CATDOLL : CATDOLL: What is the best way to raise ducklings? How to build a greenhouse for raising ducklings?

1. What is the best way to raise ducklings?

1. Preparation for brooding

Prepare sufficient high-quality complete feed, feeding utensils and brooding room. Disinfect the brooding room and feeding utensils with 2% caustic soda water before feeding. After disinfection, rinse with clean water and keep them clean.

2. Drink water before eating

Ducklings do not feel hungry after hatching, so they need to be fed water before eating. Because the ducklings' digestive system is underdeveloped, feeding them too early will affect their health. Adding an appropriate amount of glucose to the drinking water can increase the ducklings' appetite and enhance their physical fitness.

3. Feeding

Feed the ducklings until they are 70% full. Overfeeding will affect their growth and development. Generally, the smaller the ducklings are, the less they eat, and the more times they should be fed. Frequent feeding and less feeding can promote the activity of ducklings.

4. Ensure ventilation

Ducklings have a vigorous metabolism and their excrement will produce a large amount of ammonia, which is harmful to the health of ducklings. The air in the brooder room should be kept circulating at all times, and reasonable ventilation should be carried out to keep the indoor air fresh, keep the brooder room dry and clean, and promote the growth of ducklings.

5. Do a good job of insulation

The growth temperature of ducklings is different at different stages. Only the appropriate temperature can ensure the normal activities of ducklings, good appetite, normal drinking, eating and excretion.

6. Disease prevention and control

Do a good job in immunization against duck plague, duck viral hepatitis, duck infectious serositis and avian influenza vaccines.

2. How to build a greenhouse for raising ducklings?

1. It is advisable to raise meat ducks in an environment that has both water and land.

2. It is best to raise meat ducks in pens. The purpose is to control the amount of exercise for the ducks so that nutrients can be directly absorbed and the ducks can gain weight.

3. The greenhouse is built next to water, and the ducks can move around in the water, take a bath, look for aquatic food, or eat and rest in the greenhouse.

4. Use wood or bamboo as materials to build the greenhouse, which is pollution-free, green, environmentally friendly, economical and durable. Then decide the size and structure of the greenhouse according to the site and the scale of breeding.

5. The greenhouse should be well ventilated and windproof, and the duck dregs and feces should be collected and processed properly.

3. How to build a greenhouse for raising ducklings?

You need to use insulation because the temperature requirements for raising ducklings are very high.

4. How many days does the furnace need to be lit for raising ducklings in spring?

：Depending on the specific situation, generally the room temperature should be above 30 degrees from the time the seedlings are placed in the room, and then gradually lowered after two weeks to adapt to the room temperature. It takes about 20 days.

5. How to raise egret ducklings?

1. Duckling selection

When selecting ducklings, it is best to choose active and strong ducklings. For those who are not active, listless, and too weak, do not keep them. If they are newly hatched ducklings, first check whether their eyes can be opened and whether they are bright, whether their mouths and limbs are rosy and smooth, and whether the nutritional conditions and hatching conditions are qualified. It is best to check whether the ducks have weak legs and other adverse symptoms. Once any abnormality is found, it is not advisable to select them.

2. Duck house preparation

When introducing ducks, all the feeding pens to be used should be equipped, and the environment of the duck house should be cleaned, diluted with disinfectant and disinfected comprehensively, and then rinsed after drying, so that the ducklings can be used. If the environment of the duck house is extremely dirty and the ducklings themselves have weak resistance, they will be easily infected with diseases and their growth and development will be affected, and in severe cases, they will die.

