Effective measures for sheep to survive the winter safely

In order to survive the winter safely, sheep should not only create good environmental conditions, but also strengthen the management of overwintering. Specifically, the following measures should be taken:

1 grazing, grazing autumn fat into autumn acquired short night long, grazing time is not enough, only rely on daytime grazing, sheep do not have enough to eat, should appropriately extend the grazing time, before frosting, to go out early and return late, after frosting to late out late, so that every sheep can eat grass, eat full. After the autumn harvest, it is necessary to drive the sheep to the fields where the crops have been harvested, slide the autumn stubble, pick up weeds and scattered grain, catch well and fatten up faster, which is also an important aspect of grabbing autumn fat. This combination of grasping will enable the sheep to gain weight and regain strength as soon as possible, laying a good foundation for a safe winter.

2 prepare foot grass, winter fat good sheep are herbivores, should give priority to feeding grass, in order to keep the winter sheep from losing fat, it is necessary to prepare enough forage for the sheep to pass the winter, which is the material basis to ensure the sheep to pass the winter. According to the number of sheep and the number of sheep, a variety of grass, leaves, vegetable leaves and crop straw should be widely collected, which can be ammoniated, alkalized, heaped and fed, as well as silage and fermented feed. Corn, barley, wheat bran and cruller in concentrate and lees from agricultural and sideline processing are all good fodder for sheep. But feed to match feeding, to achieve diversification, palatability, adequate nutrition, you can keep the winter fat. As long as there is enough winter grass in autumn, sheep will have the capital to spend the winter.

(3) to live in a warm ring and prevent a cold, as the saying goes, "the circle is warm and divided into three parts of fat". Be sure to repair the sheepfold before winter, and keep the sheep house warm. The old shepherd said, "the sheep is cold in the wind." It makes a lot of sense. Therefore, to prevent the invasion of thieves, doors and windows should be sealed with plastic film, grass curtains should be hung at night, and the ground should be dry, not frozen, to prevent cold and damp. Because the sheep house is ventilated and too cold in many places, the consumption of sheep nourishment will increase, and no matter how well it is fed, it is difficult to keep the winter fat. Therefore, the most effective way to reduce the heat loss of sheep is to repair the warm ring. In the cold winter, as long as let the sheep live in a warm enclosure, it can greatly reduce the heat loss of the sheep, prevent the sheep from catching cold, prevent the sheep from catching a cold, and ensure that the sheep pass the winter.

4 skillful winter grazing, night feeding winter sheep are mostly pregnant, although the weather is cold, but can not lie still in the pen, which is disadvantageous to the growth and development of pregnant sheep and fetus, should be combined with grazing for appropriate exercise, but also save forage. Winter sheep herding, should choose leeward to the sun, low-lying warm ditch grazing, in case of strong wind attack. Sheep winter herding should go out late and return early, go out grazing in the face of the wind, and return to grazing with the wind. Because getting out late and coming home early is a warmer time of day. Grazing against the wind can prevent the coat from blowing away. It's good for keeping warm. But grazing doesn't have enough to eat during the day, and you have to feed night feed when you come back at night. Sheep are ruminants with strong digestive ability, so they can be fed with night grass and concentrate, as well as root feed and mineral feed to meet the dual nutritional needs of pregnant sheep and fetus.

Salt is an appetizer, water is full, some people say that winter sheep are difficult to raise, salt water loves fat. It means that although it is difficult to raise sheep, it is reasonable that as long as salt is added to the water to drink the sheep, the sheep will eat grass, love water and get fat easily. Salt appetites, can help digestion, but also can stop fermentation, sheep do not like bloating belly, sheep eat well, the disease is less. Such as lack of drinking water, sheep lack of water, sheep's louver (stomach) and nose will be dry, sheep do not like to eat grass, but also easy to get louver disease. But drink sheep can not use too cold water, let alone drink ice water and snow water, because the winter is cold, and then drink a stomach of cold water, will make sheep body temperature drop suddenly, easy to catch a cold and fever, especially pregnant sheep can not stand, easy to miscarriage, the loss is great, so, it is best to drink warm water. When there are no conditions, you can drink deep well water, but drink it now to prevent it from getting cold for a long time. Or put the water tank indoors, drink to room temperature water, the temperature is about 10 ℃, can reduce gastrointestinal irritation.

6 ensure safety, prevent lambs from entering winter, the road is slippery with cold and snow, it is the pregnant period of ewes, pay attention to protecting the fetus, grazing should be careful to prevent shock and slippage, do not take steep slopes, but ditches, do not take dangerous roads. No interference, so as not to shock and blow up the group, pregnant sheep in and out of the cage door to prevent crowding, extrusion and top shelf, in order to ensure the safety of pregnant sheep and avoid abortion. Grazing pregnant sheep, do not be too far from home, to prevent too tired or lambing, so as to deal with it in time. In case of blizzard, it is not necessary to go out for grazing to ensure the safety and smooth delivery of pregnant sheep.