To raise sheep in winter, drink enough warm water.

Due to the low temperature in winter and spring, if you give sheep cold water, or even ice residue water, sheep do not want to drink, it will cause insufficient drinking water for sheep. This not only slows down the process of sheep feed digestion, hinders metabolism in the body, and reduces body fat, but also causes various diseases. Therefore, it is necessary to create drinking conditions for sheep in production to ensure clean and adequate drinking water.

Drinking water temperature. If the temperature of the water consumed by the sheep is too low, the water should absorb the calories converted from the feed itself, which will reduce the utilization rate of the feed. Therefore, the best temperature of sheep drinking water in winter and spring is 20 ℃ ~ 30 ℃.

Drinking water form. In order to promote sheep to drink more water and drink enough water, sheep can be given fine feed soup. First, rinse the concentrate feed with boiling water, stir it evenly, make it paste, and then mix a certain amount of water evenly for the sheep to drink.

The amount of drinking water. Sheep feed on 1 kg of dry matter and need 3-5 kg of drinking water. Therefore, in winter and spring, depending on the situation of sheep eating forage, sheep should be given water of 3 to 5 times the quality of dry matter.

Drinking time. Drink sheep on an empty stomach, if the water temperature is on the low side, it will make the sheep's body temperature drop suddenly, easily make the sheep catch a cold and have a fever, and pregnant ewes drink cold water on an empty stomach and easily have a miscarriage. In production, the sheep should be given water after 1 hour of grass feeding, so that the water and forage can be fully mixed in the rumen of sheep, which is helpful for digestion.

The frequency of drinking water. It is appropriate to drink water to sheep twice in the morning and in the evening. If the conditions are not met, drink at least once, but be careful to drink enough.