Ostrich breeding method

Ostrich is a special animal in Australia and Africa! So, how to cultivate this kind of animal in China? What are the specific methods? Let me introduce you to the method of raising ostriches for your reading!

Environmental conditions of ostrich breeding

1, environmental conditions

The site should be far away from villages and living areas, and avoid external interference as much as possible.

2, natural free-range

In the case of free range, the water area of black swan can be large or small. Generally, every 100 square meter of water can be raised 1 pair of breeding geese. Some emergent plants can be planted in the pool. Grass can be planted in rotation in the open space around the pool, and some trees can be planted for shade in summer. Free-range areas are surrounded by nets or fences with a height of 1.5 meters to prevent other animals from entering the area for interference and influence. The water in the pool should be disinfected regularly. Generally, 50 kilograms of fresh lime powder or 20 kilograms of bleaching powder should be sprinkled on each mu of water surface. In the case of free-range, the black swan needs to be artificially trimmed once a year to prevent it from flying away. Feather-cutting method is simple, and gymnastics method is to cut off 5 ~ 6 primary flying feathers after molting every autumn.

3. Cage fence

If caged, the shed covers an area of 30 square meters, including the pool 10 square meter, and the water depth is 60 cm. Each shed 1 pair of geese, and the pool water is changed regularly.

Feed standard for ostrich breeding

1. Goose feed: mainly concentrated feed (which can be used for laying hens), supplemented by green feed (including grass and vegetables). During the breeding period, 5% fish meal and 3% shell powder were added to the concentrated feed to meet the breeding needs.

2. Feed requirements for goslings: The daily diet is 70% of concentrated feed and 30% of green feed, and the concentrated feed adopts broiler pellets with high protein content.

3. Gosling: When the gosling is raised to the age of 4 months, it will enter the feeding stage of gosling, and the concentrated feed can be changed to layer pellets, and green feed is provided for free intake.

Pairing of breeding geese in ostrich breeding

1. Young geese begin to pair at the age of 18 months, which allows them to fall in love freely in the free-range area. The successfully paired swans are inseparable and go in and out in pairs, indicating that the pairing is successful, the formation of the pairing is relatively stable, and occasionally monogamy.

2. Manual forced pairing: For swans that have not been successfully paired in free love, the mating problem can be solved by manual forced pairing. The specific operation method is to put the unpaired black swans, one male and one female, into adjacent cages to keep them from touching each other. If two geese often meet across the net, they can be placed in the same cage when nodding their love. If there is a pairing phenomenon, it can be put into the free-range area. If it fails, it can be reused, which usually solves the problem once.

Raising method of ostrich: working in breeding period.

1. Provide nesting materials: Black swans enter sexual maturity when they are 20 months old. At this stage, it is necessary to provide nesting materials such as dry thatch, Leymus chinensis and straw around its activities for its free collection and nesting.

2. Natural incubation: Black swans can lay eggs after nesting. Generally, 1 egg is laid from the 8th day to the 5th day after the first mating, and 1 egg is laid the next day, and each nest can lay 6-7 eggs. If it is allowed to hatch naturally, it is necessary to build a shed at the top of the nest to keep out the sun and rain and prevent human interference during hatching.

3. Artificial incubation: After the first 1 egg is laid, you can take it out of the nest, replace it with a fake egg, and then take out the newly laid egg. Finally, take out the fake eggs, and take protective measures when taking eggs manually to prevent being attacked by swans. Generally, you can enter the second spawning period every 20 days and naturally hatch the second nest of eggs. The eggs are stored for 4 ~ 5 days. When the number of eggs is large, it can be hatched by machine, and when the number of eggs is small, it can be artificially hatched by simple methods. Generally, it is better to hatch with warm water. The best temperature application scheme is variable temperature incubation, 1 ~ 15 days at 38℃, 16 ~ 32 days at 37.5℃ and 33 ~ 35 days at 36.8℃. After 25 days of egg development, it is dried once a day for 5-8 minutes each time, and artificially humidified after 32 days to improve the hatching rate of breeding eggs.

Ostrich breeding method: brooding.

Naturally hatched swan chicks can let breeders raise their own chicks, and the effect is ideal. The artificially hatched goose chicks should do the following:

1, temperature: 35 ~ 32℃ 1 ~ 7 days after hatching, and then drop to 1 ~ 2℃ every week, and gradually drop to natural temperature. Whether the temperature is suitable or not depends on the mental state of the gosling.

2. Epidemic prevention: within 24 hours after the gosling is hatched, 0.5 ml of gosling plague serum is injected subcutaneously into the neck.

3. Feeding: goslings can be drunk 30 hours after hatching, with warm boiled water, antibiotics added to the water for 3 days, and eaten 2 hours after drinking. Feed is fed 6-7 times a day, and they are free to drink.

Ostrich breeding methods: health and epidemic prevention measures

1. Clean the culture area regularly, keep the culture area clean, and spray disinfectant to kill all kinds of pathogens. Commonly used disinfectants include quaternary ammonium salts and iodine-containing preparations. Disinfectants should be replaced regularly.

2. During feeding, broad-spectrum antibiotics such as amoxicillin, oxytetracycline, ciprofloxacin, etc. Or it can be mixed with Chinese herbal medicines for three days every month to prevent poultry diseases.

3. Inject goose plague serum and goose paramyxovirus oil vaccine to breeding geese at the beginning of March every year. Prevention and treatment of common diseases in ostrich breeding