Sheep give birth to lambs within a few months of pregnancy

Raising sheep, if an ewe is pregnant, it will take a few months to give birth to a lamb, and how long is the whole pregnancy time? Such questions are believed to be of concern to sheep breeders. Then after understanding the pregnancy cycle of ewes, the feeding mode of ewes can be adjusted according to their development. Including what to pay attention to during pregnancy. How to manage the ewes after giving birth. Let's learn more about it.

1. Time of pregnancy in sheep

The entire pregnancy period of ewes ranges from 146 to 156 days, a difference of about 10 days. It's usually about five months, and it may not be that accurate. Pregnant sheep will increase their appetite in the first month, eat more, get fat gradually, and look shiny from the outside. If you have a great change in character, you will be more docile and act alone. After 2 to 3 months, the breathing will accelerate, because the stomach is fatter and the action is very tired. When you are almost full-term, you don't do much, and your stomach and breasts are enlarged.

2. Feeding method

Easy to be affected for a month or so, feed fine feed and some green fodder that are well absorbed, pay attention to clean feed, toxic metamorphic feed will have a miscarriage. Two months is the main nutritional supplement time, feed more concentrate feed, it is best to use formula feed. Use soybeans, corn, wheat, water after grinding, add bean cake, a small amount of salt. Then feed the ewes, usually three times a day, in the right amount. Three months, mainly feed green fodder and concentrate feed, a small number of times, not too much at a time. Replenish nutrition and feed at four months. Feed mainly green fodder for one month before delivery. Maintain good digestion.

III. Postpartum management

1. Sanitary

After giving birth, the ewes should be cleaned and disinfected, put in a new sheepfold and covered with clean grass. Keep the temperature at 0 degrees for the first three days and keep the environment dry. But the air humidity should be above 50%. Don't be too wet or too dry. If it is sunny in the future, it will be properly ventilated. During this period, we should pay attention to the cleaning of genitals, cleaning and other work to prevent infection.

two。 Nutrition

Feed ewes with green fodder, succulent feed and mineral feed in the early stage of breast-feeding. Like carrots. Beetroot, sweet potato and so on, supplement nutrition. Lambs absorb a lot of milk, so ewes have to store a lot of nutrients to secrete milk. Mainly maintain nutrition in the first half of the month after delivery.

Ewes are pregnant for about five months, and the most important management during these five months is feeding and hygiene management. Including postpartum is the main management of nutritional supplies, to have rich nutrients to meet the secretion of milk, and to restore the body of ewes.