3. Boil water and start eating

Before feeding, ducklings should first be fed warm water. It is best to add an appropriate amount of vitamins and glucose to the drinking water, or drink 1% potassium permanganate solution, which can disinfect the ducklings' stomachs, promote gastrointestinal motility, speed up metabolism, increase appetite, and promote meconium excretion, which will lay a good foundation for future growth and development. When feeding, pay attention to feeding dry and wet feeds and different types of feeds together. Pay attention to feeding wet feeds for ducklings. Dry feeds are not easy to digest and will cause gastrointestinal discomfort. The ducklings' stomachs are watered and digest slowly, so the principle of eating small meals and frequent meals is adopted for feeding. Generally, they are fed once every three hours, and the amount of each feeding is one-tenth of the ducklings' body weight. As the ducklings grow, the number of feedings decreases and the amount of feeding increases.

4. Stocking density

The stocking density of ducklings must be paid attention to. Generally, it is appropriate to raise 30-35 ducklings per square meter for ducklings under one week old, 25 ducklings per square meter for ducklings aged 15 days old, 15 ducklings per square meter after 20 days old, and 10 ducklings per square meter after one month old. It can also be adjusted according to seasonal changes. The density can be slightly increased in winter when the temperature is low, and it should be reduced in summer when the temperature is high.

6. What is the best way to wean ducklings?

In winter, it takes about 20 days for ducklings to be weaned. In winter, the following points should be taken to strengthen the feeding and management of meat ducks.

1. Do a good job of cold protection and warmth preservation. Ducks are waterfowl and have strong cold resistance, but ducklings in the brooding period have weak cold resistance and need a certain temperature to grow and develop normally. In the cold winter, ducklings in the brooding period should be kept in a brooding room with good thermal insulation performance (the temperature in the first three days is required to be 30 to 32 degrees Celsius, and after 4 days, it is reduced by 1 degree every day until it drops to about 20 degrees.) If the temperature during the brooding period is not enough, the ducklings will be stunted, shrink their necks, shiver, or many ducklings will overlap and pile together (piling), causing the ducklings at the bottom to be squeezed, suffocated and die in large numbers. Therefore, it is necessary to strengthen the cold protection and warmth preservation of meat ducks during the brooding period. As the age of meat ducks increases, their cold resistance is increasingly enhanced, but it is also necessary to take insulation measures in a timely manner.

The specific measures are:

1. Before bringing in the seedlings, check if the doors and windows of the brooding house are damaged, and if there are any holes in the walls or roof. If there are any damage or holes, they should be repaired in time. It is best to seal all the holes in the windows, walls or roofs. The heating stove must have a chimney to discharge the soot outside the shed. There should be no soot in the duck house, as ducks are prone to gas poisoning. Keep the door closed at all times when entering and leaving the shed. Prevent cold air from entering the shed.

2. Before the cold front arrives, the duck house should be well maintained. For old duck houses, the roof is too thin and needs to be covered with straw or felt. The doors and windows should be covered with windproof and heat-insulating curtains. A layer of plastic sheeting should be added on both sides of the duck house and pressed with sand underneath. Ventilation holes should be left from the eaves to the bottom and the vents should be freely controllable. For duck houses that are attacked by the north wind, it is recommended to place a row of corn stalks vertically on the north side of the duck house or to temporarily build a windproof wall to prevent the cold north wind from directly attacking the duck house.

3. As the ducks age, after the flock is expanded (expand the flock after the temperature rises), you can consider installing heating lamps in the shed. A 100W heating lamp (heating lamp) can be installed in 7-8 square meters. The height of the lamp from the ground is about 1 meter, which is conducive to the ducks to fully warm up. The density of heating lamps depends on the specific conditions and the temperature at that time. Whether using a coal stove for heating or a heat lamp for heat preservation, special attention should be paid to safety to prevent fire and other accidents.

4. Change the bedding in the duck house frequently and keep it dry to help keep the duck house warm.

5. Prevent drafts and draughts from blowing directly onto the ducks, which will cause the ducks' body temperature to drop rapidly and easily cause them to catch a cold. When the ducklings are first given water, use warm water of about 20 degrees instead of cold water to prevent them from catching a cold due to wet feathers. For ground brooding, the thickness of the bedding should be about 5 cm, which is conducive to brooding and heat preservation.

