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Chapter 301
It is not cost-effective to raise Han sheep to two hundred or three hundred catties if it is a large-scale breeding.

It's not uneconomical, and it's not as efficient as directly raising and fattening it.

Fattening sheep are usually fattened for four to five months and then sold.The ones that grow well can reach [-] or [-] pounds, and the ones that grow poorly weigh about [-] pounds.

In addition to the way they are raised, the growth of sheep mainly depends on their breed.

Boer goats are also the fastest growing among the fourth and fifth generations.

This breeding shed in Mushan Ranch is used as an experiment to raise large meat sheep at the lowest cost.

The lowest cost option is naturally free-range grazing and letting them out to graze.

In rural areas in mountainous areas, sheep are mainly raised for grazing. They are let out to graze every day and are left alone. The sheep eat as they like and are taken home at night. As long as the sheep are not lost, the day's grazing task is completed.

This is how sheep are herded in many places.

This kind of breeding method means that during the summer and autumn seasons when aquatic plants are luxuriant, they will not gain much weight every day.

In particular, some farmers with no breeding experience gain about 50 grams of weight a day when raising free-range goats.A sheep, after being herded for a year, still weighs less than a hundred pounds.

Many people say that this is because sheep only eat grass and do not grow meat, so they need to be fed some concentrate.But in fact, if they are raised purely on grass, as long as they are well fed, they will grow meat very quickly and they can also grow relatively large.

When grazing sheep grow slowly, there is a high probability that there are parasites in their bodies. Parasites rob the sheep of their nutrition in the gastrointestinal tract, which can cause enteritis.

This is one of the key reasons why sheep only eat grass and do not grow meat.

Mushan Ranch naturally knows how to raise sheep, and will regularly deworm the sheep and check the health of the sheep.

The sheep here, mainly Boer goats, have been raised for almost a year now. All weigh more than 150 kilograms, and the largest one weighs almost [-] kilograms. Moreover, the sheep flock has been gaining weight steadily every day.

I have been raising sheep for almost a year. Calculating the time, these Boer goats are about 15 months old.

Zhou Hao explained to Zhang Cheng how to raise large meat sheep, which was to supplement the feed.

The sheep here go out to graze every morning and return to the sheep house in the evening.Before going out in the morning, feed some mixed feed, mainly grass pellet feed, not too much, about 0.1 kg is enough.This kind of pellet feed, in recent months, has been mainly made of dry sweet elephant grass mixed with corn, etc. This kind of feed is very cheap, costing 1500 yuan per ton.

1 kg per day, the feed cost is only 0.1 yuan.

After the sheep return to the sheep house at night, silage is given to the sheep.Silage can be mixed with some corn flour, or sweet elephant grass dry powder... As for the feed cost, it is about 0.4 yuan.This meal in the evening will make the sheep full...

In addition, when the sheep are grazing in the pasture during the day, they are fed some pellet feed.It’s the kind of feed that costs 1500 yuan per ton...

The average weight of the current flock is about 170 kilograms, and the daily feed cost is 7.5 cents.The daily weight gain is about 0.2 kilograms.So far, my daily weight gain has been steady.

The bigger the sheep, the more they eat.When the sheep are young in the early stages, they cannot eat so much feed.

As it stands now, if you raise more than 200 kilograms for slaughter, the daily feed cost is 0.6 yuan.Of course, this is a prerequisite for having grass in the pasture.

With less feed input, the sheep will grow slower and take more time, but as long as the sheep are well taken care of, you can still make money.Of course, it is definitely not more cost-effective than directly raising fat sheep.It takes a lot of time to invest, and time is also a cost.

"If it's not easy to buy lambs from outside, you can follow my example and raise fat sheep here." Chen Mo said: "There are so many sheep in your pasture. If you buy some lambs from outside, what if you buy some that have infectious diseases?" Lamb, that’s a heavy loss.”

Zhang Cheng said 'hmm': "I gained 4 taels of weight in one day. Is it reliable?"

"There are more than 900 sheep here, and they are weighed once a week. You can look at the data." Zhou Hao said.

"If all the sheep are fed with low-priced feed, the feed cost will indeed be low." Zhang Cheng nodded and said, "Then I will postpone selling the sheep."

"You pick out the bad sheep and sell them, and keep the sheep with big bones to raise. Then you can still buy some lambs. But the lambs you buy must be isolated in the early stage." Zhou Hao said: "In a few days In [-], our breeding farm in Mushan Ranch will be able to provide stable lambs. At that time, we will close the entire breeding process. All sheep in our area will only go out and not come in..."

"These sheep are driven out to graze every day and then driven back. Isn't it too troublesome?" Zhang Cheng said: "The weight gain is 0.2 kilograms a day, which is 4 taels... Boer goats are 1 to 4 yuan." Jin, 6.5 taels, [-] yuan. Then deduct the cost..."

"There are a thousand sheep in a shed. The price of a sheep increases by 6.5 yuan a day. With a thousand sheep, the price is 6500 yuan a day. It's pretty good." Chen Mo said: "In addition, the sheep are used to leaving early and returning late every day, so there is no need for anyone to drive them. , when the time comes, they will return to the sheep shed by themselves."

"I just feel a little numb." There are sheep in Zhang Cheng's pasture, but it's not easy to buy a large number of sheep from outside.

There are too many flocks that need to be replenished.The additional lambs all came from the same place, and Zhang Cheng was afraid that something would go wrong.After all, there are tens of thousands of sheep in the pasture.

"Continue to raise the sheep in your pasture and raise them until next year before selling them. If there are free sheds, you can buy some calves from outside and raise them." Chen Mo said: "I will provide a batch of lambs here next year and give them to you first. keep."

"Okay. Explain to us how to raise a big fat sheep slowly..."

The silage sold here by Chen Mo has always been 330 yuan per ton. If you can use silage, use silage more.

Slowly raising big fat sheep has been promoted in Wushan Pastoral Area. Cheng Tang also selected Boer goats with good bones and continued to raise them slowly.

Another advantage of slow breeding is that because the feed cost is low, the sheep can be raised for a longer period of time.You can wait until the price of mutton is high before putting it on sale.

For a [-]-jin sheep, the daily feed cost is about [-] cents.As long as these sheep are still gaining weight, you will not lose money if you continue to raise them.

When there are not enough lambs, it is still possible to slowly raise fat sheep.Slow farming means using time to replace high feed costs. Corn is too expensive now, and the price of pork has gone up in the market.The mutton has also risen a bit, but not by much.

Mutton in Sichuan has always been very expensive.

Chen Mo has a lot of sheep here, and he never thought that the price of mutton could increase so much. As long as the previous price can be maintained, his ranch can make a lot of money.

At a later time, the sheep that should be sold will still be sold.

Just keep the sheep with big bones and continue to raise them.

Mushan Ranch purchased a batch of Boer goat ewes and began to examine the ewes, number them, and arrange breeding...

The number of Boer goat ewes soon reached 1, 1.1...and then 1.5.After taking over Yao Guye, brother-in-law and all the ewes from Zhang Cheng, the Boer goat ewe population will reach [-].

(End of this chapter)