Is it good to keep sheep in captivity? What are the problems with long term captive sheep?

From a nutritional point of view, the various nutrients of the stocking food are incomplete, the growth is slow, the feeding time is longer, the environment must have relatively sufficient grass and dry material for the winter, the meat quality will be much better, the ecology, the price is relatively high, and some people in order to make money quickly, a one-time purchase of hundreds, or even more than a thousand, there is no stocking conditions, can only implement captivity, rapid fertilization, fast in and out. In this way, the investment is large, the results are fast, and the risks are also large. Of course, it is good to graze and raise, but now it is forbidden to graze in the mountains, there are no stocking conditions, only captivity, captivity is more troublesome than stocking, the cost of feed increases, the growth rate is slow, and there is no experience in raising sheep.

<> because captivity can achieve the effect of fattening relatively quickly, shorten the breeding cycle, and let the meat sheep go to market as soon as possible, and return the funds. However, I have to say that the captive sheep are more tolerant, although our family is captive, but I especially hope to be able to find a place to raise the sheep, the free-range sheep, its exercise is sufficient, the range of feeding is also relatively wide, which not only saves costs, but also improves the immunity of the sheep body, so that the sheep rarely get sick. We are here in the plains, we here for the land planting is still more important, so we can only choose to breed a little better, for example, there are several idle big pits in our village, when there is nothing to do, you can also drive the sheep out of the exercise exercise captive sheep exercise less, eat a single food, more likely to get sick, meat quality and stocking is also very different.

Captivity also has to prepare for sheep, just like we are corn stalks here, and when the corn is harvested in autumn, you have to start to prepare, this is very rural patches or scattered grasslands and shrubs are relatively rich, and grazing sheep is the cost of production.

The lowest breeding method, people know that the highest cost of livestock and poultry production cost is feed, which generally accounts for about 70% of the production cost. Sheep are herded.

I think sheep raising is a particularly good thing, but captivity is not very good, because for sheep people, the most important thing they do every day is to go to the free-range, if the sheep is not free-range, then the sheep may not be as good as others, if you need to keep an animal in captivity, it is still not recommended that you go to sheep, because sheep need to move around, and then to digest food and forage, so that it can grow well.

Of course, captive sheep are not good, if you do this for a long time, it will lead to the lack of exercise of sheep, and the health problems caused by the small place, so that the sheep are often sick and do not grow meat, and it is also a bad influence on breeding, and the lack of exercise will lead to dystocia in ewes.

Not good, first of all, the free-range must be better than the captive physique, and secondly, the free-range can often go out to breathe fresh air to forage for fresh objects, and captive can only eat the owner to feed, there is no selectivity, and there is the environment, long-term in a closed environment, not exposed to sunlight, relatively speaking, there will be more bacteria.

Not good, 1. Poor physique. Captive sheep have been nested in a small pen for a long time, with a serious lack of exercise and light, coupled with poor sanitation in the pen, their physique is generally poor.

2. Easy to get sick. Captive sheep are particularly susceptible to diseases due to poor physical fitness, poor sanitary environment in the enclosure, high breeding density, etc., such as hoof rot, respiratory diseases, digestive tract diseases and the incidence of some infectious diseases are higher than that of grazing sheep.

The advantages of keeping sheep in captivity are:Centralized feeding is easy to manage, conducive to protecting the environment, and rational use of surplus crops。The disadvantages are:The cost is larger, the ability to resist disease is weaker, and it is easy to get sick.

The advantages of free-range sheep are:Low investment, low cost, less disease, better meat quality。The disadvantages are:It damages the environment, damages crops, and is susceptible to infection with germs, making it difficult to prevent epidemics.

1.Captive sheep occupy a small area, are intensively raised, and are easy to manage

It is very convenient to raise sheep in a pen and manage them centrally, which is conducive to the development of scale and can expand the scale of breeding.

2.It is conducive to the protection of the environment and the protection of vegetation

We all know that there are more sheep in rural areas, and this stocking method has a greater impact on the natural environment and vegetation in the countryside, while the captive mode will not be so, and the impact on the environment is very small, which is conducive to protecting the environment.

3.Surplus crops can be used rationally

In the countryside, there are some corn stalks, wheat stalks, if not treated, stacked in the field may affect the future planting, and these crops can be used as feed, not only to save expenses, save a lot of expenses, but also do not have to worry about the treatment of these crops, reduce the environmental pollution caused by burning straw.

1.Captive sheep are less resistant to disease and are susceptible to disease

The characteristics of sheep determine that it is more suitable for eating grass and living in nature, but the way of captivity makes sheep more dependent on human feeding, so the sheep's resistance will be relatively weakened and they are susceptible to diseases.