2. Properly do insulation and ventilation work. While maintaining the temperature of the duck house, ventilation work must be done well. Otherwise, the strong odor of ammonia and other odors in the duck house will seriously affect the growth and development of meat ducks. Therefore, insulation and ventilation must be coordinated well. Please follow the following principles:

Under the condition that the temperature in the house is guaranteed, increase the ventilation volume. The plastic sheets on both sides of the duck house must be put down from top to bottom for ventilation. In the morning and evening or when the weather is cold, reduce the vents, and when the temperature is high at noon, increase the vents. Reduce the vents when there is wind, and increase them when there is no wind. As the age of the ducks increases, the vents can be gradually enlarged to allow the ducks to gradually adapt. When the temperature is very low, light a stove to heat the house, and then ventilate after the temperature in the house is raised. Before 20 days, focus on insulation and take ventilation into consideration. After 21 days, focus on ventilation and take insulation into consideration.

When dealing with the relationship between insulation and ventilation, the key points to grasp are: if ducks are piled together and close to the heat source, it means that the temperature in the duck house is low, and the vents should be appropriately reduced; if there is a strong odor or glaring ammonia in the house, it is necessary to ventilate the house. People in the duck house will not feel too smelly or stuffy, and the ducks will also feel comfortable.

7. How to raise geese with ducklings?

1. Choose good seedlings.

The quality of goslings directly affects the effect of brooding, so before brooding, goslings with good growth and development should be selected for fattening. Goslings in the early stage have poor body temperature regulation, and their digestive function and stress resistance are very weak, so it is necessary to strictly follow the relevant technology to do a good job in the key work of temperature, humidity, density, grouping, water, and food in the brooding stage to ensure the survival rate of goslings.

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2. Reasonable grouping.

Each acre of forage can raise 100-120 commercial geese, but they must not be raised all at once. Otherwise, there will be a contradiction that the forage is too young for the geese to eat in the early stage, and the old geese cannot eat it in the later stage, so the groups must be divided reasonably. Generally, 20 goslings are raised per square meter after one week of age, and the number is reduced to 15 after 2 weeks of age, and then decreases successively to make the density of the goose group reasonable, to prevent backlogs and stacking, and to affect the normal growth of the geese.

3. Fattening feed.

After 40-50 days of feeding in winter, the geese have grown their wings and weigh 2.5 kg. They can be fattened for 20-30 days with a high-energy, low-protein diet, and the weight of the geese can reach 5 kg. Reference feed formula: 35% corn, 30% flour, 20% rice bran or grass meal, 6.5% sorghum, 3% shell powder, 0.5% salt, 1% sand, and 4% bean dregs.

8. Duckling breeding technology and water feeding method?

Make preparations before raising ducklings

First, prepare enough fresh and high-quality complete feed. Secondly, the brooding room, feeding utensils and necessary facilities should be fully equipped to ensure that every duckling can eat feed and drink water. Thirdly, the brooding room, feeding utensils, etc. should be disinfected with 2% caustic soda water, and then rinsed with clean water after drying. Finally, the brooding room should be fumigated and disinfected. 3. Drink water first and then feed

Ducklings do not feel hungry after hatching. 24 hours after hatching, the ducklings’ down has dried, and they are active and lively. They often make “quack” sounds and start to move and peck at each other. At this time, they should be fed water before feeding. If the ducklings are mentally tired, their eyes are half open and half closed, and they are unwilling to move, it is past the time to feed. Feeding ducklings too early can easily damage their digestive organs and affect their health; feeding ducklings too late can cause insufficient nutrition, which is not conducive to their growth and development. Therefore, the best time to feed ducklings is between 14 and 24 hours after hatching.

Drink water before eating. Adding an appropriate amount of glucose or vitamin C to drinking water can promote gastrointestinal motility, clean the stomach, promote metabolism, accelerate the absorption of remaining egg yolk, increase appetite, and strengthen physical fitness. If 1‰ potassium permanganate is added to drinking water, it can also play a role in gastrointestinal disinfection.

