What are the characteristics of Suffolk sheep? Suffolk sheep, which is native to the United Kingdom, is a sheep breed with large and large weight, which is suitable for mixing and hybridizing with other sheep breeds. Suffolk sheep (Suffolk) is famous for its large body size, rapid growth in the early stage, full body muscles, good hindquarter growth, good reproductive function, meat production and strong adaptability, and is one of the world's high-quality meat sheep breeds. How much does a Suffolk sheep cost? What is the future of Suffolk sheep breeding?
Suffolk's price market through the breed of sheep, the size of the month, and the price of the country is also different, generally speaking, the price of common sheep is around 2500 ~ 1800 yuan, breeding sheep are generally around 1800 ~ 2500 (according to the size of the male and female price), in general, purebred rams can reach 270 pounds, ewes can reach 180 pounds or so, the original Suffolk price is around 3500 ~ 5500 yuan, lamb conceived ewes are generally around 2000 ~ 2500 yuan.
The advantages of Suffolk sheep are precociousness, rapid growth, and large size (adult Suffolk weighs 100 to 136 kg, adult ewe 70 to 96 kg). The head is short and wide, the nose is raised, the ears are large, the male and female sheep have no horns, the neck is long, deep and wide, the chest is wide, and the back, waist and buttocks are wide and flat. The muscles of the whole body are full, and the hindquarters grow better. The important parts of the body are covered with white hairs, the head and limbs are black, and there is no wool to cover it. Precocious, fast growing, good taste, high fecundity and strong adaptability.
Hybridization of Suffolk sheep improved
1, Suffolk and lake sheep mixed breeding: the introduction of Suffolk breed ram and lake sheep to achieve mixed breeding improvement, the improvement finally shows that× the new generation of Suffolk Lake hybrid sheep weigh about 40 kg at 6 months old, about the daily weight increase from birth to 2 months of age is 300 grams, and the age of birth to 6 months is 190 grams. The seven-month-old lamb weighs about 45 kg before slaughter, the carcass weight is about 22 kg, the slaughter rate is 49%, the carcass net meat rate is 75%, and the bone-to-flesh ratio is 1:4.
2, Suffolk sheep and soil sheep mixed: the use of Suffolk sheep and Gansu soil sheep mixed breeding, the improvement results show that under the feeding method of stocking and supplementary feeding, the new generation of Safuk sheep reflects the advantages of good hybrids and the adaptability to the arid climate Gobi grassland in the eastern foothills of Helan Mountain, growing fast, tolerant to rough feeding, full body, strong, very suitable for farmers to feed.
3, Suffolk and small-tailed cold sheep mixed: with Suffolk Safok and the introduction of Shandong small-tailed cold sheep mixed breeding, 6 months old Safok× new generation of hybrid Suffolk weight of about 40 kg, ewe about 38 kg, a year of sa × han new generation hybrid Suffolk weight of about 100 kg, ewe is about 85 kg.
In fact, the quality of hybridization improvement is not necessarily bad, and the hybrid generation should be selected with relatively high purity. If there is no corresponding hybrid improvement technology and capital cost, the improved breed can be introduced directly from the farm, so that the sheep are more adaptable and suitable for large-scale fattening and breeding throughout the country.