Most sheep farmers hope that their sheep fat and strong, so as to realize the dream of early prosperity. However, in the actual sheep raising process, not everyone is a "master", there are always a few thin sheep that make farmers helpless, so how to make thin sheep fat has become the "chief" problem that farmers need to solve.
There are more than 30 small-tailed cold sheep in my sheep house, and the size is different from fat and thin. Of these, 5 were bred sheep, which looked very thin some time ago, and could even be described as blowing down by a gust of wind. However, after my careful care and conditioning in recent times, their bodies have gradually become better. Of course, I also took a lot of effort in this, I summarized it into 3 "tips", you don't say it really works.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > increase nutrients</h1>
The root cause of most sheep's thin body is lack of nutrition, just like people, eating food without nutrition, the body must be thin. Sheep need a variety of nutrients to maintain their physical fitness during growth and production, including dry matter, energy substances, proteins, minerals, vitamins, and water. Only by mixing these nutrients properly can meat sheep maintain good physical condition.
Dry matter is what we often call roughage, such as crop straw, green hay, etc., the amount of meat and sheep dry matter to eat accounts for 3% to 5% of the body weight (one says 2.5% to 3%), after my personal experiments, I think 3% to 5% of this statement is more reliable.
Energy matter is commonly speaking, it is the refined feed that we farmers often say, such as grain (corn, wheat, sorghum, barley, rice, etc.), bran bran (wheat bran, rice bran, etc.), tubers (potatoes, sweet potatoes, etc.), slag (lees, beet residue, etc.) They all belong to the category of energy substances.
The protein required by meat sheep is divided into plant protein feed, animal protein feed, non-protein nitrogen and single-cell protein feed. For example, soybean cake, hemp residue, rapeseed cake, soybean meal, they belong to plant protein feed; such as fish meal, silkworm pupae powder, they belong to animal protein feed; such as urea, it is non-protein nitrogen feed.
The growth and development of meat sheep requires a combination of minerals. Experiments have proved that the body of meat sheep needs at least 15 kinds of mineral elements, including 7 kinds of macro elements: sodium, calcium, magnesium, potassium, chlorine, sulfur, phosphorus; 8 kinds of trace elements: iodine, iron, selenium, zinc, manganese, copper, cobalt, molybdenum.
Vitamins are the nutrients necessary for the growth and development of meat sheep and the maintenance of life, although the demand is not large, but it must not be lacking. Some experts have done research: so far, at least 15 vitamins are indispensable substances for meat sheep.
Water is a substance that I don't need to say more about. The growth and development of any animal and plant is inseparable from water, and in some ways, the need for water for meat sheep is more important than other nutrients. A sheep does not die of starvation, but if the dehydration reaches 20% of its body weight, the sheep will die of thirst. Under normal circumstances, the water required by an adult sheep is about 2 to 3 times that of the dry matter.
< h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > anthelminthic bath</h1>
In order to let these 5 small-tailed cold sheep in my family "turn from thin to fat", I specially did "deworming" work for them, and also gave them a medicated bath on a windless sunny day.
The parasites on meat sheep are divided into in vivo parasites and in vitro parasites, sheep parasite disease incidence is very high, suffering from parasitic diseases of meat sheep, the most significant feature is the body is thin, poor appetite. Large-scale sheep farms should be dewormed at least 2 to 3 times a year, introducing several commonly used anthelmintic drugs: ivermectin can both repel nematodes and ectoparasites in meat sheep; praziquantel can repel tapeworms and trematozoa in meat sheep.
The purpose of giving medicated baths to meat sheep is to prevent and treat in vitro parasitic diseases, especially scabies and flat lice. The medicinal bath time is generally carried out about 1 week after shearing, the weather is sunny and windless, and the sheep cannot be eaten too full before the medicinal bath, but they must drink enough water. Arrange the medicinal solution in proportion and let the sheep enter the medicinal bath in an orderly manner to wash the medicinal bath.
< h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > moderate exercise</h1>
Moderate exercise is very good for the growth and development of meat sheep, pay attention not to excessive exercise. Moderate exercise can promote the metabolism of meat and sheep, enhance the physique of meat sheep, increase the appetite of meat and sheep, and improve the immunity of the body.
My family's 5 skinny sheep, I set an unwritten rule for them: exercise at least 2 to 3 hours a day, sometimes they want to be lazy, I use a whip to drive them to exercise. After about 3 months of training, 5 skinny sheep became "white fat people".
1. There are a very small number of sheep that belong to the "zombie sheep", and these 3 "tips" do not work for them. Sheep farmers should have heard of "zombie sheep", this kind of sheep is very special, they are born from the womb on the symptoms of slow growth and development, no matter how you supplement nutrition, deworming baths and moderate exercise methods are used, it is useless. I would say that "zombie sheep" can not bring more economic benefits to farmers, it is better to sell or eat lamb hot pot as soon as possible.
2. Not all sheep are as fat as possible, such as breeding rams, breeding ewes and pregnant ewes. Breeding rams can not be too fat, too fat body inflexibility affects reproduction, but also affects the quality of "small tadpoles"; breeding ewes can not be too fat, which will seriously reduce the fertility rate of breeding ewes; pregnant ewes can also not be too fat, otherwise it is easy to have difficult births during childbirth. These 3 types of sheep, it is usually best to maintain a "not fat and not thin" physique, which is conducive to the future development of the entire flock.