goat has a delicious taste to it and is very healthy even though it contains quite a high-fat content of around 5%. They have large long pendulous teats which are ideal for milking.

They have a good meat quality with a good meat to bone ratio

HISTORY

The Jamnapari goat was originally from India they were exported to a few regions in and around India being shipped from a river in Uttar Pradesh called the Jamuna river.

Since then the breed fast becomes prized for its milk and meat as well as great show qualities.
The goat received major industry success in Indonesia since the Jamnapari goat was sent there in 1953.

The Jamnapari has also been a breed that was used in the development of many other goat breeds such as the American Nubian Goat breed. This breed is still found in large numbers in India there is an estimated 580000 head of them. But there is some speculation as to whether most of these are purebred or not. In fact, it has been estimated that a possible 5000 of the 580000 are actually purebred Jamnapari goats.

Their milk is highly prized although they produce slightly less milk yield than a lot of other breeds. Their meat is also said to be quite healthy have a low cholesterol content.

The Jamnapari goats like to graze mainly on bushes and trees as they love the leaves of the trees. If they have to graze on grass it will be the tips of the grass as they do not enjoy grazing on the ground.
They will graze for almost the entire day during the harsh cold winter Indian months. This will drop off considerably during the hot Indian summer months where their grazing habits will be halved. This equates to them spending almost 90% of their time grazing during the winter months and only around 55% of the time grazing in the summer months.