popular domestic geese in our country are not inferior to the chickens.The thing unpretentiousness of these birds and their ability to quickly gain weight.Thus there is no need for too much spending on food.In summer, the geese go mainly to grass.
How to choose the breed
ancestors of modern poultry is wild gray goose, widespread in the northern hemisphere - America, Africa, Europe and Asia.Domesticated this bird was a long time ago - initially in the Middle East and China.At the moment, there is just a huge number of species of geese.Experienced farmers are advised to start breeding this bird with the most reliable and unpretentious old rocks.Such, for example, how holmogorskaja or Chinese.But best of all, of course, choose a breed, the most adapted to feed and climate of a particular region.
What should be the premise for geese
Poultry geese, as already mentioned, quite unpretentious.Shed for them can be built from almost any material - planks, beams, logs, clay, blocks, and so on. D. It is important that the room was dry and draft-free.In one specimen shall be at least 1 m2.Sex can be a wooden or earthen.It certainly should be a blanket (winter - from straw, in the summer - from the sand and sawdust).Also in the barn for the geese nest set 60 cm long, 40 cm wide and a height of two feet.Their bottom stretches of clean straw.We do not recommend hanging nests on bright places, and too close to the walls, cold winter.
domestic goose - the bird in need of roaming, even in winter.Therefore, next to the barn we need to make a small courtyard in which to put the feeding, watering and high capacity for swimming - the trough or bath, if there is no reservoir.
drinkers and feeders
feeders geese do toddlers type.They must be made of easily washable materials.Under the trough is suitable for both the old enamel bucket or pot or bowl.In winter, the water tank can be buried directly in the shed in the litter.In this case, the water in it will not freeze.
Content of domestic geese: what to feed
In the summer time the bird kept on roaming.In addition, it is fed only in the evening.At the same time make the mash of grain wastages.As if goose grass "pasture" little by introducing additional morning feeding.In winter, the geese give chopped hay or hay dust.Also include in the diet of grains, concentrates and root vegetables.As an additive necessary to use meat and bone meal.In the shed you need to put the trough with water in which domestic geese after eating will wash out the beak.Feed the birds in winter time, three times a day.Potatoes best to boil.Grain useful germinated.
How to withdraw goslings
eggs the birds are starting around the end of February and July.If the heat is in the shed (not less than 4 ... + 5 ° C), this process can begin before.But this will happen only if the ambient light for poultry will burn at least 14 hours.Geese in the home are usually displayed in the incubator.If this is not possible, leave a goose egg.In that case, if no portion of the reservoir, wherein the bird would occasionally bathe them approximately once a week moistened with warm water.It is necessary for the opening of pores in the shell.
If the eggs hatch a few geese, nest you need to put away each other and close partitions so that the birds did not see each other.Otherwise, they will behave restlessly and even start fighting.In addition, after the feedings will confuse goose nest.It is also in the process of incubation is necessary to see to it that the eggs are not rolled out to the edge of the nest.
domestic geese eggs hatch about 28-30 days.Chicks go quite easily.However, if the goose suddenly begins to break the shell with a sharp end, most likely, he will need a little help.Sometimes it is necessary to remove the lint and pieces of dried-shell.
Gusyatnikov air temperature during the hatching should be about 28 degrees.During the first two days on the street with goose goslings do not produce as kids need to get stronger.The first week of the lamp in the barn at night is not turned off.Next time reduce the lighting to 15 hours a day.By the second month of life calves can be reduced to 8 hours.
How to feed geese
little chicks give cool boiled wheat porridge and boiled egg.Starting as early as the third day in the diet can add bran flake and greens.Very good little chicks and eat chips and small pieces of white bread.Goslings only watered with clean water from a well washed drinkers.Once a day in the water must be added a little potassium permanganate (to a very light pink color).If the geese are raised without a mother, feeders and waterers put near a source of heat.
Greens prepared immediately before feeding, grinding it carefully.Root vegetables in the diet is administered weeks of age.Boiled potatoes can already give a five-day goslings.At the same time introduced into the diet of cake.
first three days the chicks are fed 6-7 times a day.Give food every 3-4 hours.Gradually reduce the number of feedings to 3-4 times a day.Do not give goslings sticky mash.The fact is that they clog the nostrils.
plucking geese
Feather and down with the birds take off during moulting.There it is usually in late May - early June.In warm regions plucking can be carried out twice.For the second time this procedure is carried out in September - October.
When natural molt plucking is virtually painless.Of course, you need only to remove the old pen.Sharpened his dry, clear and contains no blood.
plucking as follows:
- Goose leg tie and sitting on a stool, put him on his back, legs away.
- Pen begin to shoot from the abdomen.This should be done cautiously, without causing pain.Next
- domestic goose flipped on his stomach.
- then begin to pluck the lower part of the neck so as to not get bald spots.
During this procedure, the wings of the bird should be firmly pressed to the body.Otherwise, waving them, she could get hurt.First, the pen is removed, and then fluff.
In the first few days after plucking domestic geese are not too eager to go into the water.However, after this time fully mastered and bathe still happy.
