Huyang, a high-quality mutton sheep breed in Zhongtian

Hu sheep belongs to lamb skin and is a unique white lamb skin breed in China. Hangjiahu area in Taihu Lake basin of Zhejiang Province is the origin of Hu sheep. It is famous for its strong reproductive ability, rapid early growth, white wavy lambskin, adaptability to house feeding and high humidity, high temperature, cold and dry environment, and is a unique and valuable sheep breed resource in China.

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 sheep meat, it has the advantages of fresh, tender and juicy, and little smell. Hu sheep grows fast in the early stage and is a good material for fattening lambs.

Physical appearance: Male and female have no horns, long and narrow head, slightly upturned nose, drooping ears, slender neck, straight back and waist, flat and round tail, and upturned tail tip, which is short and fat. 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 tan spots on their eyelids or lower limbs.

Living habits: Hu sheep like quiet, especially pregnant or lactating ewes. If you make noise suddenly, it will easily lead to miscarriage and affect your 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 65 kg, adult ewe weighs about 45 kg, and one-year-old ewe weighs about 40 kg. Hu sheep is not only big, but also has turned to the direction of meat use.

Huyangsu 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, rams can mate at 4 months old, and ewes can estrus at 5-6 months old. The first mating age of Hu sheep is generally 6-8 months, and that of ram is 8- 10 months. At present, ram 1 year old, ewe 8-9 months old is the best. The average estrus cycle of Hu sheep is 17 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 of Hu sheep basically maintained the characteristics of rapid growth and development 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. Good 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 65,438+10,000 mu, and the breeding base of "high-quality Hu sheep breeding sheep, tall and fast-growing mutton sheep" will be built, and the core farm of 6,543,800 Hu sheep and the expanded farm of 20,000 Hu sheep will be built, forming the advantages of industrialization and scale, with a total investment of 65,438+003 million 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 manure". The project is divided into four functional areas: raw material production area, forage reserve processing area, harmless treatment area and administrative logistics area. Each area is strictly separated by biological greening 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 "raising sheep in Zhongtian, 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 breeding 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, and is currently establishing a national core breeding farm for mutton sheep. 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 College. Collaborated in the research on breeding 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 "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" and positioning, the company will carry out pure-line breeding of Hu sheep through refinement and high standards. Cross the Lake and Aohu to 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 mutton sheep. Actively explore the market, promote the "Zhongtian model" of the development of the whole industrial chain of sheep industry, carry out industrial sales and seed supply with the help of precision poverty alleviation and double innovation activities, do a good job in the whole process of technical services, and improve the visibility of enterprises through later recycling and processing.

Through the rapid development during the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" period, the company will form 65.438 million basic ewes +0.3 million ewes, provide 24,000 high-quality Hu sheep breeding sheep and 20,000 high-quality mutton sheep to the society every year, and fatten 65.438 million high-quality mutton sheep +0.5 million ewes, which will effectively promote the development of local herbivorous animal husbandry and play a typical demonstration role for the improvement of local mutton sheep varieties, the rapid development of sheep industry and the precise poverty alleviation work.