Precautions for novices to raise sheep What are the precautions for novices to raise sheep?

1, infrastructure investment should not be too large: infrastructure includes sheep houses, sports venues, office space, forage storage and processing sites and some mechanical equipment. Many people may think of building a standardized sheep farm at one time, and there is no need to rebuild it later, but they should also consider the funds in their hands. For ordinary small and medium-sized sheep farmers, they may not have enough funds. If the infrastructure investment is too large, it will easily affect the later capital turnover, such as the lack of money to introduce sheep. Another problem is that raising sheep is not an easy job. Not only dirty and tired, but also requires some skills. Not everyone can do it. Many people will find themselves unsuitable for raising sheep when they enter the industry. If the infrastructure investment is small, selling sheep at any time will not lose too much, while if the infrastructure investment is large, it will be difficult to quit.

2. The scale of raising sheep must be moderate: most new sheep farmers are short of funds, technology and management, but there are still many sheep farmers who pursue scale from the beginning, thinking that raising more sheep can make more money. If sheep are well raised, they will naturally earn more, but if they are not well raised, they will lose more. I suggest you start raising sheep on a moderate scale and do what you can according to your own conditions. For small and medium-sized sheep farmers, the initial optimal scale is 20~30 basic ewes. Too small a scale is not only less profitable, but also not conducive to practice and development. If the scale is too large, not only the investment is large, but also the experience of raising sheep is easy to cause problems. With mature experience in raising sheep, some lambs with good appearance can be kept for breeding, and they can easily grow to 80~ 100 basic ewes in 2~3 years, which is almost the best scale for couples to raise sheep. According to the current market, it is not a big problem to earn10 ~150,000 yuan a year.

3. Be sure to pay attention to the selection of breeds: the selection of breeds can be said to be very critical, and even directly determines the success or failure of raising sheep in the future. However, many sheep farmers who have just entered the industry do not agree with this. Don't they think that what sheep to raise is the reason for the entanglement of breeds? Let's put it this way, whether sheep can make money depends on several aspects: the first reproduction rate, the second growth rate, the third feed conversion rate, the fourth adaptability and disease resistance, and the fifth market sales. Only by integrating these aspects can we maximize profits. In the south, Boer goats with high yield can be selected for breeding, because southerners prefer to eat goat mutton, and the environment in the south is more suitable for raising goats. Of course, some places have a soft spot for black goats or white goats. In this case, small and medium-sized sheep farmers should choose suitable breeds according to the preferences of local consumers. In the north, small-tailed Han sheep or Hu sheep can be selected as the female parent and Dorper sheep or Suffolk sheep as the male parent for commercial hybridization, which can not only ensure the reproductive rate of sheep, but also ensure the fast growth rate, high feed conversion rate and high meat yield of the commercial sheep after hybridization. In addition, there are good and bad sheep of any breed. When introducing sheep, we would rather spend more money and try to buy high-quality breeding sheep. The difference of benefit output between well-bred sheep and poorly-bred sheep in the early stage may not be too obvious, but with the continuous expansion of flock size in the later stage, the difference of benefit output will be obvious.

4. Don't go too far away from home when buying sheep: Many sheep farmers go to other places to buy sheep when there are obvious sheep in the local area. First, they may not know that there are sheep in the area. Second, they may think that sheep from other places are good. Third, they may think that sheep from other places are cheap. However, buying sheep from other places is very easy to fail. There are many reasons, such as being cheated, sheep's stress reaction or not adapting to the local environment. Therefore, when buying sheep, don't go far from home. Sheep farmers should not only obtain sheep source information from the internet, but also consult the local animal husbandry department or veterinary station. Generally, large local sheep farmers have information for the record, and they can buy breeding sheep directly from large local sheep farmers without worrying about being cheated, which is stressful and unable to adapt.

5. Secondly, the problem of variety. In the past, the quality of sheep breeds in different regions was very different, but now basically all breeds are popularized. It can be said that there are good quality sheep everywhere, and the sheep bought in other places may be worse than the local sheep. Finally, talk about the price of sheep. Many sheep farms and sheep dealers say that sheep are very cheap. But when sheep farmers actually buy sheep, the prices are very high, even the small ones are loaded with big ones, and the second ones are loaded with good ones. Now that information is well-informed and transportation is developed, there will be no big regional differences in the price of sheep. So don't believe that the price is lower than the market price, otherwise it is easy to be deceived.