Goats have sharp horns, strong limbs, and soft, white wool. It has a lively and active personality, strong gregariousness, good at wandering, and likes to climb hills. Goats are ruminants and usually like to fight.
Goats have sharp horns, strong limbs, and soft, white wool. It has a lively and active personality, strong gregariousness, good at wandering, and likes to climb hills. Goats are ruminants and usually like to fight.
Goats have a strong gregariousness. When breeding goats, whether they are grazing or breeding in sheep sheds, goats will move together.
Moreover, the older and stronger goats are generally the bellwether, and the other sheep can only act on the orders of the bellwether. The geographical distribution of goats is very extensive, all over the world, and wherever livestock are raised, goats are distributed.
Goats are sexually mature earlier, have stronger reproductive capacity, and have a large number of litters each time. Most goats can give birth to 2-3 lambs each time, which is higher than the lambing rate of sheep.
If we want to breed our goats well, we need to pay attention to these things.
1. Pay attention to grazing methods.
In the hot summer, sheep love to gather together, and sometimes they can't get enough to eat. Grazing should go out early and return early. Generally, you can go out to grazing when the dew is just dry.
From 11:00 noon to 3:00 pm, let the sheep rest and eat grass in the pen. Grazing can be done at 7 p.m. in the afternoon, and in hot weather, grazing in shaded areas should be chosen to prevent goats from getting heatstroke.
2. Pay attention to heat dissipation to the goat.
Sheep are very easy to feel hot in summer, so it is very important to keep the sheep cool for a while every day to ensure the health of the sheep. Don't let sheep rush into the sheepfold when grazing the sheep at noon, you can directly let the sheep rest in the shade and drink water. After grazing at night, you can wait for the sheep to rest for a period of time before entering the shed. Every time you go out for grazing , don't rush the sheep, let the sheep walk slowly and dissipate heat slowly.
3.Pay attention to wind and rain attack.
There are many thunderstorms in summer, and once the flock is attacked, it is easy to catch a cold, catch a cold, and lose fat. Therefore, grazing in summer should try to avoid wind and rain.
In rainy weather, you can bring a large piece of cloth that can cover the sheep when grazing, so that the sheep can temporarily shelter from the rain. In addition, avoid grazing on steep slopes when there is lightning and thunder, to prevent the sheep from being frightened and falling.
4.Pay attention to the salt water.
While supplementing the mixed feed (wheat bran, cornmeal, bean cake, etc. with rice bran and straw bran) 1~2 times a day, the grazing sheep should drink light salt water 4~6 times a day, and the amount of salt added per sheep can be adjusted according to 8 ~10 grams calculated.
5.Pay attention to environmental hygiene.
In summer, it is hot and humid, and after the sheep return from grazing, the range of activities becomes smaller, which is easy to cause humidity and poor environment in the shed, which often leads to the occurrence of parasitic diseases.
Therefore, it is necessary to pay attention to the environmental sanitation, ventilation and moisture-proof of the sheep house, keep the sheep house clean and dry, and do a good job in the prevention and treatment of parasites such as sheep scabies.
