Experience in feeding and Management of raising Duck and breeding Duck during nestling period

In order to lay a good foundation for reserve ducks and breeding ducks, we must do a good job in raising brood. 0-4 weeks old is the brooding period of parent breeding ducks. Ducklings out of shell, very delicate, need artificial selection or create a suitable living environment, careful feeding management to fully adapt to external conditions, healthy growth and development, maintain good physique and high survival rate. In order to manage the brood period well, the following points must be done:

1. The first thing to do is to "drink early, eat early; drink first, eat later." After the breeding ducks arrive, let the ducklings drink water as soon as possible, add electrolytic multi-dimensional and antibiotics and other drugs in the drinking water for 3-5 days, which helps to enhance the resistance of the ducklings. Drinking water for 15-30 minutes can be eaten, when eating duckling feed, duckling feed particle size should be suitable for ducklings to eat as appropriate. Do not cut off water at any time after eating. 2. Second, do a good job of insulation. After hatching, ducklings have few villi, thin subcutaneous fat, poor heat preservation ability and weak ability to resist external cold. The brooding room should be kept within the range of 30℃-35℃ in one week of age, 25℃-30℃ in the second week of age, and slowly reduce the temperature to the natural temperature after the third week. 3. We have to rush into groups. Because ducklings are gregarious, even if the brood temperature is appropriate, ducklings often sleep in piles at rest. If the brood temperature is low, the pile is more serious, easy to crush, hurt ducklings. Therefore, it is necessary to observe the situation of ducklings frequently, find that there is a pile phenomenon, immediately drive them away, and properly group and increase the temperature of the brooding room to reduce the death of ducklings and improve the survival rate. 4. Keep a reasonable density. The suitable density of ducks on the ground is 20-25 ducks/m2 at 1 week old, 10-15 ducks/m2 at 2 weeks old, 6-10 ducks/m2 at 3 weeks old and 4-6 ducks/m2 at 4 weeks old. If the site is wider, the density can be reduced. Too high density, crowded ducks, not conducive to drinking water and feeding, growth and development affected, but also easy to cause disease transmission, and easy to cause duck flocks restless, pecking hair, bad rest, slow growth, group is not neat, duck body dirty, mortality increased. The density of duck flock decreases gradually with the increase of age, and can be adjusted according to seasonal changes (higher density in winter and lower density in summer), ducklings growth and environmental sanitation. 5. Feeding standard in brood period. In actual feeding, the feeding amount should be increased by 10%-15% on the basis of the standard, otherwise it is difficult to reach the weight standard. But my farm generally adopts 0-28 days free feeding way, after 5 weeks of age only then controls the feed intake. In short, brooding is a very meticulous work, but also related to the success or failure of ducklings, as long as familiar with the characteristics of ducklings, strengthen feeding management, can breed ducklings.