What does guinea fowl eat?

Guinea fowl is a new breed of meat poultry, which is becoming more and more popular in China, so many farmers begin to raise guinea fowl. So what does guinea fowl eat?

What does guinea fowl eat?

Guinea fowl and ordinary native chicken eat basically the same, general farmers feed guinea chickens full price feed in the early stage, feed in the middle and later stage, or omnivorous food, grain, corn, vegetables, forage and so on. Guinea fowl breeding methods are generally divided into: cage breeding, free breeding. General cereals, bran, cakes, fishbone meal and so on can be used for consumption. In addition, I especially like herbivores, vegetables, leaves, fruits and other green plants.

Energy feed, corn, brown rice, rice, sorghum, wheat bran, secondary flour. Full-fat rice bran, defatted rice bran, wheat, fat.

Protein feed, expanded soybean, soybean meal, soybean cake. Cottonseed meal, peanut meal, rapeseed meal, sesame meal, sunflower meal. Corn gluten meal, corn germ meal, whole fish meal, mixed fish meal, hydrolyzed feather meal, meat meal and meat and bone meal.

Mineral feed, calcium phosphate, bone powder, stone powder, shell powder.

Special additives, plant enzymes, colorants.

Green feed additive, enzyme preparation, Chinese herbal feed additive, acid preparation, saccharoterpenin.

Second, the characteristics of guinea fowl

Adaptable. Guinea fowl prefer dry to wet, and have strong tolerance to external adverse environment, especially strong heat resistance. Adult chickens can still live at 0 ℃ or lower, and can keep quiet at as high as 35 ℃, even without affecting egg laying, so it is especially suitable for family breeding.

Neurotic. Guinea fowl are timid, neurotic and easy to be frightened. Once they encounter an accident, the chickens will be uneasy, scream, fly and bump randomly, often leading to the breaking or tearing of their neck, legs and wings, and even choking to death because of shock.

Strong gregariousness. When stocked or free-range, dozens or hundreds of chickens often gather together, with a little abnormal movement, squeezing each other, and the separated chickens can also find their own flocks.

Good at flying, happy to climb high. Guinea fowl can fly to the roof at the age of 3 months, with a distance of about 3 meters. Therefore, a purse seine should be set up, or the big feather should be pulled out. When it is at rest, it likes to climb high, especially at night, therefore, a perch should be set up in the house.

Mate selection. Guinea fowl are selective to the opposite sex, so the fertilization rate is low during natural mating. Artificial insemination can solve this problem.

The diet is wide and varied. Long-term wild life makes pearl chickens eat a wide range of foods, such as corn, bean cake, bran, fish meal, wheat, bone meal, oyster meal, salt, vitamins and trace elements, which can be used to prepare diets. In particular, guinea fowl like to eat green plants, which can not only reduce the cost, but also improve the meat quality.

Like to take a sand bath. It is necessary to have no artificial sand bath in the house to facilitate the cleaning of feathers and is beneficial to health.

The breeding method of guinea fowl is similar to that of ordinary chickens, but it has been loved by many people because of its delicate meat, delicious taste, high protein and low fat.