Matters needing attention when grazing goats

Goat farming is very common, it can be seen everywhere in the countryside, and grazing is almost a necessary work when raising goats. Grazing allows goats to eat a variety of grass, which is conducive to the nutritional needs of goats, and allows goats to breathe fresh air and get enough light. It is beneficial to the bone development of goats, and we need to pay attention to many aspects of grazing. So what should we pay attention to when grazing? Let's take a look at it.

1. Supplement salt for drinking water

Like humans, salt is an essential nutrient for goats and, of course, water. Make sure the goats have plenty of salt water in autumn. If lack of salt and water for a long time, it will have a great impact on the growth and development of goats and reduce the resistance of goats. Therefore, when we feed, we should replenish the salt properly and provide fresh and clean water or light salt water every day.

2. Keep dry

Goats are not suitable to grow in wet places and prefer to live in dry conditions. If the sheep shed is wet for a long time and does not dry in time, it will lead to various diseases, such as foot rot and so on. It is difficult to treat and there will be some economic losses, so we should change the bedding grass frequently, or lay wooden strips in the sheep shed to prevent the sheep's hooves from touching the ground.

3. Prevent overeating

When grazing, we should pay attention to the eating situation of each sheep to prevent the phenomenon of overeating. Especially when the grass is lush in spring, if the sheep eat too much, not only can not effectively absorb the grass nutrition, but also the phenomenon of diarrhea. As a result, goats lose their appetite, begin to lose weight, and die in severe cases, so it is necessary to control their food intake when grazing.

4. Grazing place

The location of grazing is very important. When grazing, you should choose places where the grass is lush and the water is clean and adequate. Do not put the sheep in places where the grass is harmful, some of the grass is poisonous, such as "sheep flowers", goats will be poisoned and die after eating. There are parasites in the grass in many places, and there are all kinds of parasitic diseases after eating. Therefore, attention must be paid to choosing a good grazing site when grazing.

5. Grazing time

When grazing, we should pay attention to avoid the period of higher temperature, because goats can not adapt to the hot weather very well, usually grazing can be in the morning or at night, when the temperature is low. High temperatures reduce the appetite of goats, and the benefits of grazing are not obvious. So avoid grazing at noon.

6. Avoid grazing in the same group

Grazing in the same group is very undesirable, because pregnant sheep usually exist in the flock, and all kinds of collisions and squeezes will inevitably occur when entering or leaving the pen and eating. These phenomena will lead to an increase in the abortion rate of ewes, so when we graze, we must graze pregnant sheep separately to improve the lambing rate of pregnant sheep. Do not continue grazing when you are about to give birth.

7. Timely deworming

The disadvantage of grazing is that goats are easily infected with parasitic diseases, because there is a lot of grass dew in the morning, and goats eat a lot of natural grass when grazing, so that all kinds of parasites can take advantage of. Parasitic diseases can seriously affect the growth and development of goats, so we inject an insect repellent into the sheep before grazing to prevent parasitic diseases, but not to pregnant sheep.

The above are the matters needing attention when grazing goats, although breeding goats grazing necessary work, but its attention is also essential to some of the usual management work. Many friends do not manage grazing well, so the effect of grazing is very weak. Therefore, I also hope that we can take it seriously when grazing in order to better improve the effect of grazing.