2.The cost is greater

If the number of sheep is relatively small, then the farmer can afford it, but if it is scaled up, the cost is very large. Feed is a big expense, relying on crops can no longer be satisfied, but also need a relatively sophisticated feed.

1.Low investment, low cost

The stocking mode is the traditional way of raising sheep, the biggest advantage is that the investment is less and the cost is low, the sheep will be driven into nature, and the wild grass can be raised, which can meet its food needs, reduce the use of feed, and greatly reduce the cost of raising sheep. It's a very good way to be in the countryside.

2.Free-range sheep can reduce disease

Free-range sheep are good for survival, in line with the nature of sheep, and can reduce diseases.

3.The quality of free-range lamb is better

Free-range sheep exercise regularly, and being active in nature promotes muscle movement, and the meat quality is better and more tender to eat.

1.Destroying the environment and damaging crops

Overgrazing will cause irreversible and serious damage to vegetation, and the way of stocking will cause damage to the environment, and have a greater impact on vegetation, grass and trees. Not only that, some sheep herders don't care at all, and sometimes they will put their sheep in other people's crops, causing economic losses to other farmers.

2.It is easy to be infected with germs, which makes epidemic prevention difficult

Using the free-range method, sheep are in nature for a long time, sometimes they may be infected with germs, which brings difficulties to epidemic prevention, and it is also very easy to be infected after infection, which may cause very large losses to the sheep.

Whether it is captive sheep or free-range sheep, there are advantages and disadvantages compared with the two, but no matter which way, while developing the economy, we should also pay attention to the protection of the environment and not damage the environment.

I think it should be better to raise sheep, because the meat of free-range sheep is more tender and has a particularly good taste; The advantages of captive sheep are that they occupy less area, save land resources, have less impact on the environment, and are easy to manage in centralized feeding, but the disadvantage is that the resistance is very weak, the cost is greater, and the management technology content is high; The advantage of free-range sheep is that the quality of mutton is good, which restricts the development of sheep farming, which needs to be taken care of by herders, and is susceptible to bacterial infection, or has a serious impact on other crops.

In general, stocking is better; Free-range sheep can reduce the cost of sheep raising, because they are generally active outside, and the meat quality is better, but free-range sheep need to be supervised, and large-scale stocking methods cannot be formed, requiring a lot of land resources; Captive sheep are easy to manage, and have a relatively small impact on the vegetation environment, but the ability to resist diseases is relatively weak, and the breeding cost is greater.

Sheep are very good to raise, I recommend that you use the captive sheep technique:

First, the sheep shed engineering building should sit south and face north: each sheep house should be 15-20 square meters, nailed into a greenhouse with wooden boards, raise the bottom of the circle, and the height and width ratio is 30-40 cm. Such a sheep house is beneficial to frost protection, cold and warmth, waterproofing, natural ventilation and breeding management methods.

Second, gradually carry out the improvement of mixed crossbreeding: the basic ewes of mixed hybrid improvement should be taken from the local ewes with a relatively large body size and more than three litters, and the big rams can be improved breeds such as Boer goats.

Third, to prevent blood breeding: in each sheep farm or sheep breeding area, there should be about 3 blood lines of large rams to prevent the decline of inbred lines.

Fourth, the ewes should be identified: the breeding ewes fed by the breeding sheep farm should wear ear numbers, which is conducive to mating, breeding and carrying out archival data filing.

Fifth, do a good job in infrastructure: every 3-4 sheep need to set up 1 cubic meter of ammoniation pool. Seize the beneficial opportunity of a bumper harvest and carry out green storage, ammonolysis or micro-storage of corn stalks to ensure that the sheep have sufficient feed for wintering.

Sixth, the implementation of emerald green and straw matching: in the spring, summer and autumn as far as possible to use emerald green concentrate feed, there are standard areas, every 100 sheep planted per mu to increase the yield of green fodder, in order to reduce the cost of sheep raising.

Seventh, the implementation of coarse, pellet feed matching: in the provision of roughage (green and straw concentrate) at the same time, according to the sheep's body condition and nutrients must be fed a certain amount of concentrate, each sheep should provide concentrate every day, concentrate in the crude protein accounted for 18%. In the third trimester of pregnancy, ewes during lactation also need to moderately improve their nutritional content to meet the needs of pregnancy and lactation.

Lambs are gradually fed with concentrate and high-quality feed around 15 days of age to ensure that the nutrients of the lambs must be and after weaning smoothly.

Eighth, moderate grouping: according to the size of the age of the week, the sheep flock is divided into lamb flocks, young sheep flocks and breeding flocks, the number of sheep in each sheep house can not be too much, with 15-20 to seek appropriate. In order to prevent food contention and struggle, pregnant ewes, lactating ewes and breeding rams should be tethered or fed independently to prevent struggles, impacts, spontaneous abortions and trauma.

