Attention should be paid to the key points of winter lamb feeding and nursing

For lambs born in winter, due to cold weather and dry climate, special attention should be paid to feeding and nursing:

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First, keep warm against cold, keep the temperature of the lambing room at 8: 10 ℃, and keep the temperature of the lamb house above 8 ℃. Do a good job in keeping the lambs warm.

Second, after the lamb is born, wipe off the mucus from the mouth and nose and let the ewe lick the lamb all over its body. if the ewe does not lick it, you can sprinkle some wheat bran or cornmeal on the lamb to induce it to lick it dry, so as to enhance the relationship between mother and child, obtain oxytocin and smooth excretion of the placenta.

3. The milk of ewe 3 days after delivery is called colostrum, which contains a lot of antibodies, which can enhance the resistance of lambs, and contains vitamin A, a large amount of protein, etc., and is rich in nutrition, so that lambs can obtain initial nutrition and basic immune antibodies, and reduce the incidence of disease. it plays an important role in lamb growth and prevention of dysentery. Therefore, lambs should be allowed to suck enough colostrum in the first few days after birth.

Fourth, strengthen the feeding of ewes, feed more green and succulent fodder, high-quality forage grass, such as lettuce leaves, ryegrass, carrots, red oysters, etc., concentrate should be increased compared with the later stage of pregnancy, and feed concentrate, such as corn, wheat bran, rice bran, etc. and ensure adequate drinking water, so that it has enough milk to feed the lambs.

Fifth, if the ewe has little milk or the ewe dies, the lamb can be placed in foster care with the nursing mother. Lactating mothers need to find dead lambs or ewes with high lactation and strong motherhood. The ewe knows the lamb by its sense of smell, so the mother's milk should be smeared on the foster lamb at night, or the lamb's urine should be dabbed on the mother's nose, so that the smell can be confused and indistinguishable, and then the lamb can be put into the nursing pen for 2 ~ 3 days.

Sixthly, 15 days after birth, the lambs were supplemented with corn flour, barley flour, wheat bran, soybean flour, etc., and trained to let the lambs eat green hay to promote the rumen development of the lambs. Feeding amount: 1520 days old, 50g / d, 21d / d, 100g / d, 100g / d, 200g / d, 200g / d, 150g / d, 100g / d, 100g / d, 150g / d, 200g / d, 200g

7. The lamb is lively by nature. 7-10 days after birth, the lamb can bask in the sun outside the house for 30-60 minutes at first, and then gradually extend the time. After 20 days, you can go out for grazing with the ewe. If the ewe carries on the house feeding, should set up the sports ground, lets the lamb move and jump, in order to promote the lamb bone development.