Fattening skills of raising sheep

The breeding area of sheep in China is very large, and now sheep are mainly raised by mutton sheep. Mutton not only has a very high nutritional value, but also has many functions, so it is very popular in our country. Therefore, when raising sheep, fattening is the primary concern of many sheep farmers. So how can sheep be fattened effectively? The following editor brings you the skills of raising sheep and fattening. Let's have a look!

1. Select species and build houses

If you want to improve the fattening ability of sheep, it is very important to choose a good mutton sheep breed first. It is necessary to give priority to high-quality hybrid sheep breeds and make use of the advantages of hybrid families to increase sheep production. For example, we can use Boer goats as male parents and then cross with local ewes. It can cultivate excellent varieties with good reproductive performance, strong disease resistance and high meat yield. Then it is necessary to do a good job in the construction of the enclosure, and the sheep pen should be built in a place with high terrain, dry and good permeability, so as to create a good growth environment for fattening sheep.

2. Raising ewes

The fattening ability of sheep starts from lambs, so ewe feeding is also very important. When raising ewes, it is necessary to provide high quality forage for ewes. Every day, we should also feed an appropriate amount of fine feeding, such as corn, wheat bran, soybean meal and so on. A reasonable combination of feed and nutrition can ensure the growth of fattening sheep, improve the production performance of ewes, and enhance the physique of lambs. Then, after the ewe gives birth, the lambs with large size, strong developmental ability and good eating condition should be selected to form a fattening group.

3. Raising lambs

It is necessary to start from childhood to improve the fattening performance of sheep. Therefore, in addition to doing a good job in raising ewes, we also need to strengthen the feeding of lambs. In particular, we should pay attention to feed feeding, not only to provide sufficient coarse feeding for lambs, but also to cooperate with appropriate amount of intensive feeding. The food intake of lambs increased with the increase of age. Then we have to do a good job of cutting the tail of the lamb, reasonable tail cutting can accelerate the growth rate of the lamb, improve the meat quality, reduce the taste and so on. Generally, the tail of the lamb can be amputated from the second day to the third week, but it is best to be done within a week, and it should be done in the morning on a sunny day.

4. Castration and disinfection

When cutting off the tail of a lamb, it is best to do it at the same time as castration. Stuffing the testes of a male lamb into the scrotum for a week or so, and then wrapping the scrotum together with glued tendons at the spermatic cord, the scrotum and testicles will fall off automatically after about a month. When raising fattening sheep, we should always keep adequate drinking water in the house, have good permeability, the ground should not be wet, and bedding grass should be laid. To avoid feed pollution, the sheep shed should also do a good job of disinfection on a regular basis, material trough, trough, appliances and so on can not be ignored.

The above is a brief introduction to the fattening skills of sheep. That's all for today's introduction. This article is for reference only. I hope it can help you all.