The way of rearing ducklings

There are generally three ways of brooding, namely, ground rearing, online brooding and three-dimensional cage rearing.

? The ground brooding is to spread a soft cushion 5-10 cm thick on the ground of the nursery, and raise the ducklings directly on the cushion. Heating methods such as underground (or above ground) heating pipes, coal stoves, nanny umbrellas or red line light bulbs are used to raise the temperature in the nursery. This method is simple and easy, with less investment, but the utilization rate of the house is low, and the ducks are in direct contact with feces, and the feathers are dirty and prone to disease.

? Online brooding refers to the installation of metal mesh, plastic mesh or bamboo grid 30-80 cm high from the ground in the brooding house to raise ducklings on the net, and feces fall to the ground through the cracks in the mesh or grid. In this way, the ducklings are not in contact with the ground, the chance of infection is reduced, the utilization rate of the house is more than twice that of the ground feeding, the labor productivity is improved, and a large amount of bedding material is saved.

Three-dimensional cage rearing refers to raising ducklings in special multi-layer metal cages or bamboo cages, which can make more effective use of houses and heat than flat brooding, which not only has the advantages of online brooding, but also can improve labor productivity. the disadvantage is that the investment is larger. At present, the production of commercial meat ducks mostly use online brooding or three-dimensional cage breeding, meat breeder ducks generally use ground brooding or online brooding.

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