What are the key points for raising mutton sheep in autumn

1. Fatten up in autumn.

In autumn, grazing time should be appropriately extended, and after frost, take the flock out late and bring it back late, so that every sheep can eat grass and eat its fill. After the autumn harvest, promptly drive the flock to fields where crops have been harvested, graze the autumn stubble, and pick up weeds and scattered grain; if done well, they will fatten quickly.

2. Store enough forage.

According to the number of sheep and the amount needed, widely collect all kinds of green grass, hay, leaves, vegetable trimmings, vegetable leaves and crop straw; all can be treated by ammoniation, alkalization and stacking for storage before feeding, and can also be made into silage and fermented feed. Among concentrates, corn, barley, bran, oilseed meal and the agricultural by-product distillers' grains are all good feeds for sheep, but the feed should be matched and fed in a varied way.

3. Provide warm sheds.

Before winter begins, the sheep pen must be repaired well to prevent drafts from entering. Doors and windows should be sealed well with plastic film, straw curtains hung at night, and the ground should be dry and not frozen, to prevent damp cold. In the severe cold of winter, as long as the sheep are kept in warm sheds, the loss of body heat from the sheep can be greatly reduced, the sheep can be kept from getting chilled, colds can be prevented, and the sheep will have a guarantee for getting through the winter.