Breeding, management and techniques of peacocks

Peacock is a kind of rare bird, the main species are divided into green peacock, blue peacock and other two species, as well as mutated white peacock. Among them, blue peacocks are mainly farmed objects, blue peacocks contain very high protein and low fat content. Now peacock breeding has gradually become a new type of breeding project. So how to raise peacocks? The following editor brings you the peacock feeding and management technology, let's have a look!

1. Management of the rearing period

The breeding period of peacocks is relatively short, generally about 2 months. In order to ensure the survival rate of young peacocks, artificial breeding is generally used in breeding. The young peacocks within three weeks use the method of cage, pay attention to the specifications of the cage, to ensure that each young peacock has sufficient space to grow. Then the temperature of the nursery cage should be controlled according to different ages, for example, the temperature should be controlled at 35-37 degrees within 10 days, 27 degrees in the next 10 days, and 25 degrees in January. And the humidity should be controlled at about 65%, and then pay attention to the amount of feed and the proportion of nutrition, control the feeding density, and do a good job of disease prevention and insect repellent.

2. Management of the breeding period

The peacock in the breeding period refers to the growth period from two months to two years, and pay attention to the size of the breeding room during the breeding period. The breeding room should include a lounge, a playground, etc., and an appropriate amount of perches should be set up in the playground to provide a place for peacocks to live. Pay attention to the breeding density, because the size of peacocks becomes larger, so it is necessary to reduce the number of peacocks per group, no more than 20 per group. Then control the feed delivery, the feed during the breeding period is mainly pure pellet feed, supplemented by green feeding, should not be fed too much, at least twice a day. Then we should pay attention to observe the peacock's weight, if it is for meat, it can be listed when the weight reaches 8 jin or so in about 8 months.

3. Adult management

Adulthood refers to peacocks that have grown for more than two years and can reproduce normally. At this time, we should pay attention to the male-female ratio of peacocks. A male peacock can breed about 4. Then the area of the peacock house is controlled at about 15 square meters, and tall trees are properly planted in the playground for shade. Feeding should be based on the principle of timing and quantity to ensure the quiet around the feeding house and do a good job of cleaning. Due to the different temperature and environment of each season, adult peacocks have different management methods in each season. For example, in summer, high temperature and rainy, high humidity, so the peacock's food intake will be greatly reduced, egg production will also be affected, gradually stopped. At this time to improve concentrate and green feeding, do not feed moldy feed, do a good job of heat prevention and cooling.

4. Management of breeding period

Under the condition of artificial breeding, the breeding period of peacocks will be advanced and the laying period will be prolonged. The time of sexual maturity of peacocks is about two years, and each female peacock can lay about 32 eggs a year. When entering the breeding period, it is necessary to make a good combination of populations, select peacocks with strong growth and free of diseases and insect pests, do not inbreeding, control the mating times of each male peacock, each male peacock should be kept at about 5 times, not too much or too little, too much will affect the fertilization rate, too low will hurt the body of the female peacock. When in estrus, it is necessary to ensure a quiet environment and improve the fertilization rate. Eggs will be laid about half a month after successful mating.

The above is a brief introduction of peacock feeding and management technology, peacock feeding and management is relatively tedious, but its production period is maintained for about 5 years. And as I just said, the feeding and management methods of peacocks in adulthood will vary with the seasons. If you want to know how to manage the four seasons, you can check out the relevant articles. That's all for today's introduction. This article is for reference only. Thank you for your reading and support.