Chapter 161 Prenatal Care of Sheep
The sound was a 'puff', which was very strange.
Zhao Yeqing pushed the door open and walked to the door of the pet room. He saw several dogs pulling the back door open. A large amount of snow fell into the house, burying one third of the pet room, which was not very large to begin with.
The culprits were looking up and down at her, avoiding her gaze, as if to say, "It's none of my business, I know nothing."
Zhao Yeqing only felt his temples throbbing.
How do we clear out the snow? Where should we pile it?
The snow around the house is the deepest. Why is it nearly two meters thick? It is because people are afraid that the house will collapse after it snows, so every two days when the wind volume becomes slightly smaller, Mu Xi goes out to sweep the snow off the roof.
The swept snow piled up around the house, so once the door was opened, the snow would fall directly into the house.
She looked at the dogs, gnashed her back teeth, and pinched the ears of the little black dog closest to her, "Is it you?"
Several dogs avoided her and pretended nothing had happened as they walked away from her.
Xiao Hei didn't dare to look at her, and the other dogs didn't dare to look at her either.
Huhu and Xuebing lay beside the fireplace and watched the show.
"Forget it." She turned the hand that was pinching Xiao Hei's ear to the top of Xiao Hei's head and rubbed it hard a few times. She resigned herself to her fate and walked out of the room. She brought in a large bamboo basket and carried the snow out one trip at a time.
Mu Xi was clearing the road. Seeing her carrying out the snow, he came over and said, "You go spread the salt, I'll carry it."
She shook her head. "Forget it. Wait for you to clear a path first. If there is a place that cannot be cleared, I will go and spread salt."
Salt can lower the freezing point of water from zero degrees to minus sixteen degrees, which can melt snow, but the current temperature is not suitable.
The pet room was not far from the door. Zhao Yeqing removed the straw mat on the floor of the room, filled the bamboo basket with the accumulated snow, and dragged it out one basket at a time. It only took him more than ten minutes to finish the cleaning.
Mu Xi cleared a path out of the yard, and the road branched off to both sides, so people could walk past to feed the cattle, sheep and horses.
The cleared snow was not allowed to pile up on both sides of the road for fear of collapse, so it was all piled outside the yard.
After the road was cleared, the two men discovered that not only had the firewood shed at the back collapsed, but a corner of the roof of the tool shed had also collapsed.
The metal tools were piled up in the snowy area of the tool room. We were not afraid of the snow, but we had to clean it up and patch up the holes in the roof.
The wood that Mu Xi found at home was not enough to repair the roof, so he could only clear out the snow in the tool shed first.
The snow on the meadow was also very thick, but the blizzard was accompanied by strong winds, so the snow was not so deep that people would be buried immediately if they stepped on it. The depth of the snow was probably a little below Zhao Yeqing's waist, and if he stepped in it, he would only be buried a little above his knees.
Seeing that Mu Xi had already cleared most of the snow in the tool shed, she thought for a moment and said, "Let's just cover the firewood shed with plastic sheeting and move the collapsed roof of the firewood shed over to repair this side."
Now there is no wood, so we can only tear down the east wall to repair the west wall.
Only after the two men moved the heavy roof of the firewood shed did Zhao Yeqing go to feed the animals.
Xiaohong's hair has grown a lot longer, so I won't cut it for the winter as it can keep her warm.
Maybe it’s because I haven’t been out for a long time, so I’m not in a very good mood. I only feel a little energetic when I’m eating grass.
Zhao Yeqing took the comb hanging on the wall of the stable and carefully combed its hair until it was smooth. Xiaohong then rubbed her head against her palm.
The situation in the sheepfold is fine. The bellies of several pregnant sheep are noticeably swollen. It seems they will be able to give birth in about a month.
There are only two areas in the sheepfold at home, separating the sheep from the goats, and it is also time to put the pregnant sheep in a separate area.
If the sheep fight in the sheepfold, it is easy for the pregnant sheep to be knocked and have miscarriage.
Zhao Yeqing shouted towards the yard, "Have you finished over there?"
It was just repairing a roof and it didn't take much time to finish. Mu Xi was now clearing the snow that had not been cleared in the yard.
When he heard Zhao Yeqing shouting, he put down the shovel in his hand and walked over.
"What's wrong?"
Zhao Yeqing expressed his idea of raising the sheep separately. Mu Xi turned around and took the rake for sweeping sheep dung and cleaned it up first.
Sheep and goats are raised separately, and pregnant sheep and goats must also be raised separately. The two people separated out two single rooms in the sheep and goat areas respectively, and locked up the two pregnant sheep and two goats in them.
Special attention should also be paid to the water troughs for pregnant sheep. If water is spilled on the floor when they are drinking, it will soon freeze into ice in the current temperature. The sheep will easily slip when they step on it, which may lead to miscarriage.
Zhao Yeqing took a few wooden sticks and nailed them together next to the water trough for the pregnant sheep. He also added a piece of plastic cloth to make the inner wall of the trough higher so that the water would not overflow when drinking.
The feed trough must be cleaned before feeding. The silage left over from yesterday's feeding cannot be left in it for fear of mold. Pregnant sheep will also have a miscarriage if they eat moldy grass.
Zhao Yeqing had already read the pre- and post-natal care for ewes, and even luxuriously added some barley to the ewes' feed.
She quickened the pace of her work, as she had finished feeding the sheep but had not yet fed the cows.
Cows are more cold-resistant than any other animals. The situation looked almost the same as before the snow. Mu Xi cleared the snow on the silo and made sure the silage inside was not affected.
He took the silage into the cowshed and saw Zhao Yeqing looking the cows up and down. "What are you looking at?"
Zhao Yeqing frowned, looking puzzled, "Look at this cow, has it gained weight?"
Mu Xi has been doing the feeding work recently. I observe the baby's weight gain or loss every day, but I can't feel the gradual changes. Only after hearing what she said did I observe it carefully.
"Compared with the two cows next to it, it seems a little fatter." Mu Xi was also puzzled. This cow's appetite was usually not as good as the other two bulls.
Zhao Yeqing blinked her eyes, and a thought suddenly flashed through her mind. She was stunned for a moment before she spoke, "It...isn't it pregnant?"
Otherwise, how could the cows get fat after eating the same feed, and only their bellies would get fat?
Neinei also looks a little bigger than before, although it’s not too obvious.
Mu Xi was also stunned when he heard this, and he looked a little dumbfounded, "I don't know..."
The two put the grass into the trough and hurried back to the room to check the cattle feeding information.
But this family raising cattle was obviously not as careful as the original owners who raised sheep. They didn't have many books and their notes were a bit sloppy.
Zhao Yeqing recognized a line of words inside.
'The cow has a crooked tail, gestation time is x year x month...'
She suddenly remembered the cow's tail she had seen before, and she wondered why the cow's tail was crooked.
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