The market price of turkey

Turkey, otherwise known as turkey, ordinary turkey, seven-faced chicken, seven-faced bird, etc., originated in the United States and Mexico. It was first domesticated into poultry in Oaxaca, Mexico. It was imported into Europe at the end of the fifteenth century. It was introduced into China later. It is a necessary food for Thanksgiving. Let's take a look at the market price of turkey together.

Market price of turkey

At present, domestic live turkey poultry is about 25 yuan/catty, turkey white strip is about 30 yuan/catty, but the market price of turkey will rise sharply on Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Eve, turkey seedling price is much more expensive than ordinary chicken seedling price, generally in more than ten yuan to twenty yuan or so.

Selection of Turkey Breeds

1. Bronze turkey: Bronze turkey originated in America, named after its feathers with bronze luster. It has about 60 eggs per year. The female turkey weighs 8 kg and the male turkey weighs 16 kg. It has been introduced into China for too long and is seriously degraded at present.

2. Nikolai turkey: Nikolai turkey is bred by American Nikolai turkey breeding company. The maximum weight of adult cock is 25 kg, the female turkey is about 12 kg, and the annual output of eggs is 60-80. The feathers are pure white. The weight difference between male and female is poor. The natural mating fertilization rate is poor. Artificial insemination should be carried out, which is suitable for intensive factory breeding.

3. Betina turkey: Betina turkey originated in Mexico and was cultivated and domesticated by French Betina turkey breeding company. It has become the only breed in the world that can be both grazed and raised in livestock houses. It is tolerant of coarse feeding, fast weight gain, high feed reward and strong disease resistance. It has an annual output of 90-120 eggs. The male turkey weighs about 10 kg and the female turkey is about 5 kg.

The advantages of turkey farming

1, rapid growth: under normal circumstances, 140 days of heavy turkey cocks up to 16~20 kg, hens up to 9~15 kg, medium turkey cocks up to 13~15 kg, hens up to 8~10 kg, light turkey cocks up to 10~12 kg, hens up to 5~8 kg.

2, high meat yield: turkey has always been known as "meat machine", it has developed breast meat and leg meat, accounting for more than 40% of live weight, live slaughter rate of 64%, carcass slaughter rate of up to 85% or more, is currently all poultry with the highest meat yield of poultry, only breast meat and leg meat weight accounted for more than 40% of live weight, which is many poultry can not be compared.

3, strong reproductive capacity: artificial incubation of each turkey can produce 180 eggs per year, natural incubation can produce 80~100 eggs per year, fertilization rate, hatching rate are above 90%. Turkeys generally start laying eggs at 6 to 7 months of age, and when they lay 15 to 25 eggs, they begin to brood, and the incubation period is 26 to 28 days.

4, high survival rate: general just shell turkey weight can reach 110~130 grams, survival rate of more than 95%.

5. Strong adaptability: turkey is tolerant of coarse feeding, easy to raise, able to resist heat and cold, sleep outdoors, and eat snow to adapt to various harsh environments. Artificial feeding, all kinds of weeds, wild vegetables, insects, all crop straw crushed into powder mix, can be used as turkey feed, house feeding grazing can adapt. Generally, one person raises 200-300 commercial turkeys without affecting other field work.

6, saving resources: turkey is especially suitable for free breeding in orchards, forests, river beaches, slopes and other places, not only the best "weeding machine" but also chicken manure can improve the soil and fertilize the trees.

7, waste utilization: crop straw, dry leaves, vegetable leaves, etc. crushed when feed, chicken manure can be used as fertilizer, but also can be used as fish feed, really achieve ecological breeding, healthy breeding, saving food circular economic development.

8. High benefit: turkey saves only 30% of grain concentrate, which is 50% more than ordinary meat chicken. Turkeys have a high input-output ratio. Each turkey only needs to invest 20 yuan of water, electricity and feed costs every year to achieve the effect of scientific feeding. It can earn 80~100 yuan and the input-output ratio is 1∶4~1∶5. Commodity turkeys can grow to| 10-17 kg, deducting the cost of breeding each turkey can make a profit of about 50 yuan.