How to raise a young deer well

Summer is the production period of female deer, and scientific raising of lactating female deer and weanling deer is helpful to improve the economic benefits of raising deer.

Postpartum feeding management should be meticulous. There should be special personnel on duty to guard the doe during delivery. After giving birth, the young deer should dry the mucus on their bodies and let them eat colostrum as soon as possible, then cut the ear number and put them back into the herd regularly to feed them. During the breastfeeding period, the mother deer should avoid things with special smell (such as alcohol, soap, etc.) to touch the young deer, otherwise the mother deer will refuse to breast-feed because of its peculiar smell.

Artificial lactation must be carried out in a timely manner if the doe dies after childbirth or if the milk is insufficient. Deer are usually fed with fresh milk or goat milk instead of breast milk. If milk powder has to be used, the concentration of milk powder should be increased to meet the needs of the development of new stock growth. The time, frequency and amount of artificial lactation should be determined according to the age, birth weight and development of the young deer. In the case of no experience and no standard, the amount of artificial lactation of young deer can refer to that of calves, and do a good job in disinfecting milk and milk tools to prevent bacteria and rancidity in milk.

After 30 days of age, the young deer can be fed with fresh, tender and succulent feed and refined feed step by step. Sorghum can be smashed after fragrance, plus cooked corn, soybeans, mix evenly and feed the deer. The amount of feed should be from less to more, reaching 500 grams per day before the young deer are weaned. The green coarse fodder should be chopped before feeding. In fact, at the age of 20-30 days, the young deer began to feed on some green grass leaves, but at this time the nutrition source of the young deer is still mainly milk. When the weight of the young deer reaches 25kg, it can be weaned and converted to artificial feeding.

When the young deer are divided into columns, a gate can be set in the middle of the two adjacent circles, and all the female deer and young deer will be driven into one of them, and then the female deer will be regularly driven into the other ring 4-5 days later. The separation time between mother and son is gradually extended from the initial 1-3 hours at a time, and the door will be opened at noon and in the evening to allow the young deer to breast-feed. During this period, it is necessary to increase the contact between people and deer, and whistle can be used when feeding and feeding water, so that the young deer have a stable temperament and establish conditioned reflexes.

Careful management of young deer after weaning should be reared in groups according to their sex, physique and individuals. The young deer often sing after leaving the mother deer, and their mental state and appetite are affected. The breeder should take patient care. The young deer have small food intake and fast digestion, so it is necessary to increase the feeding times. Within half a month of weaning, the young deer can be fed 4 or 5 times a day, one green roughage at night, and then 3 times a day gradually. Drinking water should be clean and adequate. In addition, we should also pay attention to adding minerals such as salt and bone meal to its diet and feeding a variety of vitamins, trace elements and other additives to prevent rickets and osteomalacia in young deer.