Breeding techniques of cultured blue peacocks

The main results are as follows: (1) to establish an excellent group of blue peacocks: blue peacocks can be selected according to appearance, body weight, growth and development, egg production, hatching rate and so on. In production practice, individuals with healthy, bright feather color, strong feet and uncurved toes are generally selected to establish excellent blue peacocks, and blue peacocks with different lineages are introduced to different units to prevent inbreeding. Blue peacock and green peacock can be crossed, and their hybrid offspring are fully fertile. Blue peacocks need to strengthen their needs to enable male and female blue peacocks to achieve good reproductive and physiological conditions.

In the wild, peacocks usually form a small group with a male peacock as the center, including 3-5 female peacocks, sometimes with young peacocks. Under the condition of artificial feeding, the method of increasing light can advance the sexual maturity of peacocks to 15 months old, and the body weight at the beginning of production is close to or equal to the adult weight, which is about six kilograms. If we adopt artificial insemination technology and strengthen the nutrition of female peacocks, the fertilization rate and hatching rate can be greatly improved.

(2) breeding method

The breeding period of blue peacock has strong seasonality, generally from June to August, under the condition of artificial breeding, the breeding period can often be advanced and extended. The female blue peacock begins to lay eggs 15 days after mating, so dig a bunker in the corner and put it for laying eggs. There should be a special seat for the shift to pick eggs to avoid egg-eating addiction or induction of nesting in blue peacocks.

1. Large group breeding: in a large number of female blue peacocks, according to the ratio of male and female 1: (4-6), the male blue peacocks are allowed to mate freely. During the breeding period, it is found that male blue peacocks can be picked out at any time due to fighting casualties or lack of breeding ability, and no new species of male blue peacocks can be added. The suitable size of the matching population is 50-60.

two。 Small group breeding: one male blue peacock and 4-6 female blue peacocks are reared in the barn for breeding.

3. Individual control breeding: the male blue peacock is raised alone in the breeding shed, and the female blue peacock is kept in another shed. Every day, a female blue peacock is put in the shed to breed, and the female blue peacock is reincarnated every five days to ensure the fertilization rate.