1. Production cycle of cattle
1st mating months or when weighs 250kg
Incalf heifer
Ist calving 28 – 36 months
Calving once every 365 days
Calf
Heifer calf 12 months
18-24 months Sexualy maturity
Conception
Gestation period 9 months
Drying off days before calving
Calving once every 365 days
Lactation days
1st Oestrous (heat) 21 days
Mating 2nd – 3rd Oestrous (heat) (60-90 days post-partum

2. Production cycle of Goat
1st mating when weighs 18 kg
Gestation
1st kidding 18 months
kidding once every two years
Goat Kid
Sexual maturity at 8 months for female
Conception
Gestation 150 days- 5 months
Mated 4-5 months after kidding
Kidding once every 2 yrs
Lactation 7 months -210 days
Mating at 8months (18 kg)/ male at 18 months

3. Production cycle of Chicken
Egg Laying
Egg Incubation
21 days?
Egg Hatching
Chicks
6 months Sexualy maturity
Feeding Broiler mash from wk 2?
Slaughter wt. 1kg at 6-8 weeks
Gestation period 9 months
Day old chicks
Brooding
Feeding Chick mash

4. Production cycles of Pigs
Mating
Oestrous 21 days ) Duration 2-3 days
Gestation length days
Kids per sow 8-12
Number born dead 5%
Piglet, suckling 8 weeks
Sexual maturity
8-9 months male
7 months female
Farrowing every 6months x2times a year
8-12 kids
Weaning
3 wks = 5.44 kg
5 wks = kg
6 wks= 13.6 kg
Days to slaughter;
Pork kg 120 days
Days to slaughter Bacon (86-93 kg) =180 days

5. Production cycle of Rabbits
Mating ( days
Gestation length days
Kindling -Kids per doe 7-9
Weaning at 42 days
Sexual maturity
20 wks (110 days) male
days for female
Gestation period:32 days Pseudopregrancy may occur days after mating;
Kindling
Lactation
NO oestrous cycle; induced by mating –in oestrous all the time?
Ovulation induced by mating: occurs hrs after mating
Service once every 21/2 months soon after weaning (42 days)