4. Master the feeding method and frequency

The digestive function of ducklings is not perfect, so when feeding ducklings, do not feed too much each time. Only feed them until they are 60% to 70% full. If they are fed too much at one time, it will easily cause indigestion. Ducklings have a small gastrointestinal volume and digestion speed. If they are fed too little and the ducklings are hungry for a long time, it will affect their growth and development.

Under the condition of free feeding, the chyme of ducklings within 14 days can reach the duodenum in 5 minutes, and the excretion starts in 2 hours and is emptied in 4 hours. If the interval between feedings exceeds 4 hours, the ducklings will be in a hungry state. Generally speaking, the smaller the ducklings are, the less they eat, and the more times they are fed. In the early stage of brooding, it is necessary to add feed frequently and feed less, feed 6-8 times a day, and feed 1-2 times at night to encourage the ducklings to move.

9. What is the correct method for breeding Muscovy ducklings?

1. To raise chicks well, we should first pay attention to the environmental sanitation and disinfection of the brooding room, and clean, wash and overhaul the duck house and its equipment. The purpose is to minimize the microorganisms in the environment as much as possible to ensure the suitability and stability of the environment in the house and effectively prevent other animals from entering. Spray or brush with lime water, alkaline water or other disinfectants, and it is best to disinfect the cleaned equipment and utensils in the sun. At the same time, prepare hard firewood, coal balls, small blowers and other necessary items to ensure that the temperature before the chicks can be burned.

2. Use formalin fumigation to disinfect (use 30 ml of formalin per 1m3 and 15 g of potassium permanganate for fumigation for 24 hours, then ventilate to disperse the smoke). Therefore, utensils, especially feeding troughs, should be cleaned with potassium permanganate water, and then air-dried for later use.

3. Temperature test and temperature adjustment should be completed 2 days before the arrival of chicks. The thermometer should be hung 10 cm away from the duck's back, and 5-6 thermometers should be hung for every 1,000 chicks in the brooding house. Lighting the fire in advance can dry the shed and remove moisture, and on the other hand, it can see whether the temperature can reach 32℃-34℃ and ensure the temperature stability.

4. For large-scale farms specializing in Muscovy duck breeding, it is best to build a "standardized Muscovy duck ecological scientific brooding production workshop" based on the Longwang Puzhuang Qiaoyun Waterfowl Farm to meet the poor environmental adaptability of Muscovy ducks after hatching. Once the environmental conditions are not suitable, it is difficult for ducklings to make perfect self-regulation, which will cause growth stunting or health impact, or even death. The adaptability of ducklings to the environment requires a gradual adaptation process, and generally the adaptability will be significantly improved after half a month. Therefore, the work in the early stage of brooding is very important. The Puzhuang standardized ecological brooding production workshop will put the shelled seedlings into the brooding workshop. When the air, temperature, humidity, air quality, disease prevention, feed, and quality are in the best state, the brooding survival rate is greatly improved, and the healthy chick rate reaches 98%. After two days of careful observation, the ducklings sent to the farmers are lively and healthy, have a large feed intake, strong disease resistance, are easy to feed, and are very popular among farmers.

