Key points of fattening donkeys in winter

Donkey is a herbivore with strong disease resistance, easy feeding, good management, fast reproduction, stocking and captive breeding, and small investment, so it is very suitable for farmers to raise on a small scale. After short-term fattening in winter, the body weight of young donkeys can reach 150,200kg and that of adult donkeys can reach 250,300kg. According to the current market situation, it is estimated that raising a donkey can make a profit of 600 to 1000 yuan.

First, choose fattening donkeys

Guanzhong donkey and Texas donkey are the first choice. Guanzhong donkeys are mainly produced in Guanzhong Plain, Shaanxi Province, with a body weight of 250 kg and 290 kg, while Dezhou donkeys are mainly produced in Dezhou City, Shandong Province, with a body weight of about 260 kg.

2. Deworming and strengthening stomach before fattening

The donkey can carry out deworming and invigorating the stomach after being stable for 2 or 3 days. Chongkexing was used to dispel parasites in donkeys. The oral dosage of powder was 0.1 grams per kilogram of body weight, and the dosage of subcutaneous injection was 0.2 milliliters per kilogram of body weight. Stomach-strengthening is usually carried out 3 days after deworming, giving each donkey 60 grams of artificial salt or 450 grams of Jianwei Powder.

Third, the fattening and raising of little donkeys

Donkeys purchased from other places should be trained to gradually adapt to local feeding conditions. At first, corn and corn can be ground into flour, boiled into gruel and added a little sugar to induce them to eat. A few days later, in addition to feeding grass normally, they are fed 80 grams of 100 grams of concentrate a day, and then gradually increase. A total of about 500 kg of concentrate is needed during the whole fattening period of the donkey.

IV. Fattening and raising of adult donkeys

For adult donkeys bought from other places, they should first feed some grass, wheat bran and other digestible feed, and feed less frequently, 60 or 70% full each time, and wait for them to eat grass normally before entering the fattening period. During the fattening period, the mixed roughage is mainly composed of high-quality hay, soybean straw powder and corn straw powder, and the mixed concentrate feed is generally 50% soybean cake, 30% corn flour and 20% wheat bran. Fattening donkeys can be fed concentrate twice during the day, only roughage at night, 80% full each time, and can be slaughtered and sold after about two months. The concentrate and roughage used for fattening adult donkeys should be selected according to local natural resources and market conditions, such as cotton shell, soybean straw powder and corn straw powder, and peanut cake, soybean cake, cooked sorghum or soybean powder. During the fattening period, the donkey's exercise should be limited, and the enclosure and environment should be kept clean and dry.