Man domesticated many species of birds with different goals.In economic purposes - for the sake of the pen down, meat (familiar to us chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, pheasants), entertainment - talking parrots, tiny finches, canaries singing.
poultry and precocity and productive and fertile.In addition, highly valued and their taste.Birds home divided into light and heavy.For example, chickens, belonging to light material, capable of carrying even after four months, serious - and a half months later.Geese, ducks and turkeys will mature no earlier than eight months.Egg-laying hens will give up to 300 eggs, turkey - up to 100 ducks - to 200, and the geese - up to 80 for the season.But the fertility of chickens falls within the year, but the geese, she, on the contrary, increases.So chickens are not usually con- tains more than two years, and the geese leave of up to three or even four years.
Chickens relating to meat (heavy) Species: White Plymouth Rock, Cornish White, langash, Dorking, Brahma Faverolles Chicken;to meat and egg: Rhode Island Red, New Hampshire, Sussex, Orpington, Wyandotte, May Day, Poltava, Kuczynski, Yurlovsky, Lievens;to egg: Leghorn white, white Russian, kuropatchatye Leghorn, Minorca.
most productive and hardy breed of duck Peking duck is considered, followed by Ukrainian gray clay and white-breasted white-breasted black.
To carry the heaviest of Toulouse geese, gray emdenskih and Kholmogory.By the middle - Arzamas, Tula, Romny, Shadrinsk, Italian.The easiest (and most egg production) - Chinese, Kuban, Gorky.
Breeding poultry in a village can be quite profitable.The most convenient way to buy an podroschenny youngsters on poultry farms (with the appearance and weight categories are defined in advance).Later poultry sorted (during growth): some individuals will go for eggs and breeding, the other - on the meat.
selecting birds for breeding, pay attention primarily on the respective types and weights, on the overall development, expression of the characteristics of the breed.Specific requirements for males.They must be absolutely healthy and well developed.One male cock is enough for 10 chickens, 10 turkeys for only one turkey, a duck - 5 ducks, one goose - 3 geese.
By incubating ability of many poultry.But we must take into account the breed, characteristics.For example, Leghorn chickens hatch rare and not very well, but especially heavy rock, in contrast, are more prone to incubating.Pronounced this ability many geese and ducks.
for hen preparing a basket or drawer, the bottom is lined with hay.Place selected dry, clean, separate (common hen house is not suitable).The number puts the eggs depends on the bird.For chickens - about 18, for a duck - about 15 for the goose - 10 for a turkey - no more than 20 eggs.
Kormitsya hen usual dry food (better to put a bird feeder near the nest, as well as water).The first five days following the withdrawal of a hen and the young are kept indoors paddock already beginning from the sixth day.Hen chicks usually leads to a month, sometimes longer.
Young animals can be grown without the hen.But it is extremely important temperature regime: the first five days for goslings ducklings to 28 ° C (no more than 30 ° C) for turkeys and + 35 ° C, for chicken + 36-37 ° C. After a week can reduce the temperature (slowly) to + 18 ° C Light Day prolong artificial lighting up to 20 hours (youngsters should see their food).As the length of time the lighting is reduced gradually (to the month) brought under normal daylight.
If you plan to get further layers, you need to start withdrawing in March-April.In this case, domestic birds complete their growth in the autumn, will be more strong and quite safely outsource the winter, starting sweep before the onset of frosts.
If domestic birds are raised to produce meat, young animals purchased in early spring.Lethal condition achieved after three months.
successful growth of any bird depends on securing the necessary amount of high-quality feed, access to clean water, good sanitation, elimination of drafts and dampness, sufficient ventilation.To do this, create a separate unit (aviary).Juveniles comprise the floor.At first, a square meter is enough for 15 chickens, 10 ducks or geese.As the poultry sit (or increases area).
