Nowadays, farmers often choose this type of poultry, such as geese, to obtain poultry products. In general, this is justified: this bird is much larger than hens, the mass of its eggs is also higher. Demand for meat is increasing, and since it is not yet widespread, competition is still low. All this together allows us to consider the breeding of geese rather profitable.
However, in order to get meat or egg products for the benefit of farming, you need to know and be able to certain things. One of the main components of success is the organization of feeding young animals.
How to feed goslings? Let us consider in more detail the diet of chicks, as well as the mode of their feeding. After all, the latter also plays a significant role in achieving success. The farmer who bought the brood of chicks is primarily concerned about the question: “How to feed the little goslings?” Like chickens, such babies are sensitive to food composition and frequency of feeding.
How to feed goslings that have just hatched, and when can this be done? As for the answer to the last question, everything is very simple: feeding is carried out immediately, as soon as the babies dry out. Now about the diet and diet. Frequency of feeding 1-3 day goslings - six to seven times a day.
From three weeks the number of feedings is equal to four, when the babies turn one month old, you can reduce the number of feedings to three. From two months of age, young animals can be transferred to free-range housing with concentrate fertilizing once a day in the evenings.
How to feed goslings, what products to use? These are boiled eggs mixed with crushed (grain), bran, chopped herbs, grated carrots, fresh cottage cheese, soaked peas. Weakened chicks are added milk mixed with yolk, a little sugar and an antibiotic on the tip of a knife. From three weeks, the bird is fed with moist, loose mixers. Boiled potatoes, meal can be given from the 4th day. Be sure to have shells, chalk, small gravel in the availability of young animals.
Feeding features: it is necessary to thoroughly clean the feeders, to prevent stagnation and acidification of food, drinkers should be such that the chicks can rinse the nasal openings. It is necessary to ensure that the body of the bird does not get wet. Water should always be, potassium permanganate is added to it for a week and a half. Already from a week's age, goslings can be released for green walking for half an hour, then time increases. Water walking from the same age favorably affects the development of birds.
How to feed adult geese ? High-calorie and nutritious diets are developed for the breeding herd. Necessarily high content of protein, easily digestible carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals. The geese are given beets and potatoes, legumes, meat and bone meal, meal and meal, cereal feed in the form of animal feed. Of the minerals, special attention is paid to calcium, sodium and phosphorus.
How to feed goslings for fattening? Concentrates (grain), food waste and herbs. They hand over poultry for meat at the age of 4-5 months, while intensive feeding begins two weeks before the deadline. For home use, they often fatten up to 60-70 days.