In the past two years, the price of sheep has "risen", and many rural people have the idea of raising sheep to make a fortune. Of course, I am not opposed to finding more ways to increase income, but after all, raising sheep requires a certain cost investment, and there is also technical support and ideological preparation to resist risks. In the final analysis, even if the price of sheep is high now, if novice farmers decide to enter the industry, whether they can make money or not has no idea.
The sheep breeding industry is not "one investment, lifelong benefit", but a long-term flow of "annual investment, annual benefit". As we all know, sheep are grass-eating livestock, and it takes a lot of money to buy forage feed every year, so in addition to the necessary cost input in the early stage, it is necessary to prepare a capital to spend on the expenses of raising sheep every year.
As the ban on grazing becomes more and more stringent, grazing is no longer allowed in many rural areas, so most sheep breeders can only choose the highest cost captive sheep breeding model. In order to facilitate a comparison reference for novice sheep farmers, I will give you a detailed calculation of the cost of raising 10 small-tailed cold sheep in captivity for 1 year.
This needs to be calculated separately, with forage (roughage) as the mainstay and refined feed as the supplement. Professionals have done research, 1 captive small tail cold sheep need to eat dry matter every day accounted for 2.5% to 3% of their own body weight, that is to say, 1 100 pounds of small tail cold sheep basic ewe, need high-quality green hay 2.5 to 3 pounds per day, this is only the expert's theoretical data, as a small tail cold sheep farmer with 30 years of experience in raising sheep, feel that a 100 pounds of small tail cold sheep basic ewe needs at least 4 to 5 pounds of high-quality green hay every day, so it is skeptical of the expert's statement. The main pastures for sheep are all kinds of crop straw (such as corn straw, peanut straw, bean straw, etc.), leguminous forage (such as alfalfa, astragalus, red bean grass, etc.), grass grass (flat spike ice grass, imperial bamboo grass, etc.), the cost price of these pastures varies greatly, at a relatively low cost, refined feed is mainly corn and bran, the feed just bought a few days ago, a pound of corn 1.56 yuan, a pound of bran 0.85 yuan, captive 1 small tail cold sheep basic ewes need about 1 kg of refined feed per day,
In total, the total cost of hay for 1 year for 10 small-tailed han sheep in captivity: (20 + 12) ×365 = 11680 yuan.
The labor cost of keeping 10 small-tailed cold sheep in captivity is negligible, which is not a big project, and some farmers can be busy while working and raising sheep. Hydropower is also a small expense, 10 small tailed cold sheep base ewe, plus the lambs they give birth, the cost of water and electricity throughout the year is not even 200 yuan.
Disinfection and epidemic prevention also belong to the ranks of smaller expenditures, although the expenditure is small, but it is necessary to do a good job of disinfection on a regular basis, and to vaccinate the sheep regularly. According to my experience in raising sheep, this cost of 1,000 yuan is enough, and here it is calculated according to 1,000 yuan.
In fact, friends also overlooked a problem, that is, only the basic ewe, no breeding ram can not be a population reproduction. 10 small-tailed cold sheep basic ewes, at least to equip them with a healthy and majestic excellent breeding ram, and the price of high-quality breeding rams is often very high, generally 2700 ~ 2800 yuan to start, we also have to include this cost in the ranks of breeding costs. In addition, the cost of breeding lambs born to ewes is not taken into account, and this cost must be prepared in advance in the actual breeding process.