Boer Goat House Construction Requirements

Boer goat, which originated in South Africa, is a famous meat goat breed with large physique, rapid growth and good meat quality in the world. There are mainly ordinary Boer goats, long hair Boer goats, non-horned Boer goats, native Boer goats and improved Boer goats. The Boer goat has large and long ears, a stout head, a prominent bulge on the forehead and brown ears, with a colored hair band from the middle of the forehead to the end of the nose, allowing a certain number of brown spots. The neck is thick, both rams and ewes have horns, the horns of rams are wide, bent backward and downward, and the horns of ewes are small and curved upward and outward. The body is white and rectangular, the chest is wide and deep, the ribs are open, the waist is wide and straight, the hindquarters are well developed, the limbs are stout, the muscles are plump, with excellent flesh shape, no hair cover on the skin, and pigmentation.

First, Boer goat house construction sheep house should be selected in the high dry terrain, good drainage, sunny place. The floor of the sheep shed should be more than 20 centimeters above the ground. Building materials should be made locally. The general requirements are firmness, warmth and good ventilation. The area of the sheep house can be determined according to the scale of raising, generally speaking, each sheep should be guaranteed to be 1.0 per cent 2.0 square meters. Each sheephouse can not keep many sheep, otherwise it is very difficult to manage and increases the chance of spreading diseases. For a long time, in order to facilitate the feeding and management of sheep, a breeder channel should be set up, and the two sides of the channel should be separated by iron bars or wooden poles. When the sheep eat and drink, the head should stick out from the railing to eat or drink. The height of the sheep house depends on the area of the sheep house. If it is a closed sheep house, the height should take into account the area of sunlight. The management of the sheep house should keep in mind the principles of "mud pig clean sheep", "sheep do not lie wet" and "circle warm three fat", and should be disinfected regularly. Large-scale feeding should be equipped with warm equipment in the delivery room, preferably a warm pit.

Second, the playground sheep house close to the entrance and exit should have a playground, the playground should also be high and dry, and the drainage should be good. The area of the playground can be determined by the number of sheep, but it must be larger than the sheep shed, and it is the principle to ensure the full activity of the sheep. The playground should be surrounded by walls, trees should be planted around it, and there should be shade and shelter in summer.

Third, the feeding trough can be built with cement into a wide and narrow trough with a width of about 30 cm and a depth of about 25 cm. The cement tank is easy to drink, but it is not good when it freezes in winter, and it is not easy to clean and disinfect. The feeding trough made of wood can be moved, overcoming the shortcomings of the cement trough, and the length can be determined according to the number of sheep, so that it is convenient to move, clean and disinfect. The width of the corridor in the house is about 130 cm, the wall height of the playground: 130 cm for small tail Han sheep; 160 cm for goats; area of each sheepfold: 480 × 450 cm 2 for each ring with an area of 80 × 80 cm 2 rear window corresponding to the area of one switchable hood sheep on each ring: 1.52.0m 2 for breeding ram, 0.8m 2 for empty ewe, 2.0m 2 for pregnant or lactating ewes, 2.0m 2 for pregnant or lactating ewes. The young sheep are 0.5 / 0.6 m / head.