What kind of food do geese eat?

Executive summary: Wild goose belongs to bird class duck family animal, is the general name of all kinds of wild goose subfamily, belongs to the national second-class protected animal, belongs to omnivorous waterfowl, often inhabits in aquatic plant cluster water edge or swamp, feed on some non-toxic, no special smell of weeds, grass, grain and snail, shrimp, etc., let's take a look at wild goose eat what food bar!

Wild goose belongs to bird class duck family animal, is the general name of all kinds of wild goose subfamily, belongs to the national second-class protected animal, belongs to omnivorous waterfowl, often inhabits in aquatic plant cluster water edge or swamp, feed on some non-toxic, no special smell of weeds, grass, grain and snail, shrimp, etc., let's take a look at wild goose eat what food bar!

What do wild geese eat?

Wild geese are typical herbivorous flocks of waterfowl. In the wild, they feed on tender leaves, fine roots and seeds of plants, mainly weeds. When artificial breeding, large groups can graze to eat tender grass and wheat, mainly in rice stubble land, river dam beach, hillside, etc., without supplementary feeding, it can reach the adult goose level of about 5 kg. Under the condition of captivity, you can feed all kinds of weed powder and straw of various crops, such as corn stalk, soybean stalk, peanut seedling, etc., and add some concentrated feed appropriately during the breeding period (February to June). Although the reproduction rate of wild geese is lower than that of poultry, their herbivorous performance is strong. Raising an adult goose weighing 5 kg consumes 2 kg of concentrate for life (brood period), which is incomparable to any other livestock and poultry species.

Feed classification of wild geese

1. Grain and fruit: corn, wheat, chaff, barley, oat, sorghum, broken rice, rice, millet, soil flour (secondary flour), etc. If sorghum is fed, it must be crushed, softened with water or fed after sorghum has sprouted. Rice shell is very hard, must be ground into powder before feeding, due to the high fiber content of rice shell, so feed less.

2, bran: wheat bran, corn bran, bran, etc. These three feeds are high in crude fiber, generally not more than 20% in the feed.

3. Distilled grains: There are distiller's grains, beer grains, bean curd dregs, beet dregs, etc., which can be used to feed geese.

4, green feed: including all kinds of vegetables, artificial cultivation of grass and wild non-toxic grass, wild vegetables and water plants. Green feed contains relatively complete nutrients, vitamin content is rich, easy to digest, geese love to eat, and green feed sources are relatively wide, low cost, is a good feed for feeding geese. Silage radish leaves, alfalfa grass, grass is also a good feed, can be a large number of feed geese.

Feed proportion of wild goose at different stages

1. Wild goose 3~10 days old: mixed with washed and soaked broken rice and washed chopped vegetable leaves, young grass, aquatic grass, duckweed and other green feed, the ratio of concentrated feed to green feed is 8~10:1.

2. Wild goose 11~20 days old: mainly fed green feed, the ratio of concentrate feed to green feed is 1:4~8. With the growth of age, young geese can graze and graze.

3. Wild goose 21~30 days old: increase the proportion of green feed, and the ratio of concentrated feed to green feed is 1:9~12. Grazing time can be gradually extended for grazing animals.

4. Wild goose 4 weeks ~2 months old: It can make great use of green feed. Feeding green feed or grazing is the most suitable and economical feeding method.

5. Wild geese over 2 months old: fattening geese increase concentrate to fatten. The proportion of feed: corn and barley 60%, bran 30%, bean cake 8%, salt and sand 1% each, plus grass, broken wheat, cooked potato and other feed mixed feeding. Adding 2%~3% bone meal or shell powder to feed is helpful for goose bone growth and prevents soft leg disease. Feed four times a day, the last time at 9 - 10 p.m., and provide enough water. In the early fattening period, the ratio of concentrate feed to green feed is 1:1; in the late fattening period, the ratio of concentrate feed to green feed is 1:4. Live geese can be marketed when they weigh 3 to 3.5 kilograms.