Key Points and Detailed Methods of Rapid Fattening Technology for Meat Sheep

Along with the improvement of our country's people's living standards, the demand for meat sheep has gradually increased, therefore, the prospects for raising meat sheep are relatively bright. At the same time, our country is rich in grassland resources, which provides natural conditions for meat sheep breeding.

Grazing fattening method

This is an extremely economical fattening method, and it is also a traditional fattening method in pastoral areas and farming-pastoral areas. The fattening period is during the green grass season, that is, from May to October, when the pasture grass is lush and full of seeds, and the sheep gain weight quickly after eating. The advantages of this method are low cost and relatively high benefit, but it requires that there must be relatively good pastureland. The disadvantage is that the mutton flavor is not as good as with other fattening methods, and it is often disturbed by changes in natural factors. Grazing fattening must ensure the amount of fresh grass consumed by each sheep per day; lambs should reach more than 4 kg, and adult sheep should reach more than 7 kg.

Barn feeding fattening method

This is a fattening method in which, according to the sheep's condition before fattening, the sheep's daily feed ration is formulated according to feeding standards and the nutritional value of the feed, and the sheep are fed and watered entirely inside the sheep barn. Although the feed input for this method is relatively high, large-scale, intensive, and factory-style sheep raising can be carried out according to market demand. Barns, equipment, and labor are utilized reasonably. Labor productivity is relatively high, thereby also reducing a certain amount of cost. Moreover, the sheep's weight gain, live weight at slaughter, and carcass weight after slaughter are all 10%-20% higher than with grazing fattening and mixed fattening. In addition, fattening sheep can reach market standards within a fattening period of 30-60 d, and the fattening period is shorter than with other methods.

For the daily ration of barn feeding fattening, a ratio of 50% mixed concentrate and 50% roughage is relatively suitable. The daily ration can be fed separately using a hay rack and a feed trough; it is best to combine the forage and feed together, process them into pellet feed, and feed them together using a feed trough.

The prospects for sheep raising in 2017

In recent years, the market for sheep raising has not been ideal, but this cannot determine future price trends. According to research and analysis, sheep prices will undergo a major reversal within two years. The market for meat sheep should be a year of recovery in 2017, and the recent two years have been a period of adjustment for meat sheep breeding. Since the end of 2013 to the beginning of 2014, after the state successively issued some subsidy policies for meat sheep breeding, the enthusiasm of people in some areas for raising meat sheep reached an unprecedented high, but there are also certain risks. To develop meat sheep breeding, it is best to do so on a large scale; the prerequisite is to have capital, as the input cost is large; secondly, it depends on whether there is technology and experience. Do not blindly follow the trend, and investment requires caution.

Feeding standards for meat sheep

For the feeding standards for raising meat sheep, the feeding standards for meat sheep are formulated according to the Boer goat's requirements for nutrients. It is the basis for guiding meat sheep feeding. In production practice, it is also necessary to observe at any time how meat sheep respond after applying the daily ration based on the feeding standards. Make necessary corrections. Theoretically speaking, the feeding standards for meat sheep are composed of two parts: maintenance feeding and production feeding. Maintenance feeding for meat sheep is the nutrition required by meat sheep under conditions of constant body weight, good health, and a balance of various nutrients at zero, without producing any products. The nutritional requirement for maintenance feeding varies with body weight and management method. The greater the body weight, the greater the requirement, and the barn feeding method has a lower maintenance requirement than grazing feeding.

The meat sheep's requirement for nutrients also differs significantly with factors such as age, whether pregnant or not, different stages of lactation, and the dry milk period, so when specifically applying feeding standards, necessary corrections and supplements should also be made according to the specific conditions of the meat sheep. Silage-type daily ration feeding technology for meat sheep.