Introduction to feeding and management of peacocks and disease prevention and control measures

The peacock's whole body is a treasure, which is high in protein and low in fat, and contains a variety of amino acids and trace elements. In ancient times, only emperors and generals could enjoy it. The blue peacock is not only of high nutritional value, but also has excellent medicinal functions. It is a good gift for relatives and friends and good wishes for beauty and good luck. In recent years, many friends have devoted themselves to peacock breeding. Let's take a look at the peacock breeding and management and disease prevention and control measures.

1. Feeding and management of peacocks

1. Management of the rearing period

The rearing period of blue peacock is 2 months, which is usually reared artificially, and reared in net or cage at the age of 1-20 days. Each grid is 2.5 meters long and 2 meters wide, and the bottom net is 60 centimeters high. Cage breeding is advocated, and chicken cages can be used. After coming out of the shell, the chicks should be placed in the incubator, the temperature should be kept at about 30 ℃ in the first 3 days, and the heat preservation at the age of 1 week should be more than 28 ℃.

When eating, first feed 0.4% potassium permanganate solution, and then feed chicken flower and yellow powder insects. The chicks like to eat Tenebrio Molitor and put them into a layer cage after 1 week of age. the size of the cage is 100 cm × 70 cm × 40 cm. Ten young birds were raised at the age of 1-2 weeks, 6-8 birds per grid at 3-4 weeks of age, and 5 birds at 5-8 weeks of age. After 8 weeks of age, they were transferred to the breeding flock, and 12 birds were raised in each column.

A piece of disinfected gunny bag should be placed at the bottom of the cage during brooding, and it should be changed frequently, keep clean and dry, feed and supply water all day long, properly add compound vitamin B in drinking water, supply Tenebrio Molitor regularly every day, gradually supply green feed after 8 weeks of age, and use chicken Ⅳ vaccine to immunize with drinking water once at 5 weeks of age. Temperature and humidity control of caged chicks: 1 10 days old 3438 ℃, 1120 days 2628℃, 2130days 2426℃, after that feathers increased, which can be the same as room temperature; the air relative humidity was controlled at 60% 70%.

Feed and feeding times: the blue peacock was fed with cooked eggs, broiler feed, green worm and supplementary feed at the age of 1-10 days, cooked eggs, broilers, green worms and supplementary feed at the age of 11-30 days, cooked eggs, green fodder, broiler feed, green worm and supplementary feed at the age of 11-30 days, and 31-60 days old, twice a day. Feed is the same as 11-30 days old, plus corn dregs, rice and so on.

The appropriate feeding quantity of each group is 30 to 35, and each young peacock occupies about 0.6 square meters of fence house, and the feeding density decreases with the increase of age. Take free food and water. Keep the environment quiet, prevent surprises, and establish a management style of signal conditioned reflection. Regularly do a good job of disinfection, deworming and epidemic prevention, rodent control, animal prevention, and timely isolation of sick chicks.

2. Feeding and management of middle finches.

After 8 weeks of age, the chicks were raised in a breeding house with an area of about 30 square meters per column and 10 birds. The floor of the fence house is covered with coarse sand 3 to 5 centimeters thick to keep the fence house dry and provide sand bath. Feed chicken feed for the first time, gradually add grain and beans, feed a little cooked eggs or yellow powder insects every day, cut up green material once a day, and place health care sand in the barn.

The finches are raised to the age of 6 months. If they are eaten, they can be fattened properly. At this time, the meat-to-feed ratio is about 1 ∶ 4. The finches have been raised for about one and a half years and become sexually mature. At this time, it is necessary to select species and match. The individuals with normal growth and development, healthy feet and moderate phalangeal distance were selected as backup finches, and the arrangement of crown feathers and the color of neck and chest feathers were considered. The male-female ratio of 1 ∶ 2 to 1 ∶ 3 was used as the first group, which was raised in a fixed shed until laying eggs. At this time, energy feed should be properly controlled to avoid fat deposition and affect breeding.

3. Adult feeding and management

Adulthood refers to the blue peacock during the laying or non-laying period of more than 2 years. The male and female ratio of each column of peacock house is 1 ∶ 3 to 1 ∶ 5, each group of peacocks occupies 15 square meters of column, the area of fence house is 5 meters × 10 meters, half indoor and outdoor, and the net height is 5 meters. The mesh is 1.5 cm × 2.5 cm, and sunshade plants should be planted on the sports ground. Feed regularly and regularly, keep quiet and pay attention to cleanliness.

II. Disease prevention and control measures in the process of peacock culture

Peacock is a kind of wild bird, which has formed strong disease resistance in long-term natural selection. In the process of feeding and management in the past few years, keeping the environment quiet, less contact with the outside world, keeping the shed dry, clean and hygienic, and disinfecting it regularly are the basic work to prevent diseases. In addition, we also found the following diseases.

1. Pasteurellosis

This is an acute septic infectious disease in peacocks, which is common in young birds and occasionally occurs in adults with acute morbidity and high mortality. It is common in late spring and early summer. Oxytetracycline can be added to feed for prevention and can be treated with streptomycin 20-30 000 units / Kg.

2. Parasites in vivo

Because peacocks like to eat insects, they are easy to be infected with nematode and coccidiosis. We found that there were nematodes and coccidiosis. Levamisole hydrochloride tablets were fed with 3-4 tablets per adult, and the effect was good, at least three times a year. Coccidiosis can be controlled with coccidiosis.

3. Vaccination with chicken plague vaccine to prevent the infection of sparrow plague.

4. Stress factors

The peacock is not domesticated, timid and easily affected by stress factors, resulting in accidental death.

5. Other

In addition, there are body lice, blackhead disease, vitamin deficiency, foreign body damage and so on, which need us to feed and manage carefully, find problems in time, and take effective measures to prevent and cure them.