Duckling breeding technique

Duck must be familiar to everyone, we can often see its figure in life. It can be divided into adult ducks and young ducks, young ducks we generally call it ducklings. Now many people like to buy ducklings for breeding, but the breeding method of ducklings and adult ducks actually have some differences.

Duckling culture technology

1. Ensure ventilation. Ducklings metabolism is vigorous, duck exhaust carbon dioxide and feces and residue decomposition of ammonia, hydrogen sulfide and other harmful gases will endanger ducklings health, serious ammonia poisoning and a large number of deaths. Therefore, it is necessary to keep the air circulation in the brooding room at any time, ventilate reasonably, keep the indoor air fresh, remove excess water in the room, keep the duck house dry and clean, improve the living environment of ducks, and achieve the purpose of promoting the healthy and rapid growth of ducks.

2. The suitable feeding honey level of ducklings is 25-30 per square meter in 1 week, 15-20 in 2 weeks old and 5-7 in 3 weeks old. For large duck farms (households), they can be divided into several small groups according to size, strength, age, etc., each group should be 200-300, and then adjusted once a week.

3. Disinfection of brood house. The brooding house must be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected before ducklings are housed. Disinfection methods can be used for disinfection of organic acid disinfectant, such as agricultural music, etc., can also choose 1 - 3% caustic solution, 2 - 5% bleaching powder solution or 3 - 5% coal phenol soap hot solution for disinfection, see the instructions for specific use. After disinfection, the brooding room will be sealed and empty for 2 - 3 weeks. The trough and drinking water can be cleaned and disinfected with 5% caustic soda solution, washed with clean water and dried for later use.

Brooding technique of ducklings

1. Ground brood. laying 5- 10cm thick soft bedding on the ground of brooding house, directly feeding ducklings on the bedding, adopting heating methods such as underground (or ground) heating pipeline, coal stove, nanny umbrella or red thread bulb to improve the temperature in brooding house. This method is simple and easy, with less investment, but the utilization rate of houses is low, and ducklings are directly contacted with feces, so their feathers are dirty and easy to infect diseases.

2. Brood on the Internet. It refers to setting metal nets, plastic nets or bamboo bars 30-80 cm high from the ground in the brooding house, raising ducklings on the net, and droppings fall to the ground from the gaps of the meshes or bars. This way ducklings do not contact with the ground, the chance of infection is reduced, the utilization rate of houses is more than twice that of ground feeding, the labor productivity is improved, and a large amount of bedding is saved.

How to feed ducks

1. Drink water first and then eat. Ducklings do not feel hungry after hatching, 24 hours after hatching, ducklings are dry, lively and active, often issued a "quack" call, and began to peck each other, then we must feed water first. If the ducklings are listless, their eyes are half-open and half-closed, and they are unwilling to move, they have exceeded the opening time. Ducklings eat too early, easy to damage digestive organs, affecting ducklings health; eat too late, nutrition supply is not good, not conducive to growth and development. Therefore, the best time for ducklings to eat is between 14 and 24 hours after hatching.

2. Drink water first and then eat. Add proper amount of glucose or vitamin C in drinking water, which can promote gastrointestinal motility, clean stomach, promote metabolism, accelerate absorption of residual yolk, increase appetite and enhance physique. If 1‰ potassium permanganate is added to drinking water, it can also play a role in gastrointestinal disinfection.

3. Grasp the feeding method and frequency. The digestive function of ducklings is not perfect, so when feeding ducklings, it is not advisable to feed them too much each time, only feed them sixty or seventy percent full. If they are fed too much at one time, it is easy to cause indigestion. The gastrointestinal volume of ducklings is small, and the digestion speed is fast. If the feeding frequency is too small, the ducklings will be hungry for a long time, which will affect the growth and development of ducklings.

Pay attention to hygiene and epidemic prevention

1. Pay attention to hygiene and epidemic prevention. The duck house should be cleaned frequently, kept clean and dry, strengthened ventilation, changed grass frequently, and cleaned up feces in time. To regular disinfection, brooding houses, brooding tools and trough, sink should be regular disinfection. At the same time, a sound sanitation and epidemic prevention system should be established. Disinfection ponds should be set up at the entrances and exits of the farms. Vehicles and personnel should be disinfected before entering the houses.

2. Vaccination of ducks should be done regularly to prevent the spread of diseases. Generally, the incidence and mortality of ducklings within 2 weeks of age are the highest, so health care drugs such as avian vitamins can be added to drinking water within 1 week of age to increase ducklings 'resistance. In the daily management process, we should strengthen the observation of duck flock, such as feces and mental state. If abnormal, we should deal with it in time to ensure the rapid and healthy growth of ducklings, reduce mortality and improve the economic benefit of breeding.

Duckling breeding must pay attention to temperature, and then site selection is also very critical, must choose a place with good ventilation effect, duckling breeding also need to pay attention to density. Then do a good job of feeding and epidemic prevention. Only after these are completed can the ducklings grow healthily.