8 Measures for Winter Goat Management

First, the construction of sheds should be selected in the terrain Gaoyang, Xiangyang leeward place, the sheep stay in front of 10 to 20 square meters of the breeding area, install a fixed trough and drinking equipment. The door of the sheep's collar should face south to the east, cool in winter and cool in summer, and be able to fully absorb light. Each sheep occupies an area of ​​about 2 square meters. The ground of the pen quarters requires the best triad earth, followed by the paving slabs. The smooth concrete floor should not be used. There must be a drainage ditch outside the house, and bamboo mats should be laid in the house. The sheep are tired and afraid of the thief. Before going into the winter, they must repair sheep houses and sheep pens. In winter, the pens should be sheltered from the wind and dry, and the sheep's body should be kept clean at all times. In the beginning of winter, shedding sheep's urine out of the house will no longer raise feces in order to facilitate the sheep's winter insulation. In winter, plastic film is used to shelter in cold areas, which can increase the temperature of the sheephouse 4 to 7°C and accelerate the growth of sheep. Second, the scale can be determined according to the amount of forage feed, labor and the amount of funds invested to determine the scale of breeding. Generally about 20 breeding ewes are appropriate, and the annual income can reach 10,000 yuan. Since one family can't get so much money at a time, don't covet the scale at the beginning, continue to explore and adopt a snowball approach to develop the sheep industry. Third, the breeding herds of ruminants, have a longer period of time for feeding forage and rumination. Therefore, the sheep's pens should have enough slots and space for activities. Each sheep should have 1.5 to 2.5 square meters of activity space. Shepherd sheep should be kept in separate houses of different ages, different breeds, and different body conditions in accordance with the mode of industrial production. A special delivery room and a lamb house, a sheep shed, a sheep house, a sheep house, a diseased sheep isolation house, etc. shall be established. , And with the corresponding feeding and management measures. Fourth, supplementing winter feeding supplements can make goats gain weight, growth and development in the cold season, and improve the survival rate of lambs, thereby increasing the economic benefits of sheep: 1 Ewe feeding should focus on late pregnancy and lactation. In the case of feed conditions, short-term high-quality feeding is carried out for 15 to 20 days before ewe mating, and 100 to 250 grams of concentrate per day is supplemented. The supplemented varieties include bran, cooked soybeans, and soaking. Soybean meal etc. 2 Lambs should start feeding supplements around the age of 20 days after birth. The method is: 10 days of age began to feed high-quality hay; about 20 to 30 days of age lamb supplement concentrates 50 to 75 grams a day; a month when the daily supply of 100 to 200 grams, then gradually increased. Each lamb received a total of 15 to 30 kilograms of concentrate, 35 to 40 kilograms of hay, and 45 kilograms of silage during the lactation period. 3 The breeding sheep should pay attention to feeding the hay when it enters the withered period; when the cold is coming, it should be properly fed with the concentrate. 5. Raise winter lambs From mid-January to mid-February, it is the goats' season for lambs. The lambs produced at this time are called winter lambs. Winter lambs are born with cold weather and lack of green grasses, which often leads to the death of lambs. Therefore, the following issues must be paid attention when raising goat winter lambs: 1 Keep the sheephouses clean, dry and warm, and put the sheep house corners before the lambs are born. The hole in the wall is plugged to prevent the thieves. The sheephouse temperature is maintained at 2~5°C. Always change the bedding to keep the floor dry. 2 The ewes are housed in the house within 7 days after giving birth. They feed some millet porridge, chopped hay and carrots every day. After 7 days, you can grazing and keep the lambs in the lap while grazing. At noon the ewes come back to feed the lambs. When the grazing came back, rice soup with half salt and 0.25 kg of carrots were added. Each sheep feeds 0.25 kg of hay at night. 3 Lambs eat colostrum 1 to 3 days after birth. The weak lamb should help it find the teat. 6, pay attention to drinking water in winter dry grass, should ensure that the sheep drink plenty of water. If the ewe's lack of water will result in insufficient milk, the lack of water in the lamb will cause diarrhea due to drinking dirty water. Therefore, sufficient drinking water must be provided, and the drinking water should be kept clean, clean, and warm. At 2 o'clock in the afternoon, the sheep are given a drink of water once a day (in order to help the goats maintain body heat, they can be fed with warm water at a temperature of about 25°C with a small amount of salt), and they will be grazing once in the evening before drinking again. If the cornmeal is better distributed on the water, Be sure not to give the goat cold water or ice water.