Matters needing attention in raising sheep in winter

Sheep breeding is a relatively mature breeding project in China, and sheep breeding has different matters needing attention in each season. After entering the winter, the feeding method should also be changed appropriately, because there is not enough forage in winter and there is not enough fresh forage, which will have a certain impact on the growth of sheep. So what should we pay attention to when raising sheep in winter? The following editor brings you some points for attention in raising sheep in winter. Let's take a look!

1. Prevent cold and keep warm

Cold protection and heat preservation is the most important thing in winter breeding, because the winter temperature is low, sheep are easy to catch cold. Therefore, after the beginning of winter, we should check whether there is air leakage in the sheep house, where the wind enters, we should make up the leakage in time to prevent the cold wind from entering the house and affect the growth of sheep. Then add the sheep shed cushion to improve the heat preservation capacity of the sheep house, and if possible, add a lamb incubator to ensure that the lamb can survive the winter successfully.

2. Ewes protect the fetus

Generally speaking, the pregnancy period of ewes is in winter, so it is also very important to prevent miscarriage in winter. It is best to raise sheep in groups. Herding will inevitably cause harm to ewes, such as squeezing and trampling, which is extremely disadvantageous to pregnant sheep. And pay attention to the feed supply of pregnant sheep, do not feed moldy and deteriorated feed, pay attention to grazing in groups, do not let pregnant sheep excessively move and jump, and prevent pregnant sheep from miscarriage.

3. Timely supplementary feeding

The temperature in winter is very low, but due to the shortage of forage grass in winter, there is likely to be a shortage of feed. And the capacity consumption of sheep in winter is very large, because of the work of self-insulation. Therefore, we should prepare enough feed to supplement the sheep after grazing, pay attention to the ratio of fine feeding to green feeding, improve the nutrition absorption of sheep, prevent malnutrition, and can not survive the winter successfully.

4. Drinking water management

It is very important for sheep to drink water in winter. Sheep should never be allowed to drink ice water or cold water. Drinking water at too low temperature will affect the digestive system of sheep, lead to indigestion, reduce their own immune system, gastrointestinal diseases and even epidemic infectious diseases. Therefore, when we feed drinking water, we should pay attention to the temperature of drinking water to avoid stress reaction and affect the growth of sheep.

5. Immunity and disease prevention

Because the temperature fluctuation in winter is relatively large, the temperature difference between day and night also has a large fluctuation. It is very disadvantageous to the growth of sheep, which will lead to all kinds of infectious diseases. Therefore, we must strictly abide by the immunization procedure to immunize each sheep before entering winter. And to understand the common infectious diseases in winter to do a good job of vaccination, such as foot-and-mouth disease, sheep triplet and so on. Strengthen the prevention of diseases, improve the immune ability of sheep, and ensure healthy growth.

The above is a brief introduction to the matters needing attention in raising sheep in winter, in fact, it is also the main point of management. Winter is the most important season in raising sheep. Because it is the pregnancy period of many ewes, the normal growth of ewes is the key to ensure continuous and efficient breeding. Therefore, we must do a good job in these management work in winter to avoid unnecessary losses. That's all for today's introduction. This article is for reference only. Thank you for your reading and support.