Muscovy Duck Farming Techniques, Precautions and Common Disease Prevention and Treatment Methods
AbstractDuring the brooding period of ducklings, temperature and humidity must be well controlled and the immunization program fully implemented. After 1 month of age, rearing is mainly based on free-range in paddy fields, with appropriate supplementary feeding of concentrate at night. After rice transplanting, enclose the paddy field all around to prevent weasels, cats, dogs and others from entering, and in one corner of the paddy field build a simple shelter for the Muscovy ducks to prevent invasion by strong light and heavy rain. During the growing period, supplementary feed can be used to feed the ducks once a day, mainly broken rice, rice bran and wheat, or a mixed feed of corn plus fishmeal.
Duck is a dish we commonly eat, and there are many duck breeds, of which the Muscovy duck is one. The Muscovy duck is the han duck, the warty-headed duck, a breed introduced from the United States, with abundant and delicious meat, deeply loved by people. The Muscovy duck has strong disease resistance, is not laborious to raise, and yields very high profits. Next, the editor will give you a specific introduction to the Muscovy duck farming method.
Muscovy Duck Farming Techniques and Precautions
1. Farmers must pay great attention to the control of temperature and humidity, have the immunization program fully in place, and feed a complete formula feed; the brooding survival rate of ducklings is very high. After 1 month of age, rearing is mainly based on free-range in paddy fields, with appropriate supplementary feeding of concentrate at night. Through careful rearing, very good results have been achieved.
2. After rice transplanting, enclose the paddy field all around to prevent weasels, cats, dogs and others from entering. Also build a simple shelter for the ducks in one corner of the paddy field, to prevent invasion by strong light and heavy rain.
3. 1~2 weeks after transplanting, once the seedlings have survived, ducklings 1~2 weeks of age can be released into the paddy field for rearing; whether day or night, the ducks live in the paddy field all the time. In addition, because ducks like to eat rice ears, the ducks should be recalled from the paddy field in time when the rice heads out.
4. In order to provide supplementary nutrition for the ducks and speed up their growth rate, supplementary feed is generally used to feed the ducks once a day, with the supplementary feed mainly consisting of broken rice, rice bran and wheat, or a mixed feed of corn plus fishmeal, or duck formula feed.
Common Disease Prevention and Treatment Methods for Muscovy Ducks
1. Fowl cholera is currently mainly sporadic, but sometimes occurs as a local epidemic. Duck pasteurellosis mostly occurs in older ducks. Strengthen feeding management, reduce stress, and avoid feeding moldy feed. The pathogen of fowl cholera has multiple serotypes; use a vaccine prepared from locally isolated strains for immunization and prevention.
2. Duck viral hepatitis is an acute infectious disease of ducklings caused by duck hepatitis virus. Immunization with attenuated duck viral hepatitis vaccine gives good preventive results. Breeding ducks are immunized for the first time with attenuated vaccine one month before the start of laying, and for the second time 2 weeks later, with 1 ml injected intramuscularly each time; or 2~3 weeks before the start of laying, immunize simultaneously with duck hepatitis oil-emulsion inactivated vaccine and attenuated vaccine; for ducklings without maternal antibodies to duck hepatitis, inject 0.1 ml per duckling of attenuated vaccine diluted 50-fold subcutaneously at 1 day of age.
Muscovy Duck Pen-Rearing Management Techniques
1. The quality of the Muscovy duck breed directly affects the farming economic benefits of the farmer, so superior meat-duck breeds must be selected when farming. The feed formula for 1-2 weeks of age is: corn 50%, wheat bran 12%, oil cake 8%, beans (soybean, pea) 10%, silkworm pupae 6%, fishmeal 6%, rice bran 5%, auxin 0.5%, bone meal 2%, oxytetracycline residue 0.5%, plus 20 grams of multivitamins and 50 grams of lysine. Pellet diameter: 0.2-0.3 cm for ducks 1-2 weeks of age, 0.4-0.5 cm for ducks 3-6 weeks of age.
2. The duck pen should be washed every day, and disinfected alternately once a month with lime water and bleaching powder. The duck flock should be fed sulfonamide and oxytetracycline drugs mixed into the feed once every 10 days to prevent disease. In summer, 1 hour before the ducks return to the pen, rinse the ground with cool water to lower the high temperature. In winter, film can be used to enclose the duck pen all around, and straw can be spread inside the pen to raise the temperature in the pen.
Methods for Identifying High-Yielding Laying Ducks
1. A high-yielding laying duck has large, protruding and spirited eyes, a slightly small head, a slender and long neck, a long body, a broad back, a broad and deep chest, full and balanced development, and agile movement. When lifting the duck by the neck with the hand, both feet extend downward and do not move. A low-yielding duck has small, non-protruding and spiritless eyes, a large head and thick neck, a short body, a relatively narrow back and chest, and slow movement. When lifting the duck by the neck with the hand, both feet curl up.
2. After a high-yielding duck eats its fill, the esophageal section of the neck swells and hangs down. This indicates it holds more feed and has sufficient nutrients, and can be high-yielding; the opposite is a sign of low yield. Whether a new duck or an old duck of more than two years, before the start of laying the feathers are all thick, tight and fine. After the start of laying, a high-yielding duck absorbs most of its nutrients for egg production and rarely for body growth, and its feathers gradually lose luster, becoming messy and lusterless. If the feathers on the top of its head, neck and back become sparse, it shows that it frequently mates with drakes, which is also a sign of high yield.
Muscovy ducks can be raised in both the north and the south, and the Muscovy duck farming industry has great development prospects; the editor personally is still very optimistic about it, and you? That is all for today's introduction on the methods and precautions for Muscovy duck farming. If you have better ideas, you can share them with us.