How to fatten meat donkeys? Practical fattening methods shared
Donkey meat has extremely high nutritional value and is currently a specialty farming product with excellent market sales, and the key point is that the annual output of meat donkeys is not high. The main reason is that their reproduction rate is relatively slow and their growth cycle is relatively long, giving the feeling that no matter how you raise them, they just won't fatten up. So today Qinnong Web will teach you a few tricks to fatten meat donkeys.
Feed them in stages
Young donkey stage: Fattening meat donkeys needs to be done in stages. For newly purchased meat donkeys, we first need to deworm them, because after long-distance transport, they will more or less have parasites and the like in their bodies, and these parasites mainly live off the nutrients they take in, so no matter how you feed them, they won't fatten up. Then in the early stage, we mainly feed them thin porridge made from corn, wheat, millet, and the like, about two to three times a day, and gradually increase the amount of feed as the raising period goes on.
Adult donkey stage: For adult donkeys, we need to feed them according to certain conditions. First is the feeding of female donkeys. We generally first feed an appropriate amount of green feed and some food that is relatively easy to digest. Second, the amount fed each time does not need to be too much; as far as possible, feed them several times a day, with each feeding amounting to seven-tenths full. After some time, slowly increase the amount of concentrated feed, feeding twice a day. Generally, after about two more months of feeding, they can be sent to market. Next is the feeding of male donkeys. For male donkeys, we first need to castrate them, because if they are not castrated, they simply cannot be fattened. Then we use the method of feeding coarse feed in the early stage and concentrated feed in the later stage to fatten them.
Do a good job of daily management
The daily management of fattening meat donkeys is actually all fairly trivial matters. First, during the fattening period of meat donkeys, maintain a reasonable temperature, and let the meat donkeys bask in the sun more to supplement calcium. When the temperature is high, help them dissipate heat, and when it drops, keep them warm, to prevent heatstroke or colds that lead to poor appetite. Second, they need an appropriate amount of exercise, at least more than one hour of exercise every day, so as to strengthen their physique. Also, the sanitation of the farm should be cleaned and disinfected at irregular intervals to prevent disease. Finally, it is best to brush the bodies of the meat donkeys every day, which can not only promote blood circulation and aid digestion, but also remove pests on the surface of the coat.
Slaughter at the right time
Slaughtering at the right time generally means that when the body weight and various other conditions of the meat donkeys have reached the standard, they should be slaughtered in time, because once the best period for fattening has passed, no matter how you feed them, they will not gain meat quickly, and it also increases the cost of raising them, ultimately reducing the profit margin. Second, if the raising time is too long, their body functions degenerate and their body weight will slowly shrink, and by then the loss will outweigh the gain.