What if the duck doesn't gain weight?

There are two main sources of income for raising ducks: one is to sell duck eggs, and the second is to sell ducks. Egg ducks mainly lay eggs, while ducks in general mainly earn more from direct sales. But the sale is generally according to the weight to get the profit, so in breeding generally through the right way to increase the weight of ducks, if there is no growth of the situation how to deal with, you can take a look at the content of this article.

First, reasons

Ducks only see feeding, do not see weight gain, may be because the feed is too coarse, low nutrients, although fed, but the absorption and utilization rate is low, may be the lack of nutrition needed by ducks. In other words, ducks carry germs from duck seedlings, become infected with parasites, cause low absorption and digestion of ducks, or are not properly sterilized to catch diseases. There is the duck itself is a bodybuilding type or its own poor physique, did not choose the right breed and duck seedlings. In addition, it is caused by improper management, such as unclean growth environment, poor temperature control, over-dense breeding and so on.

2. Treatment methods

1. Prevention

Choose good duck seedlings with strong, normal coat color and fast and strong lower limbs. In the selection of duck seedlings to do a good job of quarantine work, do not skip this procedure, and then the means of transport and duck houses and other places are strictly and meticulously disinfected. And disinfect the duck house regularly and clean it every day. After the introduction of seedlings, you can first feed a unified drug, sterilization and insecticidal.

two。 Feed

When feeding, it should be noted that the early ducklings should be fed with finely crushed feed, which is easy to absorb and promote growth. after the breeding period, they should be fed some concentrate feed to the ducks, which can promote the ducks to gain weight quickly and can also use feeds such as duck fattening. You can choose the feed vegetables and grasses that ducks can most easily absorb and digest. Feed can bring some germicidal grasses, and the feed must be disinfected and cleaned before feeding. In addition, clean and fine sand should be added to the food to facilitate digestion.

3. Disease prevention

All eating utensils should be disinfected and sterilized, with emphasis on the prevention and treatment of salmonella, Escherichia coli, mycoplasma, duck plague, duck viral hepatitis, bird flu and other diseases, and vaccination should be started during the duck seedling period. however, if the disease in the later stage should be treated in time, it is generally antibiotics, so we should be careful not to use it alone for a long time. Vitamin C should be given before vaccination to speed up the effect.

How to deal with ducks not gaining weight, we should first find out the specific reasons, and then combine with practice to use correct and effective methods to prevent and cure them, so that the problem of ducks not gaining weight can be solved. For more information, please stay tuned for further updates.