What kind of grass do captive sheep eat? profits from captive sheep

At present, there are many people raising sheep in our country, and there are many ways to raise sheep, half of which are most common in captivity. However, when many people are raising sheep in captivity, they don't know what it should eat. With regard to the profits of captive sheep, many people who want to raise sheep are more concerned about it. Let's take a look at it together.

What kind of grass do sheep eat in captivity

1. Alfalfa. It is cultivated or semi-wild all over the country. Born in fields, roadsides, wilderness, grasslands, riverbanks and valleys. Eurasia and countries around the world are widely cultivated as fodder and forage.

2. Ryegrass. It belongs to about 10 species of Gramineae and ryegrass, including forage grass and grassland grasses and some poisonous weeds in temperate regions of Eurasia. Ryegrass is an important cultivated forage grass and green manure crop.

3. Gaodan grass. Sorghum grass combines the advantages of stem diameter and leaf width of sorghum and strong tillering and regeneration ability of Sudan grass, and its heterosis is very obvious. Hay contains crude protein and high sugar content, so it is suitable for silage and can be used to raise livestock and poultry such as cattle, sheep, rabbits, geese and fish.

Profits from keeping sheep in captivity

In terms of the most common small-tailed sheep in captivity:

1. A purebred small-tailed Han sheep at the age of 5-6 months needs about 800yuan and can be fattened at the age of 2 months. the feed cost of raising an ewe is about 350yuan per year, and 3 lambs a year are calculated. raising 3-month-old lambs can be sold for about 1500 yuan, and the cost of raising ewes for two years is 700. the profit of 9 lambs is 4500 yuan. (the condition is that in the case of fattening and selling at the age of 3 months, the cost of raising lambs is 150.) 9 lambs are 1350 yuan, 4500-700-1350 yuan 2450 yuan. Raising 100 basic ewes can make a profit of 245000 yuan in 2 years. The benefit of breeding is still considerable.

2. Buy 100 small-tailed Han sheep fattening lambs, 3-4 months old sheep cake cost 500yuan / sheep, short-term fattening 5-6 months old, meat sheep up to 150jin, 10 yuan / jin calculation can sell 1500 yuan, excluding feed cost 400yuan, artificial water and electricity 100yuan, raising 100 small tail Han sheep can earn 50,000 yuan profit space in half a year.

Feed formula for captive sheep

1. Lamb formula: 55% corn, 6% wheat bran, 20% soybean meal, 15% sunflower cake, 3% tricalcium phosphate, 0.9% salt, 0.1% additive.

2. Growth sheep formula: corn 61%, wheat bran 13%, soybean meal 8%, sunflower cake 14%, tricalcium phosphate 3%, salt 0.9%, additive 0.1%.

3. Breeding ewe formula: corn 47%, wheat bran 17%, soybean meal 13%, sunflower cake 19%, tricalcium phosphate 3%, salt 0.9%, additive 0.1%.

4. Ram formula: corn 54%, wheat bran 5%, soybean meal 22%, sunflower cake 15%, tricalcium phosphate 3%, salt 0.9%, additive 0.1%.

5. Fattening sheep formula: corn 61%, wheat bran 15%, soybean meal 10%, sunflower cake 10%, tricalcium phosphate 3%, salt 0.9%, additive 0.1%.

Common epidemic Diseases of Sheep and their Control

1. Anthrax. Sheep anthracnose can be prevented by injecting related vaccines. in areas where the disease has occurred, the prevention should be enhanced and injected once a year. The diseased sheep should be quarantined and treated in time after the outbreak of anthracnose was found. And the farm will be strictly blocked, using fire or deep burial to deal with sick and dead sheep. Thoroughly clean the hygiene of the enclosure, sweep all feces, replace the mat grass, etc., and use medicine for disinfection. Sick sheep can be treated by injection of penicillin and anthrax serum is used as appropriate. When using drugs for treatment, we need to pay attention to the relevant requirements of drug use.

2. Enterotoxemia. Scientific management of feed to ensure the hygiene of feed. Water sources should be strictly monitored to ensure the health of water sources. Improve the scientific management of the farm and pay attention to the dryness of the enclosure. Sheep with enterotoxemia should be isolated and treated with drugs in time. Drugs can choose to use antisera and antitoxins.

Half of the common forage grasses for captive sheep are ryegrass, Gaodan grass and so on. You can choose them. As long as the sheep are kept in captivity, the profit is still very good, there are many recipes in feeding, and the formula is different in different periods. There is a detailed introduction in the above, I hope it can be helpful to you.