Key points of raising wild ducks in breeding period

Wild duck belongs to lean poultry, with delicious and delicate meat, high protein content, high nutritional value and increasing market demand. In recent years, a variety of wild duck processing products continue to appear, such as saltwater wild duck, sweet-scented osmanthus wild duck has been relatively popular, not only extended the industrial chain, but also increased the added value of breeding wild ducks. Raising wild ducks can sell not only wild duck meat, but also wild duck eggs. Wild duck eggs are rare eggs with high market price and good sales prospects. China's wild duck products enjoy a high reputation in the world and are well received by foreign consumers. in foreign markets, the sales of wild ducks and products are on the rise.

How to raise wild ducks during the breeding period? What do you need to pay attention to?

The breeding period generally refers to the stage from the end of the breeding period to the beginning of production, during the breeding period, the growth and development of the wild duck is relatively fast, its body weight can reach 750 grams at the age of 40 days, its feathers have basically grown, and only a little fluff is left behind the head, and the first selection can be carried out at the age of 70 days. that is, the young wild duck with strong posture and obvious breed characteristics can be selected as the backup duck. After fattening, the eliminated wild ducks can be listed as commercial wild ducks when their body weight reaches more than 1 kg.

The reserve breeder ducks are divided into groups with a male-female ratio of 1:8, usually about 150 ducks per group, and 5% more male ducks can be reserved as appropriate. At this stage, the focus of feeding management is to limit feeding, control body weight and prevent premature sexual maturity, which leads to the decline of breeder duck physique.

Carefully raise and adopt the compound feed of bred ducks, adhere to the regular and quantitative control feeding. Feed three times a day and gradually increase the coarse material.

Limit the feeding of ducks as a reserve breed, strictly control the standard weight, test a certain amount of fasting live weight every week, as a reference for the nutrition level of the whole feed of the regulator, reduce the proportion of soybean cake and fish meal, and gradually increase millet, bran, green and succulent feed, including leafy vegetables, alfalfa, grass, etc., accounting for about 15% of the feed. 30-40 days before the start of production, daily feed can be increased to 55%, coarse feed accounts for 30%, concentrate accounts for about 15%. This will make the back-up ducks grow into skeletons. Restricted feeding should be carried out in a planned manner and combined with controlled lighting.

Control of light and feeding density during the breeding period, in principle, the light can only be reduced or maintained, but can not be prolonged, and the continuous growth of wild ducks in captivity, the feeding density should be properly adjusted: 8 ducks per square meter at the age of 4 weeks, 6 birds per square meter at the age of 7 weeks, and 4 square meters at the age of more than 11 weeks.

After adding a protective net for 50 days, the wild duck feathers basically have the ability to fly short distances. Metal mesh or nylon net should be added in advance in indoor and outdoor, land and water sports ground, the wind eye should be 2cm * 2cm, and the height of the net is not less than 2m from the water surface. For driving and capture management, duck bamboo, metal net or nylon should be deep to the bottom of the river to prevent wild ducks from escaping. Many farms use the method of regularly cutting the main wing feathers to prevent wild ducks from fleeing, and there are also measures to cut off the tendon on one side of the wing to make wild ducks lose their flying ability.

Strengthen the management to clean the duck house regularly every day, change the bedding material, pay attention to the cleanliness and hygiene of drinking water, and often change the water in the artificial discharge pool to ensure that each wild duck has enough feeding place, regularly sample and measure the body weight of breeding ducks, and timely adjust the dietary nutrition level.

After 40 days of full grazing, grazing and breeding should be carried out except for bad weather, so as to keep it wild, maintain fleshy game and prevent meat degradation. During the period of grazing, the routes of grazing and returning to grazing, water sources and food sources should be investigated, and pesticide poisoning should be avoided.

Preventing wild outbreaks from 60 to 70 days old is the wild outbreak period of wild ducks, which is caused by physiological changes in the body. The main performance is the agitation of the ducks. It is neurotic, the desire to fly is strong, the feed intake decelerates greatly and the body weight decreases, so it is appropriate to carry out compulsory feeding and increase the feed of crude fiber. Keep the environment quiet to reduce or postpone wild outbreaks and save feed.