Sheep Farming Techniques: Do These Six Things Well and the Market-Ready Rate Rises Noticeably

In recent years, the scale of China's sheep farming industry has been continuously expanding, and the market has maintained a high demand for mutton, but many sheep farmers still make little profit, and some have even been losing money all along. Many people complain that the market environment is bad, but other farmers keep making money. How do they do it? To improve the benefits of sheep farming, you must start from the cost of sheep farming and scientific sheep farming, raise premium sheep, and increase the market-ready rate. Only in this way can you maintain your competitiveness in the sheep farming industry. Below we will look at 6 key points of scientific sheep farming, hoping they will be helpful to everyone.

1. Choose excellent breeds for crossbreeding

In sheep farming, excellent breeds are very important. Introduce superior breeding rams from outside and cross them with local ewes for two-way or three-way crossbreeding to produce excellent crossbred lambs. Crossbred sheep grow very fast and have good meat quality, so they can sell for a good price and effectively improve economic benefits.

2. Artificial insemination

Excellent breeding rams are also very expensive. In order to reduce cross-infection during mating and prevent the breeding rams from losing their mating ability, artificial insemination technology is needed to help with fertilization, and it can also allow the breeding rams to deliver the greatest economic benefits.

3. Early weaning of lambs

As lambs grow older, the ewe's milk can no longer meet the nutrition the lambs need, so the lambs should be trained at the right time to eat feed. Normally, tempting them to eat should begin at 7-10 days of age, feeding 50g-70g of feed per day at 15-30 days of age, 100g of feed per day at 30-60 days of age, and 200g of feed per day at 60-90 days of age. Only this can ensure the rapid growth of lambs and lay a good foundation for later fattening. It is best to start weaning lambs at 100 days of age, and no later than 4 months, in order to shorten the lambing cycle and increase the number of lambing pregnancies per ewe per year.

4. Disease prevention

Disease is a major threat to sheep farming. Vaccination should be done well, sheep should be dewormed regularly, the sheep pen should be disinfected at regular intervals, and the internal environment should be kept clean and hygienic. Newly purchased sheep must be confirmed healthy before being put into the sheep pen. Observe frequently to see whether the sheep's diet and excrement are abnormal, so as to achieve early detection and early treatment.

5. Feed processing technology

In traditional sheep farming, the feed given is not processed or prepared, which not only wastes feed but also results in a relatively low feed intake rate by the sheep. As a result, the sheep grow relatively slowly, and the feeding cycle is lengthened. If the feed is fermented, thereby promoting the decomposition of protein, it can be more suitable for young sheep. Acidic substances can also improve the digestion and absorption rate and increase the sheep's appetite, which can speed up fattening and improve the benefits of sheep farming.

6. Housed sheep farming technology

Because housed sheep farming technology is not adequately applied, sheep flocks are prone to the situation of being fat in autumn and thin in winter. Therefore, a more reasonable sheep house should be built to create a comfortable growth environment for the flock, promote their rapid growth, and increase sheep farming efficiency.

Doing the above 6 points is not difficult for farmers. It is just that many farmers ignore these small details and small links, so the sheep they raise not only cost more than others, but the market-ready rate is instead lower than others. This is why, in the same market, many people keep very high benefits in sheep farming, while some people keep losing money in sheep farming.