What are the precautions for lamb fattening? Farmers should master these points
Many farms, in order to increase profits, use lamb fattening techniques: at around two months of age, the lambs are given high-quality feed, and then feeding management is strengthened, so that at around 5 months the body weight can reach half that of an adult sheep. Moreover, the lamb meat at this time is extremely tender, not gamy or greasy, high in protein and low in fat, very popular on the market, with high economic benefits. However, during fattening, the correct timing and methods must also be mastered, otherwise fattening will fail. Below, Qinnong Net brings you the precautions for lamb fattening.
1. Crossbred fattening
The lambs selected for fattening are best crossbred lambs. So-called crossbred lambs refer to lambs born from the mating of sheep of different breeds. Under the same rearing environment and feeding management, crossbred lambs have greater advantages: first, their birth weight is higher than that of purebred lambs, and their survival rate is also higher, with fast growth and development. They are suitable for rapid marketing after fattening.
2. Strengthen the feeding management of ewes
The birth weight of newborn lambs is closely related to the nutritional status of the ewe. In addition, the ewe's milk secretion is also related to nutritional status. Therefore, to fatten quickly, the feeding management of the ewe must be strengthened. In the late gestation and early lactation periods of the ewe, feed high-quality feed to lay the foundation for producing high-quality lambs.
3. Inducing food intake and supplementary feeding
Half a month after birth, lambs can be induced to eat, training them to eat forage, letting them follow the ewe to graze or eat, and the lambs will imitate the ewe in consuming forage. However, the forage the lambs eat must be high quality, such as alfalfa hay and roasted soybeans, and you must not be too impatient; proceed slowly to exercise their rumen function. As they eat, gradually increase the proportion and weight of concentrate feed.
4. Timely weaning
To fatten quickly, early weaning is also essential. Control and shorten the ewe's lactation period. The earlier the lambs are weaned, the earlier the ewe can be mated and give birth, achieving the goal of more than one litter per year and improving economic benefits.
5. Deworming
The body functions of lambs are not as good as those of adult sheep, and their stomach and intestines still need to grow slowly. At this time, they are highly susceptible to parasitic infection, causing symptoms of diarrhea and weakness in lambs, and in severe cases even death, and it also reduces the feed conversion rate. Therefore, to fatten quickly, deworming before that is essential.
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