Feeding and management of quail geese and young geese

Generally speaking, the feeding and management of sweet quail geese can be divided into four stages, the 0-5 weeks is the rearing period, the 6-27 weeks is the growing period, and the laying period after 27 weeks, the most important of which is the brooding period.

In the nestling period, the young geese are very delicate after birth, the ability to adapt to the external environment is weak, and their own ability to regulate body temperature is poor, the volume of digestive tract is small, and the body function is not yet perfect. At this stage, the metabolism of young geese is exuberant and the growth rate is fast. The disease resistance of the newly hatched geese is weak. according to these characteristics, it is very important to do a good job of brooding, which is not only related to the growth rate and survival rate of the chicks, but also affects the production and health status of the quail geese.

The site and utensils should be cleaned and disinfected before brooding. The disinfectant was prepared in a ratio of 1 to 300 with Baidu. After the brooding net bed is covered, it is disinfected and left vacant. Indoor heating should be carried out the day before the brood, so that the temperature of the brooding net bed is controlled at about 30 ℃.

1. Temperature control

The temperature of brooding was 34 ℃ on the first day, and then decreased by 0.5 ℃ every day. Temperature control can also be carried out on a weekly basis. The temperature of the nursery bed should be 32-35 degrees in the first week, and then drop 2 degrees per week. # generally speaking, after three weeks, the quail geese will be able to adapt to the temperature of the external environment, and then the manual temperature control can be stopped.

2. Humidity control

Chicks should not grow in large nests, wild geese should not be wet, sand should be spread in the house to keep dry, and the humidity should be kept at about 60% to 70%.

3. Daylight control

Sunlight exposure is very important for young geese. When there is not enough light, the geese will be dispirited, lose their appetite, their beaks are gray and their feathers are dishevelled and yellowed. Therefore, if natural light can not be used during the breeding period, artificial light should be used instead. The chicks should keep continuous light for 24 hours in the first 3 days. It can be dominated by natural light after a week.

4. Feeding density

Feeding density is also an aspect that should be paid attention to during the breeding period. The suitable breeding period is 50 to 100 mice per small group, 40 mice per square meter at one week of age, 30 at the age of two weeks, 25 at the age of 20 at 3 weeks, and 20 at the age of 4 weeks. The density can be adjusted appropriately with the increase of chicks' age.

5. Feed feeding

When the quail geese just come out of the shell, they only have the embryonic kidney urinary system, which takes a period of time to have full function, so the young geese have weak ability to absorb water and are easy to be dehydrated. During brooding, special attention should be paid to the supply of adequate drinking water. 30 minutes after entering the nursery, the young geese should be fed with warm water and the water temperature should be kept at 20 ℃ to 30 ℃. The young geese can be fed after 2 hours of drinking water. For geese from 0 to 6 weeks, the ingredients of the feed formula are complicated, including 60% corn meal, 15% soybean meal, 23% wheat bran, 1% fish meal, 1% calcium lactate, multivitamin additives and gypsum powder. Feed 5 times a day and drink freely.

6. Feeding and management

Generally speaking, the management of the breeding period of quail geese should pay attention to the following problems: first, to master the appropriate temperature, do not suddenly hot and cold, hot and cold is the most likely to cause disease. Second, timely grouping and strict prevention of stacking, it is found that weak chicks should be raised alone and returned to the group after recovery. Third, to carefully raise, often observe the goose eating, drinking water, feces, sleep, growth and other conditions, if found abnormal conditions should be treated in time.

7. Broken beak

In order to prevent feather pecking and waste of feed, the beak of 3-week-old geese should be cut off. Beak breaking work requires the preparation of purple potion, scissors and other tools and equipment. When you break your beak, you should first pour the purple potion into the basin and set aside, then put the scissors into the purple lotion for disinfection. Hold the goose tightly when you break your beak to avoid accidentally injuring other parts due to the twisting of the goose's body. Cut off the top tip of the goose's beak with scissors until blood flows out to ensure that the beak is completely broken. In order to prevent wound infection, the bleeding place of the goose beak should be put into purple solution to disinfect.

8. Disease prevention and control of young geese

(1) epidemic prevention of young geese

In order to ensure the healthy growth and development of quail geese, young geese should be immunized. Mainly for bird flu immunization, if not controlled properly, it will cause a large number of geese to die. The young geese should be vaccinated against bird flu when they grow to the second week. The first step is to build a simple fence at the corner of the vacant shed. The specific method of construction is to splice several prepared guardrails together, and the interface should be bound and fixed with iron wire. After the fence is built, the unimmunized young geese can be driven into the fence, and then the fence will be enclosed in a rectangle. It should be noted that the number of people who rush in at one time is not too much, and it is advisable to take 30 of 25 murmurs. At this time, the goose can be vaccinated against bird flu. The injection method is to inject 0.3 ml of inactivated avian influenza vaccine under the feather or muscle of the young geese. Put the young geese who have been vaccinated against bird flu in the shed, so as to ensure that they will not miss and fight well.

(2) treatment of common diseases of young geese the common diseases of young geese are mainly viral hepatitis, which is characterized by loss of appetite, dark feathers and sound sleep. For this condition, 0.2 ml of virus liver vaccine can be injected subcutaneously or intramuscularly per feather. In addition, the injection of virus-liver vaccine can also play a certain immune effect on viral hepatitis, and the immune period is 9 months.