9. Remove insects on time: The sheep can use oxidine and prothiimidazole to remove the scutophelia outside the body. In addition, the flock has changed from free-range feeding to house feeding, and special attention should be paid to the ventilation of the sheep house to maintain the dryness of the sheep house, otherwise it is easy to produce sheep eye diseases.

For sheep with eye diseases, they can be treated with intradermal injection of their own blood eyes, which can be treated in 5-7 days.

Whether the sheep shed engineering construction is effective or not has a great correlation with the growth and development of sheep. For a long time, the agricultural and sideline products of our county breeding sheep are free-range, the ground circle cushion grass fertilizer, some sheep and cattle in the same circle, the enclosure is wet and cold, the sun is not enough, the dairy sheep often get sick, the development trend of spring and summer, autumn and winter fat, resulting in huge damage to sheep farmers. The key factor is that the construction of the enclosure project is unreasonable, not standard, and the management method is weak.

In order to better ensure the healthy physical and mental growth, development and reproduction of dairy sheep, promote the development trend of sheep farming, integrate the climatic conditions in the county and the living habits of dairy sheep, and formulate regulations for the construction of dairy sheep pens.

When raising sheep, how to supplement enough nutrition, but also more free-range, should be given to the sheep to supplement some protein and calcium, should choose an open place, when raising sheep, to often clean the sheep house, the temperature should be kept at about 20 degrees, if it is particularly cold, it is very easy to cause diarrhea, sheep have gastroenteritis, very easy to die.

We must pay attention to the place where the sheep are grazing, we should find a place where there is more food and more pasture, and we should also take good care of our sheep when grazing sheep, and we should strengthen management and guidance to not destroy crops.

It is necessary to pay attention to the disease problem of sheep, pay attention to the distribution management of Yang, and also bathe the sheep frequently, pay attention to the hygiene of the body, and also pay attention to the trimming of wool.

When raising sheep, you should pay attention to giving the sheep salt, eating fresh grass, feed, and paying attention to stocking, so that the sheep will be in a good mood and will grow very fat.

1. Adhere to the moderate scale of sheep raising. Generally speaking, it is better for a household to feed 100 sheep per labor force. If you raise 100 heads and raise them nearby, you can not only manage the family business, but also carefully manage the flock, and the benefits will be better.

Because of feeding 100 sheep a year, **70 meat sheep, 300 yuan per head, sheep income can reach more than 20,000 yuan, it is still cost-effective, therefore, there is still hope for large-scale sheep raising to get rich.

2. Advocate the combination of captive breeding and free-range breeding to improve economic efficiency. In breeding, there are many breeders are scattered, the sheep are all scattered on the hillside, free to find grass to eat, this method is still feasible in the broad conditions of the hillside, on the contrary, there are limitations, especially the mountain forest to the household management, one to graze, one to manage the mountain, there is a contradiction between the two. Therefore, the promotion of captivity and free-range breeding should be closely combined, that is, in the morning fence captivity, in the afternoon on the fixed hillside of the sheep, at night to supplement the feed feeding, this captivity, stocking, feed feeding method, to avoid the situation of random everywhere, the contradiction will also be reduced, both to manage the sheep, but also will not affect the growth of young forests, so that the sheep grow fast and the benefits are good.

Third, the development of grass and sheep breeding is a good way to protect mountainous areas and increase feed. To achieve this, we must first make unified planning, make full use of the advantages of grass resources, and develop sheep production in a planned way. The author suggests that we should do a good job in planning, let out those suitable pastures as sheep and pasture bases, implement rotational breeding, and unify the planning area according to the number of feedings, and implement them to the households to help them plant pasture grass all year round.

Ryegrass is planted in winter, planted in August and November every year, green fodder can be provided in winter, and then it is planted with corn and orange stalk as feed, and it is not only dried as overwintering feed, so as to provide a large number of high-quality feed for winter ewe farrowing and lamb reproduction, so as to promote the growth of sheep.

Fourth, develop lamb production and improve the efficiency of sheep raising. Raising lambs has the advantages of fast speed and high efficiency. A ewe implements short-term fattening lambs, two years can give birth to three lambs, take early weaning, timely feeding, short-term fattening methods to improve the efficiency of sheep raising.

It is to wean the lamb within one month after birth, and the lamb is separated from the ewe. Fence feeding, short-term fattening, 4 5 months**, each head weighs more than 30 kilograms, and the output value is more than 300 yuan, which not only improves the efficiency, but also promotes the industrialization of meat sheep and extends the industrial chain is also a new initiative.

Fifth, it is necessary to stabilize support policies and encourage peasant households to raise sheep.

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