Nursing and feeding management of lambs

After the lamb is born, it is weak and needs to be nurtured and taken good care of. Pay attention to feeding, too. If there is poor care, it is also very easy to get sick. It may even die young in severe cases. So the next step is to introduce the nursing and feeding methods of the lambs. How to take good care of the lamb and make it grow up safely.

1. Nursing care during delivery

For born lambs, dry the body mucus with a clean towel, cut the umbilical cord short and disinfect it with iodine. Half an hour or so after feeding breast milk, if there is no breast milk, feed artificial milk powder, add a small amount of salt, eggs, cod liver oil together. Feed five times a day, once for about 2% of your body weight. The indoor temperature should be kept at more than 20 degrees to keep warm and not to be frozen.

2. Feeding and management

Three weeks after birth, the sheep lactation less, can be fed feed, in a week of age can be fed to ewes ruminating grass. Or feed some green hay and two weeks later with formula feed such as super soybeans, corn, wheat bran, salt and minerals. Feed five times a day and provide warm water. Only three times a day after a month, fixed quantity. After three months of weaning, feed roughage every day and mix it with other feeds. Feed 8 jin of grass and 0.4 jin of concentrate to overfeed one week before weaning.

3. Increase immunity

Lambs are not immune and easy to get sick, so they can be vaccinated against a variety of common diseases. Pay attention to the time of Hu injection, method of use, and the interval between multiple injections. Deworming is also carried out, and some sheep bring down parasites directly from their mothers. Then some vitamins can be added to the feed to increase natural immunity.

4. Late nursing care

Maintain 20 to 24 degrees and heat with an infrared light. When there is a fake dead sheep, that is, asphyxiation, it is best to lift the legs of the sheep, gently pat the chest and drain the fetal fluid, there will be no problem. After feeling conscious, inject 0.5 ml of nikezamil to help you breathe. Can return to normal soon, some breath stops, want to inject 10% calcium chloride 2 ml.

The nursing and feeding of lambs are more meticulous and varied, but also more important. So it's best to do these things carefully and carefully.