How to fatten donkeys in winter? These fattening key points you need to master

Donkeys are herbivorous animals with strong disease resistance, are easy to raise and manage, reproduce quickly, can be kept either free-range or confined, and require little investment, making them very suitable for small-scale raising by farming households. After short-term winter fattening, the body weight of young donkeys can reach 150-200 kg, and that of adult donkeys can reach 250-300 kg. Based on current market conditions, raising one donkey can yield a profit of 600-1,000 yuan.

1. Selecting donkeys for fattening

Guanzhong donkeys and Dezhou donkeys are the first choice. Guanzhong donkeys are mainly produced in the Guanzhong Plain area of Shaanxi Province, and after fattening their body weight can reach 250-290 kg; Dezhou donkeys are mainly produced in Dezhou City, Shandong Province, and after fattening their body weight can reach about 260 kg.

2. Deworming and stomach strengthening before fattening

After the donkeys have been kept in the pen and stabilized for 2-3 days, deworming and stomach strengthening can be carried out. Use Chongkexing to expel internal parasites from the donkeys; the oral dosage of its powder is 0.1 g per kg of body weight, and the dosage for subcutaneous injection is 0.2 ml per kg of body weight. Stomach strengthening is usually carried out 3 days after deworming, giving each donkey 60-100 g of artificial salt orally or 450 g of Jianwei San orally.

3. Fattening and feeding of young donkeys

Young donkeys purchased from other places should be trained more intensively so that they gradually adapt to local feeding conditions. At first, corn, @#@245@#@, etc. can be ground into powder, boiled into a thin porridge, and a little sugar added to entice them to eat. After several days, in addition to normal grass feeding, feed 80-100 g of concentrate per day, then gradually increase it. Throughout the entire fattening period for young donkeys, about 500 kg of concentrate is needed in total.

4. Fattening and feeding of adult donkeys

For adult donkeys purchased from other places, first feed them some green grass, wheat bran and other easily digestible feed, and feed small amounts frequently, with each feeding only about 60-70% full, and wait until their grass consumption is normal before entering the fattening period. The mixed roughage during the fattening period is mainly high-quality dry grass, soybean stalk powder and corn stalk powder, and the mixed concentrate is generally 50% soybean cake, 30% cornmeal and 20% wheat bran. During fattening, donkeys can be fed concentrate twice during the day, and only roughage at night, with each feeding about 80% full; after about two months they can be slaughtered and sold. The concentrate and roughage used for fattening adult donkeys should be selected according to local natural resources and market conditions. For example, roughage can include cottonseed hulls, soybean stalk powder, corn stalk powder, etc., and concentrate can include peanut cake, soybean cake, cooked sorghum or soybean powder, etc. During the fattening period, the donkeys' amount of exercise should be restricted, and the pen and environment should be kept clean and dry.