What if the ewe doesn't have enough milk?

In recent years, the economic benefit of raising sheep is still very good, the market price of mutton is also relatively high, the market demand is also large, coupled with the promotion of sheep milk products, the breeding prospect of sheep breeding industry is more prosperous. However, when raising ewes, many farmers report that ewes are short of milk after production. So what should we do when this happens? The editor will tell you next.

1. Give milk to the ewe

If there is a shortage of milk after the ewe give birth, we can use scientific milk promotion methods to increase the milk yield of the ewe. There are many ways for ewes to promote milk, such as boiled porridge with peanuts and eggs, brown sugar water and concentrate, kelp soup for about three times, honey and soybean milk. Of course, there is the use of traditional Chinese medicine to promote milk, traditional Chinese medicine is generally used Angelica sinensis, Ligusticum chuanxiong, pollen, Wang Buliuxing, pangolin, white peony, astragalus, Tongcao, licorice and other fried water for ewes to take. The milking effect of these methods is very good.

2. Milk substitute feeding

When the milk of ewes is insufficient, we can also use the way of substitute feeding to cultivate lambs and improve the economic benefits of breeding. However, this method is generally only suitable for large farms, so that the number of ewes is relatively large, and we can cultivate spare ewes and nanny sheep, so that they can be fed in time if there is a shortage of milk after the ewes give birth. it won't affect the growth of the lambs. There is also a nanny substitute for milk, then there is another thing to pay attention to, that is to fix the ewe, artificially assist the lamb to breast-feed, need to go through a lot of training, later can be normal breast-feeding.

3. Replenishment in advance

When the ewe do not have enough milk, we have another way to end the lamb feeding period ahead of time and enter the feeding period as soon as possible. In other words, in the case of insufficient milk, the lambs are supplemented with some forage or other fodder to allow them to eat freely. Wait until about 20 days, let the lambs eat, and slowly reduce the number of breast-feeding, choose special lamb feed for feeding.

4. Milk powder feeding

In fact, milk powder feeding is also a common way in many farms. Many farms feed with milk powder not only because of lack of milk, but also because of dystocia or disease, which makes it impossible for ewes to feed milk normally, so we need to feed milk powder manually. But in the artificial feeding of milk powder, we should be regular, quantitative, and with the growth of the lamb, slowly increase the amount of milk powder and reduce the number of times of milk feeding.

These are all the contents that the editor wants to share with you today. If this happens in the process of raising sheep, you can refer to the above method to solve the problem. If you want to know more about how to milk the ewe, you can leave us a message.