Turkey breeding technology

Although the turkey is called a chicken, it belongs to birds, and its appearance is completely different from that of ordinary domestic chickens. And the nutritional value of turkey is much higher than that of domestic chicken, and now it is gradually circulating in the market of our country. Its aquaculture area is also expanding, with high farming benefits. So how to do turkey farming? The following editor has brought you the turkey breeding technology, let's have a look!

1. Build a chicken coop

The construction of turkey henhouse is very important. First of all, we have to choose a good environment. Because the turkey feathers are very dense, in order to avoid turkey diseases and insect pests, the henhouse should be built in a dry place with good drainage and irrigation capacity and warm in winter and cool in summer. In the construction of the chicken house, it is necessary to prevent direct sunlight into the chicken house, but also to ensure that there is a certain amount of scattered light. The rest room, sports ground, hatchery, brooding room and artificial office should be reasonably planned in the chicken house. Try to keep some green trees around the chicken house to improve air quality and promote the growth of turkeys.

2. Breeder selection

The choice of breeding turkey plays a key role in the sustainable development of turkey farming. First of all, male turkeys should choose ones with strong growth ability, disease-free, high vitality and bright coat color. The choice of female turkey is similar to that of male turkey, but it is necessary to ensure good reproductive ability. And breeder chickens can not be used for a long time, should be replaced regularly, to avoid strong breeding ability, to eliminate inferior breeds in time. The utilization time of female turkey shall not exceed two years, while the utilization time of male turkey can be extended appropriately. After seed selection, it is necessary to do a good job in breeding, improve the quality of breeding eggs and ensure the benefit of breeding.

3. Breeding management

The first laying time of a female turkey is about 8 months. It is the laying time from April to August every year, and it can hatch after laying about 12 eggs. Turkeys usually mate on their own, but they should avoid inbreeding when mating. And when turkeys mate on their own, because of the differences in the specifications of male and female turkeys, the injury rate of female turkeys is relatively large, which will affect their reproductive capacity and economic benefits. Therefore, we should properly carry out artificial breeding work, and increase the mating ratio to about 1:20, which can not only improve the reproduction rate, but also effectively reduce the feeding cost.

4. Incubation management

The turkey's nesting property is relatively strong. When the female turkey holds the nest, we should pay attention to control the light to avoid the environment is too noisy to affect the turkey hatching. During the incubation period of the female turkey, the male turkey should be raised separately to increase the proportion of dry feed and wet feed as much as possible. After hatching, we need to take care of the eggs and check the eggs once a week to find the dead eggs in time and can't hatch. After the female turkey holds the nest, due to the lack of feed, it will be relatively weak, so it should be raised separately to restore physical strength as soon as possible.

The above is a brief introduction of turkey breeding technology, in turkey breeding must pay attention to do a good job of epidemic prevention, enhance turkey disease resistance, avoid disease, affect the growth of turkey. That's all for today's introduction. This article is for reference only. Thank you for your reading and support.