What are the key points of goat feeding and management in summer
Goat farming in summer is a special period, when diseases, insect pests, parasites and biting by external insects are likely to occur. Or there may be situations where the goats do not drink water or eat food, and grazing time is restricted, and high temperature and high humidity weather affects the growth of goats. So if you encounter these problems, what should you do? Then you should understand them now, and maybe you can put them to use right away.
1. Grazing
Goats are mainly grazing sheep and are rarely fed in the sheep shed, except for supplementing nutrition or when the weather is unsuitable for grazing. In summer, you can graze in the afternoon. Before the sun comes out, or in the afternoon when the sun is not strong, you can go out to graze. You cannot graze at noon, as the goats are prone to heatstroke and difficult to manage. On cloudy days, seize the time to graze. You cannot graze when it is raining, and you cannot graze when rain or dew has not dried. Eating grass with water on it is bad for the stomach and intestines.
2. Pest and disease control
In summer, there are many mosquitoes and insects outside, and after biting they easily transmit diseases, or the goats may be bitten by ticks, which is relatively dangerous. There are also some parasites that easily enter through the mouth with food and reproduce parasitically. This has a great impact on the health of goats. Deworming can be done several times, about once a month, and then again after a month. Use Chinese herbal medicine and give a medicated bath to prevent external parasites and prevent infection after being bitten.
3. Growth and fattening
In high temperature weather, goats sometimes easily refuse food. It may be that it is too hot, causing discomfort, and reduced appetite is a normal phenomenon. However, for normal growth, you must find a way to feed them. Be sure to let the goats drink more water and appropriately feed them light salt water, as this easily increases appetite. Goats like to eat grass with salt water, and when grazing you can bring a bottle of light salt water to spray it. After returning to the sheep shed, feed more high-protein nutritious feed and choose a formulated feed.
4. Cleaning and disinfection
In summer, the sheep shed must always be kept clean, otherwise the pathogens in the excrement will multiply rapidly, and after close contact, the goats will easily be infected and develop various diseases. Similarly, the feed trough must also be cleaned every time. If spoiled food residues are mixed into the feed, the goats will easily get sick. The goats themselves also need to be cleaned. In this way, cleaning the sheep shed every day is very important. Clean the feed trough, water trough and other utensils, frequently disinfect the entire environment, and spread lime on the ground for disinfection.
When goats are raised into summer, problems are very likely to occur. Be sure to pay attention to adjustments, and pay attention to prevention, cleaning and disinfection. Doing all these things is for the good growth and normal fattening of goats.