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The present study was conducted with the objective to evaluate the usefulness of DHN-6 and CO-4 fodders in terms of chemical composition, fodder intake and other parameters. The green fodder samples of both fodders were collected on 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70 and 80 days of plantation and chemical composition was analysed accordingly. Green fodder intake of DHN-6 and CO-4 was recorded for 20 days in Deoni cows. Moisture level in chaffed fodder was evaluated upto 9 h of chaffing of green fodder. The chemical composition of DHN-6 fodder was found better than the CO-4 fodder. DHN-6 fodder has more juiciness, sweetness; high green fodder intake, high moisture-holding capacity and more green fodder yield as compared to CO-4 fodder variety whereas CO-4 green fodder was found easy for harvesting and chewing to animals. No difference was found in the greenishness of both of the fodders. Overall it can be concluded that DHN-6 fodder is superior for feeding to animals as compared to CO-4 fodder and harvesting of these grasses should be carried out at 50 to 70 days of plantation to provide better nutrition to animals.

In Osmanabadi goats kids, stall feeding is the most economic and comfortable method of feeding management. The overall growth performance in Osmanabadi goat kids was enhanced by supplementation of concentrate mixture with regular roughage feeding. Further, in Osmanabadi goats, there was positive linear correlation of chest girth, height at withers, body length, height at hip with BCS, body weight and the age. The supplementation of concentrate mixture along with roughages in the feeding management of Osmanabadi kids resulted in heavier body weight. The trend of improvement in different growth and body parameters of Osmanabadi goat kids showed positive linear correlation with the amount of concentrate feed consumed by the kid. The supplementation of concentrate mixture with regular roughages in Osmanabadi goat kids improved the level of fodder intake. Stall feeding and the supplementation of concentrate mixture or nutritional enrichment of regular diet of Osmanabadi goat kids results in the improvement in voluntary fodder intake, however the rate of intake remained in positive linear correlation up to the 50% amount of concentrate feed consumed on dry matter requirement basis in Osmanabadi goat kids. Positive linear correlation of concentrate supplementation with voluntary fodder intake ultimately resulted in reduced fodder leftover and thereby the fodder wastage.