Practical technical points for raising sheep, a detailed explanation of scientific feeding and management methods
Sheep are a major livestock animal in China, and there are many breeds of sheep, such as Boer goats and Small-tailed Han sheep. There is a very large breeding area throughout China, and when raising sheep, we need to do a good job in management in all aspects. Only by learning various techniques such as lamb weaning and barn feeding can we effectively improve the benefits of raising sheep. So below, the editor brings you the practical technical points for raising sheep. Let's take a look!
1. Artificial insemination technology
The price of high-quality breeding rams on the market today is very expensive. And if natural mating is used for breeding, it will reduce the physique of the breeding sheep, easily cause disease, affect the breeding of the breeding sheep, and lower the breeding benefits. Therefore, in order to improve the quality of breeding sheep, we should use artificial insemination technology, collecting semen from the breeding ram and then mating it with the breeding ewe. This can effectively improve the breeding rate of the breeding sheep.
2. Crossbreeding technology
When raising sheep, we can use crossbreeding technology to improve the quality of the sheep breed. High-quality ram breeds can be used for two-way and three-way crossbreeding with local ewes. This prompts the ewes to produce high-quality crossbred lambs, and then good fattening work is done to improve the quality of commercial sheep. Crossbred sheep grow quickly, and their feed conversion rate and meat quality are also far higher than those of local sheep. They have a relatively considerable market price and high breeding benefits.
3. Early weaning technology for lambs
When raising lambs, we should do a good job in early weaning according to the age of the lambs. This is because, as time goes on, the milk yield of the ewe cannot meet the nutritional needs of the lamb's growth. Therefore, supplementary feeding work must be done well. Usually, enticing feeding is carried out at one week, and about 60 grams of feed is fed each day at 2-4 weeks. At 1-2 months, increase it by about 40 grams, and at 2-3 months, increase the daily ration feed to 200 grams. This promotes lamb growth, and then early weaning is carried out at 100 days, which can increase the number of litters produced by the ewe.
4. Barn feeding technology
The low economic benefits of many sheep raisers are mostly caused by immature barn feeding technology. In many cases, undesirable phenomena such as fat in summer and autumn and thin in winter occur. Therefore, if you want to improve the benefits of raising sheep, then you must do a good job in barn feeding and fattening. Build sheep sheds with a reasonable structure to provide sheep with a good growth environment, promote healthy growth of sheep, and accelerate the rate of weight gain.
5. Forage processing
In the past, the forage fed in traditional sheep-raising methods was not processed, and its palatability was relatively poor, while the feed intake of sheep would also decrease because of this, resulting in a longer breeding cycle and lower breeding benefits. So we can appropriately process the forage to improve the nutrition of the feed, promote sheep fattening, and improve meat quality. Doing a good job in feed processing such as silage, ammoniation and fermentation can effectively improve breeding benefits.
The above is a brief introduction to the practical technical points for raising sheep. In the breeding process, we should also do a good job in disease prevention and control, improve work efficiency, and do a good job in vaccination, etc. That is all for today's introduction. This article is for reference only and I hope it can help everyone!