How to effectively improve the survival rate of young partridges by breeding partridges

The breeding of young partridge is a very meticulous and important work in raising partridge. The quality of young partridge breeding directly affects the growth and economic benefits of partridge.

I. Preparation before brooding

1. Determine the brood mode

Before buying brood, must determine brood way (namely cage raise or level raise), next according to plan raise a number, arrange good brood house.

Preparation of premises and equipment

Brooding house requirements have good thermal insulation performance, but also according to the need for ventilation, can not leak rain, dry ground, can prevent rats. Check whether the house leaks rain, whether the doors and windows are tight, whether there are rat holes around, the doors and windows must be added with barbed wire to prevent partridge from flying out of the house, and prepare all breeding equipment.

3. Disinfection of venues and utensils

3 - 5 days before entering the chicks must thoroughly clean the floor of the poultry house and all feeding utensils (drinking water, feed barrels, etc.), disinfectant concentration of 0.1% of the new geramine, 1:2000 of the poison and 2% sodium hydroxide. Then wait for the floor to dry, spread the bedding or mat and put the brooding equipment into the house, seal the doors and windows. According to the volume of poultry house, fumigate by 7 g potassium permanganate and 14 ml formalin per cubic meter, close it until 24 hours before feeding, open doors and windows, remove peculiar smell and gas, and then close doors and windows for standby.

II. Nurturing environment

1. Temperature

Temperature is an important factor in the success or failure of brooding. Providing suitable temperature for young partridges can effectively improve survival rate and accelerate growth and development. Improper high and low temperature is the stress factor leading to disease occurrence. The temperature requirements of young partridges of all ages are shown in the table below. Chicks small body, digestive function is weak, eat less, heat production is not much, and the unit body surface area is large, heat dissipation, easy to be affected by the outside world. Therefore, we should often patrol the house, observe the dynamics of the group, and judge whether the temperature is appropriate. If the temperature is appropriate, the chicks are active, scattered in the brooder, and have a strong appetite; if the temperature is too high, the chicks are far away from the heat source, feed intake is reduced, drinking water is increased, mouth breathing is thin, and feces are thin; if the temperature is too low, the chicks squeeze each other, necking, loss of appetite, and piling up under the heat source.

2. Humidity

Brooding environment humidity is very important to the growth of young birds, such as humidity is too large, body surface heat dissipation difficulties, loss of appetite, easy to disease; humidity is too low, young birds feathers dry, easy to peck hair, peck anus and peck toe phenomenon. The appropriate humidity is 60 - 70% within one week of age and 55 - 60% after one week.

3. Ventilation

Chubu growth fast, metabolism exuberant, there should be enough fresh air in the house, in order to make Chubu growth fast. Under the premise of ensuring a certain temperature, properly open the doors and windows for ventilation, but do not make the chicks catch cold.

4. Density

The feeding density of partridge of each day age is: 80 - 100 per square meter at 1 - 10 days old, 50 - 60 per square meter at 10 days old-4 weeks old, 30 - 35 per square meter at 4 - 13 weeks old.

5. Light

Chicks can implement full-time lighting within one week of hatching, 20 hours of lighting after one week, and then reduce the lighting time with the increase of age, and the lighting should not be too strong, 2 watts per square meter, otherwise it is easy to peck feathers, peck anus, toe and other evil habits.

III. Scientific feeding management

1. Drinking water

Before the chicks enter the chicks, prepare 0.1% oxytetracycline water to promote the discharge of meconium. In addition, in the drinking water into the stone, on the one hand, can prevent young partridge immersed in water wet body disease, on the other hand, can induce young partridge drinking water. The next day can alternately use water-soluble multi-vitamin or compound vitamin B solution, etc., to adjust the appetite of the young partridge.

2. Start eating

After boiling water, you can start eating. When you first adjust, you can sprinkle the feed on the pad cloth and let the chicks eat it. After 2 - 3 days, gradually replace it with a feed bucket. The feed bucket should be placed near the light so that the chicks can see the feed. 1 - 3 days old chicks can keep feeding throughout the day, and then feed 3 - 4 times a day to enhance the ability of chicks to feed.

3. Broken beak

If the density of feeding management is not large, the occurrence of pecking addiction can be avoided, and the beak is generally not cut. Because beak cutting stresses partridges a lot. If the measures fail to meet the requirements and peck addiction occurs, it can be completed once at the age of 50 days.

IV. Immunization and disease prevention work

1. Disinfection pool shall be set up at the entrance and exit of poultry house. The keeper shall change clothes and shoes when entering the poultry house. It is strictly prohibited for outsiders to enter the house.

2. Adhere to the system of all-in and all-out. After raising and transferring young birds, they should be cleaned and disinfected strictly before entering young birds again.

3. Wash the drinking water frequently, change the bedding or pad frequently, which is conducive to disease prevention. According to the disease characteristics of brood in different stages, a set of reasonable preventive drugs and immunization program can be worked out in many years of brood practice.