The Sheep Breeding Project is one of the most important and famous animal production projects. It is certainly a highly profitable project if it is implemented in the right manner, albeit on a small scale (no more than 30 heads), and it will certainly fail and return the losses to the owner if it is done. Things are wrong, just like other animal production projects. But what distinguishes this project from other animal production projects is that it is easier in terms of implementation, as its capital cycle is quick and its profit margin is excellent, in addition to its flexibility and the multiplicity of methods of education that are commensurate with the entrepreneur's financial possibilities. Here is a full and detailed explanation about the sheep raising project and how to make a profit from it. Follow us.
Advantages of the sheep breeding project:
- A productive project with a quick capital cycle because of the rapid reproduction process of the sheep. The period of carrying the sheep is about 6 months and gives birth once or twice a year. Each time you put one or two small ones.
- Whatever your location you will find the type of sheep that suits your environment, there are sheep raised and cared for in the mountains, and other species raised and nurtured in the dry desert environment, and species living in moderate weather.
- The sheep breeding project does not require special equipment like most other animal production projects, but with a little cost, a barn or a breeding ground can be equipped.
- The project does not require much employment. Only two people can care for a herd of more than 100 sheep, with the emphasis that the type of employment is normal, which does not earn high wages.
- From sheep, milk, meat and wool are obtained, and all products are required and generate excellent profits when sold.
- The waste produced by sheep contains many useful elements of soil, making it one of the most important types of agricultural fertilizers.
Requirements of the sheep breeding project:
- Availability of sufficient capital to purchase an appropriate number of sheep (at least 30).
- When buying sheep, make sure that they are correct and free from diseases and should be sure of their age (can be used by a veterinarian or a breeding expert).
- A suitable place to raise sheep (empty piece of land preferably in the same place of agriculture).
- A plot of land to be cultivated with green foliage, such as Albarbesim (a substitute for more than the purchase).
- An experienced worker to take care of the sheep and provide food to them, the entrepreneur can work himself.
- In the case of grazing sheep in farmland and grass, two persons (man and boy) should be provided with experience.
How to choose sheep:
Of course, when you buy sheep from the market or from farms, you would prefer to take a veterinarian or an expert to raise the sheep, but you must have the ability to distinguish diseased and infected sheep to buy them and buy the correct ones. Here's what you should do when you buy.
1 - active and vital sheep are correct, while others that do not notice the signs of activity and vitality and find that the head down low, they are incorrect and may suffer from diseases and must stay away from buying.
2 - Sheep healthy and not suffering from any diseases or health problems dealing with green fodder such as clover, barley and other problems without, sheep that do not accept to eat or eat green feed with difficulty, they are sick.
3 - sheep who suffer from diarrhea is sick and should not be purchased, and you can identify the sheep who suffer from diarrhea and the other does not suffer by looking down the kidney, if found traces of waste adherent, this means that the sheep suffer from diarrhea, and if not found it is true .
4 - Note whether the sheep breathe naturally and do not suffer from cough or two approaches.
5 - wool if the color is natural and not pale and smooth touch and does not hit, it means that the sheep healthy, and vice versa means that he suffers from diseases.
6 - Check the eyes, if their grandmother Lamatan means that the sample is true, and if found yellowing, it means that the sample is sick.
7. Examine the body of the sample to make sure there is no garage in the body, including the lower jaw.
Mechanism of action in the project of raising sheep:
There are two ways to work in the sheep breeding project. The first is to raise a sheep herd permanently. This means purchasing a certain number of sheep at a young age and raising them to breed and get them other sheep to have a large herd. The sheep that have been bought for at least 3 years Not exceeding 6 years.
The second method is to rely on the breeding of a herd of sheep in a non-permanent, is to buy sheep at a young age and are fattening for a short period and then sell at higher prices.
The project of raising sheep permanently:
The first method, which is the process of education permanently is certainly the most difficult, and to implement correctly you need a strategy to work, working initially on the purchase of 30 sheep at least carefully selected, to be raised to reproduce and increase herd, and during that you can enter a number of ewes through Buying more on a yearly basis increases the herd faster. This is better than buying 100 sheep once, especially if you are new to the sheep breeding project and lack experience.
Best sources of sheep buying: -
Do not buy sheep from any owner of a herd or a person who offers you the purchase, but must buy from reliable sources such as farms belonging to the Ministry of Agriculture and markets and the competent farms that deal with a large number of people, it is safer and more confident.
Methods of feeding and production: -
There are 3 methods or ways to feed and produce sheep, they (pastoral production, intensive production, semi-intensive production) and each type of its advantages and disadvantages, let us recognize it below,
1- Pastoral Production:
The term pastoral production refers to reliance on sheep grazing operations in the fields and places where weeds are found. The owner of the sheep breeding project agrees with a number of farmers to graze their crops in these fields after the harvest to feed on weeds and crop residues. And does not cost the herd owner, he is not required to provide any other types of food and feed to drought and lack of food. This method is suitable for large sheep herds of more than 300 heads, and it is taken that the birth rate will not exceed 80% and the proportion of deaths from births up to 20%.
2- Intensive Production:
What is taken on the method of intensive production is the high cost of food, the owner of the herd demands to buy large quantities of feed to feed the herd, but the best way at the level of production, small eagles are increasing their weights quickly, which can be sold faster if the purpose of the sheep raising project is the production of meat , Although the purpose is to build a permanent herd, it means that the herd will increase the number much faster than the method of pastoral production, the eagles will grow and multiply faster to give birth twice a year, which means the birth rate to 200% and the mortality or death in births will not exceed 5% because of the good health of Mothers. Certainly, this method will require more attention to clean barns and prepare food in contrast to the first method.
3 - semi - intensive production:
Combines the methods of pastoral and intensive production, on the one hand grazing sheep in the fields to feed on grass and green fodder, on the other hand are fed concentrated in the times when the lack of green grass and before the pollination and the end of pregnancy for ewes Pregnant, of course, this method requires a lot of work as in intensive production, but food costs will certainly be less than intensive production and more than pastoral production.
Conclusion:
It is clear to us that the sheep raising project is one of the projects with flexibility, it can be implemented with a small or large number of ewes, and can be relied on the grazing method that fit the potential of the owner of the project material, which is not available in most other animal production projects, On the other hand, the sheep breeding project of high-profit projects, you can buy sheep at a young age a little cost and then fattening to give birth once or twice a year to grow herd and then you can sell in the ages that allow you to make a big profit. Before starting a project you should read a lot about the sheep breeding project and get in touch with educators to learn about the secrets of successful education.
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