Breeding techniques and matters needing attention of Mandarin Duck

Site: the plain area chooses the higher terrain, the north to the south, and the mountain and hilly areas the south or southeast slope of the hillside, and the mandarin duck house should be well ventilated, illuminated and drained. Breeding: the male-to-female ratio of mandarin ducks and ducks is 1:3-5, mixed culture, captive breeding, stocking, with a pool and a suitable sports ground in the circle, and egg nests in the house. Epidemic prevention: mandarin ducks and utensils should be thoroughly disinfected before entering the house, and antimicrobials should be fed irregularly to prevent disease.

Mandarin duck? Is there a lot of friends who will mistakenly think it is a mandarin duck when they see this name, but in fact it is also a kind of duck? Duck is a kind of meat that we often eat in our lives, and this kind of mandarin duck is more popular. However, people do not know much about the breeding technology of this kind of mandarin duck.

Breeding techniques and matters needing attention of Mandarin Duck

I. Culture technology

1. Site selection: the plain area should choose the place with high topography and north to south, and the mountain and hilly areas should choose the south or southeast slope to build the site, and the soil quality should be sandy loam soil to facilitate drainage after rain. The mandarin duck house should be well ventilated, illuminated and drained to avoid the northwest wind, warm in winter and cool in summer.

2. Feeding mode: the male-to-female ratio of mandarin ducks and ducks is 1:3-5, mixed breeding, captive breeding and stocking can be done. There is a pool and a suitable sports ground in the circle, and egg nests are provided in the house.

3. Epidemic prevention and disease control: before entering the house, the mandarin ducks and their appliances should be thoroughly disinfected once, and the walls, floors and utensils of the mandarin ducks and ducks should be thoroughly disinfected once with quicklime and 18% limewater to cut off the bacteria. Antimicrobials are added to the diet irregularly to prevent and kill diseases.

4. Adult duck management: adult ducks choose big and strong male and female ducks to breed, and the male-female ratio is 1:3-5. The feeding of reserve ducks should be limited, the nutritional content of feed should be reduced, the body weight should be controlled properly, and the fecundity should be prevented from being overweight. The weight of breeder duck is controlled at 2.3-2.8 kg and that of male duck is 4-5 kg. The daily food intake of each animal is 100-150 grams, and 25-50 grams of green material can be fed every day.

II. Points for attention

The main results are as follows: 1. The ducklings are sensitive to temperature and like to sleep within 1-3 days after coming out of the shell. The temperature should be kept at no less than 30 ℃ and gradually cool down after 3 days.

2. Ducks need to be raised in groups, with 100-300 ducks in each group and a density of 5-8 ducks per square meter.

Feed formula for mandarin duck

1. Ducklings: the feed formula of ducklings (0-6 weeks old) is corn flour 56%, bean cake 18%, wheat bran 10%, rice bran 10%, bone meal 2%, fish meal 2%, yeast powder 1.5%, salt 0.5%, plus a variety of vitamins and trace elements.

2. Chinese duck: the feed formula of Chinese duck (7-10 weeks old) is 45% corn flour, 10% bean cake, 15% wheat bran, 15% rice bran, 9% grass meal, 2% bone meal, 1.5% fish meal, 2% yeast powder and 0.5% salt.

3. Adult duck: the feed formula of adult duck (11-24 weeks old) is corn flour 54%, bean cake 17%, wheat bran 18%, grass meal 3%, fish meal 3%, bone meal 3%, yeast powder 1.5%, salt 0.5%, plus multi-vitamins and cloud elements.

Breeding Prospect of Mandarin Duck

Mandarin duck, that is, muscovy duck, is a special economic animal, which is different from the special economic value of domestic duck. It has been paid great attention at home and abroad. France has used it instead of Beijing duck. In recent years, the price of mandarin duck is 2-3 yuan higher than that of domestic duck per 500 grams. The market price is obviously higher than that of other birds, so it has a bright future.

The duck has the advantages of large size, strong physique, strong vitality, strong disease resistance, wide adaptability, fast growth, easy fattening, good liver production, large fat liver produced by male ducks, and can be raised without a pool. It is a promising lean, liver and nourishing poultry breed. It is not only a national science and technology poverty alleviation project for aquaculture in'97, but also a good project for rural areas to become rich and well-off.

Production performance of mandarin duck

1. Meat production: the average birth weight of mandarin duck is 40 grams, the weight of 11-week-old male mandarin duck is 3.64 kg, the heaviest is about 5.0 kg, and the weight of adult female mandarin duck is 2.6 kg. The meat ratio is 2.80-3.00, the semi-clean slaughtering rate of adult male mandarin ducks and ducks is 80%, the female slaughtering rate is 84%, the Gongquan clean hall slaughtering rate is 74%, the female is 75%, and the average liver weight is more than 260 grams.

2. Laying eggs: female mandarin ducks and ducks begin to lay eggs after 6 months, and can lay 180-210 eggs a year. The average egg weight is 65-85 grams, and the maximum egg weight is 100 grams.

The breeding method of mandarin duck is not difficult, as long as you master its growth habits, it will be easy to raise it. And the production performance of mandarin duck is also very large, whether it is meat production or production capacity, it has a very good market prospect.