Muscovy Duck requires High Environmental temperature matters needing attention in Muscovy Duck Culture

Muscovy duck, commonly known as foreign duck, originated in the tropical rain forest of South America, compared with water duck, muscovy duck has higher requirements for environmental temperature, can be raised in drought, but also can be combined with water and drought.

Muscovy duck

Muscovy duck has stronger heat resistance than water duck, and the environmental temperature requirement is higher. The environmental temperature required by muscovy duck at 1 day old should reach 35℃, then drop 1℃ day by day, and the temperature should be removed when muscovy duck is 20 days old or 20℃. Therefore, muscovy duck duckling should pay attention to heat preservation during duckling period. In addition, muscovy ducklings into the first 10 days, easy to sleep at night because of a lot of yards and cause death. When raising muscovy ducklings, the number of ducklings in each small room shall not exceed 200, and the ducks in the yard shall be opened every 1 hour until the ducks are not piled.

Available broken rice to young muscovy tell mouth, early feed duckling feed, feed duck feed in the middle, late feed duck feed or add 10% rice bran. Newborn ducklings, drinking water first with bell-type drinking water supply, and then with broken rice, broken corn "eat". Broken rice, broken corn first with boiling water over, cooling, materials trough, all day for food.

Muscovy duck is generally fed with duck series feed at present. From the 4th day, ducklings with crude protein no less than 19% were gradually increased. At the 6th day, ducklings were fed with 19% pellets instead of corn or broken rice. At the age of 30 days, medium ducks were fed pellets with crude protein no less than 16%, and at the age of 60 days, large ducks were fed pellets with crude protein no less than 15%. If duck feathers are not growing fast enough, add 10% rice bran to duck feed after 60 days of age.

Muscovy duck aggressive, if the breeding environment crowded, dirty, air circulation, and separate feeding, then the winter and spring easy to peck fight, sometimes Muscovy duck peck each other bloody. Therefore, 1/4 of the front end of the beak of the duckling should be cut off within 1 week of age, and the section should be disinfected with iodine or soldering iron. Some duck households in rural areas in the middle and late open or water bath feeding, ducklings do not need to break the beak.

Muscovy duck in the middle and late period of defecation, easy to pollute duck house, special attention should be paid to the cleanliness of duck house. If it is raised in hot weather, the duck house should be washed with water more than 2 times a day; if it is raised in cold weather, it is necessary to pad grass, rice husk, etc. more than 3 times a day, do not let muscovy duck sleep on dung. Otherwise, muscovy duck chest and abdomen feathers will rot, or become dung duck.