Costs and profits of turkey farming

Turkey is larger in size, high in lean meat yield, tender in meat quality, high in protein and extremely rich in amino acids. Compared with other poultry meat, it has lower cholesterol content and is poultry meat with higher nutritional value. It is an ideal breeding project. The following is a brief introduction to the breeding cost and breeding prospects of turkey.

Cost and benefit of turkey farming

Turkey has the characteristics of fast growth, high meat yield, strong reproduction, easy management and high benefit. Under normal conditions, 140-day heavy turkey cocks can reach 16-20 kg, hens can reach 9-15 kg, medium turkey cocks can reach 13-15 kg, hens can reach 8-10 kg. It can be raised twice a year.

1. Cost: The current market price of turkey seedlings is 10 yuan/bird, the feed cost per season is 25 yuan/bird, the epidemic prevention and other miscellaneous expenses are 0.5 yuan/bird, and the total cost is 35.5 yuan/bird.

2. Output: Commodity chicken is calculated by 10 kg/chicken, the market minimum price is 10 yuan/kg, the survival rate is calculated by 90%, and the total output is 90 yuan/chicken.

3. Income: Each turkey can get a net profit of 54.5 yuan. Raising 100 turkeys per season in rural areas does not affect other work. Raising two seasons a year can get a net profit of more than 10,000 yuan.

Market prospect of turkey breeding

Turkey adaptability, artificial feeding, crop straw crushed into powder mix, can be used as turkey feed, house feeding grazing can be.

At present, the turkey market in our country develops rapidly, the main consumer market rapidly permeates from Guangdong coastal areas to large and medium-sized cities such as East China and North China, and the total sales volume increases. It can be predicted that with the continuous improvement of people's consumption level, turkey breeding will become an industry with broad breeding prospects, and turkey will gradually become a mass consumer product and become a new favorite on the Chinese table.

Breeding Technology of Turkey

1, variety selection, turkey varieties and varieties are many, at present, there are three common varieties in the domestic market.

Bronze turkey: Native to America, named after the bronze luster of feathers, with an annual output of about 60 eggs, female turkey weight of 8 kg, male turkey 16 kg. This variety has been introduced into China for a long time and is seriously degraded at present.

2 Nikola turkey: selected by the American Nikola turkey breeding company, adult cock maximum weight of 25 kg, female turkey about 12 kg, annual production of 60-80 eggs, pure white feathers. This turkey male and female weight disparity, natural mating fertilization rate is poor, to implement artificial insemination, suitable for intensive factory breeding.

③ Bettina Turkey: Originated in Mexico, it has been cultivated and domesticated by the French Bettina Turkey Breeding Company. It has become the only breed in the world that can be grazed and raised in houses. This turkey bears coarse feed, gains weight quickly, feeds the high reward, the disease resistance is strong, the annual production egg 90"-120, the male turkey weight is about 10 kilograms, the female turkey is about 5 kilograms. This turkey has high natural mating fertility and strong self-hatching ability, which is suitable for rural professional households and farmers to raise freely. It is an ideal variety.

2. Feeding management

① Pasture matching: Planting pasture is the focus of the whole turkey feeding work. Turkeys like to eat a wide range of green feed, weeds, vegetables, leaves, water peanuts, sweet potato vines and peanut seedlings can be. The cultivated grass such as ryegrass, chicory, polymer grass and rumex are all good feeds for turkey. The grass and crop straw can also be dried and crushed and reasonably matched with cake meal and bran wheat. Such self-ingredients can not only ensure quality but also save money, and reduce cost and improve chicken quality.

② Prevention of feed mildew: due to more rain in summer and high humidity, concentrated feed is easy to mildew, resulting in turkey mold poisoning. It is necessary to dry the feed in sunny days to prevent the occurrence of poisoning incidents. Mildewed feed is prohibited.

③ Do a good job in environmental sanitation: remove all kinds of pollutants in the field in time, disinfect regularly, and select disinfectants that are safe for humans and poultry, non-corrosive to equipment, and non-toxic residues. Drinking water should use tested well water or tap water.

3. Expert tips

① Must go to the professional turkey breeding farm to buy eggs or chickens, because of its purity in the variety, epidemic prevention methods, breeding technology and after-sales service is relatively perfect.

2. The first breeder should first raise light turkeys, such as French Bertina turkeys, which can mate naturally and lay eggs in four seasons.

(3) Turkey utilization period is only 3 years, introduction should buy chicks and young chickens as well, do not buy old chickens will be eliminated.