According to the determination, the slaughter rate of one-year-old ram 55 kg, ewe 40 kg, adult ewe 45 kg and ram 65 kg is over 48%. Hu mutton is delicious. Compared with other mutton, Hu mutton has the advantages of tender, juicy and light smell. Hu sheep grows fast in the early stage and is a good material for lamb fattening production.
Physical appearance: Male and female have no horns, long and narrow head, slightly upturned nose, large and drooping ears, slender neck, straight back and waist, flat and round tail, and upturned tail tip, which is short and fat tail. Ram is large, with developed forequarters, wide and deep chest, thick and long chest hair, and a few traces of horns. Most Hu sheep have pure white fur, and only a few Hu sheep have black or brown spots on their eyelids or lower limbs.
Living habits: Hu sheep like quiet, especially pregnant or lactating ewes. In case of sudden noise, it is easy to cause abortion and affect health. Hu sheep like a dry and clean living environment and are afraid of humidity and mosquitoes and flies, so the sheephouse should be clean, dry and hygienic to prevent mosquitoes and flies from invading.
Adult ram weighs about 65Kg, adult ewe weighs about 45Kg, and one-year-old ewe weighs about 40Kg. Hu sheep is not only big, but also has turned to the direction of meat use.
Populus euphratica is famous for its good motherhood, strong reproductive ability and multiple births and lambs. Under normal feeding conditions, it can produce two births a year or three births every two years, with an average lambing rate of 220-240%. Hu sheep mature early, the ram can be bred at 4 months old, and the ewe can be in estrus at 5-6 months old. The first mating age of Hu sheep is generally from June to August, and that of Ram is from 8- 10. At present, ram 1 year old, ewe 8-9 months old is the best. The average estrus cycle of Hu sheep is 65438 07 days. Estrus duration: 36-48 hours for young and middle-aged sheep and 48-60 hours for old sheep.
The fecundity of Hu sheep is rare among sheep. The birth weight, weaning weight at 50 days and daily gain during lactation basically maintained the characteristics of rapid growth and development of Hu sheep in the early stage.
Strong adaptability, suitable for feeding in most parts of China, and strong adaptability to high temperature, high humidity, cold and high dryness. Tolerance to roughage, small intake, daily intake of 2.0-2.25 kg, high forage reward, suitable for high-density feeding in the whole house, attention should be paid to the collocation of fine roughage in the feeding process, and it is not suitable to feed a lot of fine forage. Strong lactation performance and good motherhood, the daily lactation of lactating ewes can reach more than 1 kg, which can fully meet the needs of lambing.
Jinchang Zhongtian Sheep Industry Co., Ltd. was established on 20 12. It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gansu Zhongtian Sheep Industry Co., Ltd. and a key investment attraction project in jinchang. The total planned area of the project is 1 10,000 mu, and the breeding base of improved mutton sheep, which is mainly composed of high-quality Hu sheep breeding sheep and tall and fast-growing mutton sheep, will be built, with a core breeding farm of 6,543,800 Hu sheep and a breeding farm of 20,000 Hu sheep, forming the advantages of industrialization and scale, with a total investment of 65,438,300,000 yuan.
The company plans, designs, builds and implements standardized farms in strict accordance with the requirements of "improved livestock and poultry breeding, facility breeding, standardized production, institutionalized epidemic prevention and harmless feces". The project is divided into four functional areas by function: raw material production area, forage storage and processing area, harmless treatment area and administrative logistics area. Each area is strictly separated by biological green isolation belt and purse seine, and clean sewage channels are strictly distinguished.
Since the establishment of the farm, the company has advocated the ecological breeding concept of "green, healthy and environmentally friendly" and the business philosophy of "Zhongtian sheep, true quality" and "quality first". After several years of development, all the work has achieved good results. The company has developed into a high-standard, professional and large-scale provincial Hu sheep farm in Northwest China, a standardized demonstration farm for mutton sheep and an animal disease purification farm established by the Ministry of Agriculture, an engineering and technical research center for improved mutton sheep breeding in jinchang and a standardized breeding demonstration park for improved mutton sheep in jinchang. At present, a national core breeding farm for mutton sheep is being established. At the same time, it is also the teaching, scientific research and experimental base of Lanzhou University Grassland Agricultural Science and Technology College and Gansu Agricultural University Animal Science College. Collaborated in the cultivation and research of new strains of Hu sheep, applied for 2 invention patents, and published papers 1 article in the national professional journal Journal of Grassland.
According to the 13th Five-Year Plan and orientation, the company will carry out the pure breeding of Hu sheep through refinement and high standards. Carry out the hybridization between Duhu and Aohu, cultivate high-breeding, fast-growing and high-quality commercial sheep, and build a green, healthy and high-quality "Zhongtianhu Sheep" brand and a breeding center for improved meat sheep. Actively explore the market, promote the "Zhongtian model" of the development of the whole industry chain of sheep industry, carry out industrial sales and seed supply with the help of precision poverty alleviation and dual-innovation activities, do a good job in the whole process of technical services, and recycle and process later to improve the visibility of enterprises.
Through the rapid development in the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan", the company will form a basic ewe10.3 million, provide the society with 24,000 high-quality Hu sheep breeding sheep, 20,000 high-quality meat sheep and fatten high-quality meat sheep10.5 million, which will effectively promote the development of local herbivorous animal husbandry and play a typical demonstration role in the improvement of local meat sheep varieties, the rapid development of sheep industry and the precise poverty alleviation work.