What kind of food do peacocks eat?

Peacocks grow in alpine trees and mainly live in hilly forests. dry semi-desertified grasslands, shrubs and deciduous forests, especially near water, go to the fields early in the morning and evening to find food and build nests on the ground. but they live in trees and feed mainly on seeds, insects, fruits and small reptiles. Let's take a look!

What kind of food do peacocks eat?

Peacocks are omnivorous birds, like to eat Sichuan pears, yellow bubbles and other fruits, but also eat grass seeds, tree species, rice and seedlings, animal foods are locusts, crickets, lepidoptera, sheath-winged insects and frogs, lizards and so on.

Feed types of peacocks

1. Protein: plant feeds include bean cakes, soybeans, peanut cakes, sesame cakes, rapeseed cakes, cottonseed cakes and sunflower cakes. These feeds contain 3550% protein, which can account for about 30% of the total feed. Animal feed includes fish meal, eggs, bone and meat meal, silkworm pupa, feather meal, blood meal, etc., which contains 40% to 80% protein, which can account for 20% of the total feed.

2. Energy feed: including corn, wheat, barley, sorghum and rice, in which the energy content is about 13.0 MJ / kg. Bran feed is low in energy, large in capacity and rich in crude fiber, which meets the nutritional needs of peacocks. So wheat bran, rice bran, corn bran, sorghum bran and so on can account for 5% of the total feed.

3. Minerals: shell powder, zeolite powder, bone powder and salt are also indispensable to the growth and development of peacocks, accounting for 2% of the total feed.

4. Green feed: green vegetables, wild vegetables, forage grass, etc., which can account for 20-30% of the urgent amount of feed.

5. Additives: including amino acids, minerals, vitamins, etc., should be increased or decreased according to the different feeding stages of peacocks and the different feeding conditions of peacocks.

The feed formula of peacocks

1. The formula of peacock feed: corn 40%, bean cake 20%, wheat bran 6%, fish meal 14%, millet 7%, wheat 6%, mineral 27%, salt 0.3%, bone meal 2%, yeast 2%. The crude protein content of the diet is 22.6%, and the metabolic energy is 11.9 megajoules / kg. This material is used for peacocks before 50 days old.

2. Medium female peacock feed formula: corn 45%, sorghum 5%, bean cake 18%, soybean 3%, fish meal 8%, bone meal 4%, wheat bran 10%, yeast 3%, salt 0.5%, shell powder 0.5%.

3. Young peacock feed formula: corn 38%, whole wheat flour 10%, wheat bran 4.6%, sorghum 3%, soybean cake 21%, soybean meal 8%, fish meal 10%, yeast 3%, bone meal 1%, shell powder 1%, salt 0.4%. This material is used for peacocks the year before 22 months old.

4. The feed formula for breeding peacocks: corn 60%, wheat bran 8.5%, bean cake 18%, fish meal 8%, yeast 3%, shell powder 2%, salt 0.5%. This material is used for adult peacocks.

5. egg-laying peacock feed formula: corn 45%, bean cake 16%, soybean 10%, fish meal 10%, wheat bran 8.5%, bone meal 5%, salt 0.5%. This material is used for peacocks during laying period.

6. Feed formula for peacocks: corn 48%, whole wheat flour 5%, wheat bran 5%, sorghum 2%, soybean cake 20%, soybean meal 5%, fish meal 8%, yeast 2% bone meal 2%, shell powder 2.5%, salt 0.5%. This material is used to grow peacocks. The above materials should be added as appropriate, such as multi-dimensional, trace elements and other additives.