5. The brooding temperature that cannot be ignored ① For the temperature control standard, please refer to the "Daily Report of Brooding Management Statistics of Xinzheng Yangfan Waterfowl Breeding Co., Ltd." ?Brooding temperature: Whether the temperature is suitable, in addition to observing with a thermometer, you can also observe the dynamic performance of the duck group. If the duck group is lively, has a good appetite, drinks water appropriately, has smooth and neat feathers, spreads out to rest on the ground after eating, stretches its legs, relaxes its neck, and lies quietly without making any sound, it means that the temperature is suitable; if the duck group lowers its head and shrinks its neck, often piles together, keeps drilling into the duck group from the outside and makes uneasy calls, or gets close to the heat source for heating, it means that the temperature is low and needs to be raised, otherwise it will cause crushing or suffocation and death over time. If it is away from the heat source, opens its mouth to breathe, and drinks more water, it means that the temperature is high and it needs to be cooled appropriately. ?Temperature control principle: "appropriate and balanced", appropriate means meeting the standards, the ducklings feel comfortable, and balanced means that the temperature must be gradually lowered as the age increases. The cooling should be stable, and the temperature should not be reduced drastically or fluctuate, otherwise it is easy to induce disease. It should also be noted that the temperature should not rise or fall sharply within a day. After 3 weeks, the chicks will have a certain degree of cold resistance. If the temperature is above 15°C, artificial heating is not necessary. The most critical part of temperature management is the first three days and the first week. There must be someone on duty day and night to take care of them carefully to prevent the temperature from getting out of control. This is also the main reason why Xinzheng Yangfan Waterfowl Breeding Co., Ltd. has made great efforts to build a "standardized ecological waterfowl brooding workshop" to ensure the quality and survival rate of chicks. In actual production practice, some farmers ignore the early insulation work, resulting in illness or death. Then, in the face of the casualties and losses caused, it is unscientific and unreasonable to simply push the responsibility to the hatchery. Why some farmers have no problems with the same batch of seedlings, while others have problems, which shows that different care and management produce different results.

10. How to raise insects with wheat bran?

Mix the above raw materials, do not add roughage degraders and EM and other odor-eliminating substances, caged flies are placed in a dish at a height of 3 cm; housed flies are placed on strips of maggot breeding materials, and a pile is placed on every 20 cm strip of material, and a handful of egg-collecting materials (about 3 cm thickness, 5 square centimeters area) is placed on each pile. For every 100 kg of wheat bran, 3 kg of egg-collecting bran (weight of dry wheat bran) is required in the previous ingredients. After the above-mentioned materials for breeding fly maggots are put into the maggot breeding room, the egg-collecting materials are only put once, and they do not need to be put again on the second day. Fly maggot breeding is a cyclic production. Assuming that a cycle of 6 days is used, 3 pools are used every day, and each three pools are a group. We number them A, B, C, D, E, and F respectively. On the first day, the materials are put into the pool of group A; on the second day, no materials and egg-collecting materials are needed in group A, and only materials and egg-collecting materials from group B pools are put on the second day; on the third day, only materials and egg-collecting materials from group C are put..., and materials and egg-collecting materials from group F are put on the sixth day. On the seventh day, the maggots in group A grow up and mature and are collected. The residue is shoveled out and replaced with new materials and egg collection materials. On the eighth day, the maggots in group B grow up and mature and are collected. The residue is shoveled out and replaced with new materials and egg collection materials... and the production cycle continues. If you find that there are too many maggots in the materials for breeding maggots, you should add some materials appropriately. Otherwise, the maggots cannot grow and mature due to too many maggots and too little food. You should also pay attention to whether there is a lack of water. In the hot season, water should be added appropriately after the second day according to the dryness and wetness of the materials. Through the improvement and management of the above formula, since the breeding flies (house-raising mode) will also absorb enough nutrients (for cage-raising breeding flies, milk powder should be added to the breeding fly food), the egg-laying amount will be increased. Under the condition of ensuring sufficient egg-laying amount and suitable temperature, the yield of fly maggots raised with wheat bran can be increased by about one-fold compared with the past. Every 100 kg of wheat bran (including ingredients) can produce 80-110 kg of fly maggots. It is practical to raise small house flies and red-headed flies (the growth cycle of red-headed flies is 1-2 days shorter), and the yield is stable, the growth and maturity are fast, and the breeding cycle is shortened by about 2 days. The most important thing is that because the produced fly maggots are large and strong, the number of female flies used for seed retention increases after the maggots emerge, laying a good foundation for stable and high yields.