What are the general feeding and management principles for Hu sheep farming?

1) Group and pen Hu sheep separately by sex, age, body weight, purpose, size, strength, and production stage, and feed them differently. Pay attention to stocking density and the position of the feed trough and hay rack occupied by each sheep, and determine the number of sheep raised per pen.    

2) According to the nutritional standards for different growth stages of sheep, formulate different feed formulas, verify the feeding standards, and implement differentiated feeding at fixed times, with fixed quality, and in fixed amounts. The proportions of concentrate, green feed, and hay should be appropriate, ensuring that each sheep eats 80—90% full at each meal.     

3) Feeding order: first feed heavily pregnant ewes, followed by lactating ewes, lightly pregnant ewes, and ewes to be mated. First provide supplemental feed to lambs, then feed lactating ewes. Other sheep should first be fed the small and weak ones, then the large and strong ones. When adjusting pens, arrange the order in advance to facilitate the feeder's operation.     

4) Regularly clean, wash, and disinfect the sheep shed, replace bedding straw, and keep the sheep farm environment, sheep shed, and sheep bodies consistently clean and hygienic.     

5) Patiently train breeding sheep, do not physically punish breeding sheep, and achieve harmony between people and livestock.     

6) Strictly implement the immunization program and medication prevention program, frequently observe the sheep's spirit, appetite, urine and feces, breathing, and coughing, understand the sheep's body condition, and grasp the sheep's health status, so that sheep in a subhealthy state or at the beginning of disease can receive timely diagnosis and treatment, reducing unnecessary losses.    

7) Keep various records and reports well, weigh regularly, grasp the sheep's growth and development status, and do a good job of analysis and summary, so as to know things early and improve one's own work.     

8) Ensure safe production, eliminate the occurrence of injurious accidents, effectively do a good job in heat prevention and cooling, and ensure that each breeding sheep safely overwinters and passes the summer.

9) Medicated bathing: medicated bathing 7—10 days after shearing every spring, and also once in autumn, to kill external parasites, improve skin health, and promote wool growth.    

10) Hoof trimming: the limbs and hooves of breeding sheep should be routinely cared for; for housed sheep, once every 1—2 months, and problems should be handled as early as possible to prevent the occurrence of locomotor diseases.