How long does a pregnant sheep walk: terms in months and days, how to determine the number of cats

Increasing the number of sheep is the natural goal of farmers. Since in this way you can significantly increase the productivity of the farm and get more milk, meat, wool. Beginning livestock breeders have many questions about sheep breeding. One of the popular ones is how many days a pregnant sheep walks after insemination. It is difficult to give an exact number of days, since the pregnancy of ewes depends on several factors.

How to tell if a sheep is pregnant?

About the age of seven months, puberty occurs in most sheep, and animals can become pregnant. However, the optimal age for fertilization is 18-19 months (after the animal stops growing).A sheep that has begun the hunting period is placed in a pen with a ram to conceive.

Main signs of female pregnancy:

• there is asymmetry of the abdomen (the abdominal wall protrudes slightly and sags);
• in the third month of alleged pregnancy, the palpation method is used. It is recommended not to feed the animal 10-12 hours before the examination. To feel the lamb, you need to stand behind the female and put your hands on her stomach, gently probing it;
• udder pouring.

You can also determine that a female is pregnant by her behavior. The animal becomes calm and inactive. A more reliable way is reflexology. Two to three weeks after a successful mating, a sheep usually does not re-hunt. To find out for sure, the ram is launched into the stall to the females. Pregnant animals will stay away, the ram will not show interest in them.

How long is the pregnancy?

Successful insemination results in a pregnancy that averages 145 days. This is an estimate as the duration depends on several factors:

• climatic conditions of the region where pregnant sheep are kept;
• pregnancy duration depends on the age of the female;
• also need to consider - the first pregnancy or not. In primiparous females, the duration of pregnancy differs from the duration of pregnancy in adults. Usually a young sheep overbear for a few days.

It is considered normal if the birth starts 4-5 days earlier or later than the date of the planned birth. Therefore, we can assume that a sheep carries a lamb for 141-150 days.

What could affect timing?

The duration of the fruiting period also depends on the diet of the animal. During pregnancy, the sheep accelerates metabolic processes, the need for increased feed rates for the formation and development of the fetus increases. The qualitative component of the diet of a cat sheep is also taken into account. Since the female's need for proteins, vitamins and trace elements increases (in the last third of pregnancy).

If the diet is poor, then the female weakens, does not gain weight, and the embryos also receive less nutrition. Therefore, the period in which the ewe bears lambs may take several days for the fruits to gain the desired weight.

Sheep fertility, timely birth of he althy offspring are noted when animals are pastured on young grass, which is rich in useful and active substances. If the pregnancy falls on the stall period, then the ewes are provided with feed, nutritious silage.

How long does it take for a sheep to give birth?

With the normal course of childbirth, the ewe does not need outside help. The lambing pen is specially prepared - washed, disinfected, lined with clean straw, warmed up (in winter). The duration of lambing depends on the number of lambs, the he alth of the ewe, the presence or absence of pathologies. Contractions last 5-50 minutes. If the ewe was carrying more than one lamb, but several, you need to consider that subsequent babies will be born at intervals of 10-45 minutes.

With each new lamb, the labor pains last less. If labor is prolonged (the fetus is not positioned correctly), veterinary attention may be needed.

You also need to follow the separation of the placenta, which is the stage of lambing. In a normal lamb hatch, the placenta separates after about two hours. If this does not happen after 3-6 hours, it is necessary to take action.If after a day the afterbirth has not separated, it begins to decompose, causing intoxication of the body. Such pathologies are manifested as a result of malnutrition and care, illiterate maintenance.

Ewe gives birth to 1-2 lambs in one lamb, weighing 4-5 kg each. This indicator is also affected by the breed of the animal (Romanov sheep carry up to five babies in one pregnancy). The process of pregnancy, the he alth of lambs, the ability of the body of the female to recover after lambing depend on the diet, conditions of detention.

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