How to Raise Wild Geese: Wild Goose Farming Techniques and Precautions

The wild goose is a type of bird. Its appearance is somewhat similar to that of a goose, and it is also called the wild goose. It likes to live in groups, and flocks of wild geese can often be seen soaring freely in the sky. What we usually see in daily life are wild geese, but now there is also artificially bred wild goose. So how exactly should wild geese be raised? What should be noted when raising wild geese?

How to Raise Wild Geese

1. Grazing: Before grazing, wild geese should have their wings clipped. Those whose wounds heal after one week can be released to water and grazed. The grazing area must have a sufficient amount of green feed and grain feed. Grazing time should be chosen in the morning and evening, and at noon they should be driven to rest under the shade of trees beside the pond. After each full feeding, they should be released to water.

2. Supplementary feeding: Breeding wild geese are mainly grazed, with an appropriate increase in concentrated feed and a reduction in roughage, to prompt the wild geese to reach sexual maturity earlier. Supplementary feeding is mainly bran, mixed with sweet potato, blighted grain and a small amount of peanut cake, and add 1-1.5% bone meal, 2% shell powder and 0.3-0.4% salt.

3. Fattening: Wild geese are fattened in sheds or in pens. The fattening feed is 70% corn, 15% bean cake, 10% leaf powder, 4-5% wheat bran, and 0.3-0.5% salt. Feed 3 times during the day and 1 time at night. After 15-20 days of fattening, when the body weight reaches the market standard, they can be sold.

Wild Goose Farming Techniques and Precautions

1. Scientific feeding, adhere to the “three fixeds”.

① Fixed time: generally adult geese are fed 3 times a day, and during the laying period the female geese should be fed 1 “night meal” (20:00-22:00).

② Fixed amount: it should be appropriately increased with the growth of age in days. Adult geese are fed 2-2.5 kg of green grass per day and 50-70 g of concentrated feed; fixed water, supply enough clean water, let the geese drink freely, and do not let them drink sewage.

2. Strengthen the management of goslings. Goslings are young geese from hatching to 1 month of growth. To improve the survival rate, management must be strengthened, mainly through the “four grasps”.

① Temperature: the temperature of the brooding room should be maintained at 32-25°C.

② First feeding: goslings should be given water and start feeding at the appropriate time 24 hours after hatching. When starting feeding, evenly mix chopped green grass into the feed, scatter it on a straw mat or plastic sheet, and gently tap the straw mat or plastic sheet with the hand to induce the goslings to eat. Goslings aged 1-3 days eat little and can be fed 4-5 times a day. After 4 days of age, feed 5-6 times a day.

③ Hygiene: strictly prevent disease from entering through the mouth. Green feed must be clean and fresh, and concentrated feed must not be moldy.

④ Sand basin: when housed, sufficient sand must be provided for the geese to eat freely.

3. Epidemic prevention and disease elimination, adhere to the “two earlies”.

① Early prevention when there is no disease: clean the goose house and exercise yard every day, scrub the feeders and waterers before feeding, replace the bedding straw in a timely manner, and do not feed moldy feed. Achieve regular immunization. Female geese should be injected with gosling plague vaccine 1 month before laying; geese at 2 months of age should receive intramuscular injection of fowl cholera vaccine.

② Early treatment when there is disease: Asian fowl plague, cholera and other diseases have been found in geese. Once discovered, treat them promptly.

4. Precautions: It is advisable to sell breeding geese at over 1 month of age. Commercial geese should be market-oriented, and it is generally best to sell them at over 60 days of age.

Breeding Methods of Wild Geese

In the wild environment, wild geese build nests and breed in spring, generally laying 7-25 eggs, and hatching naturally for 31 days before the shells break. Under artificial domestication conditions, the male-to-female ratio of 1:1 is appropriate. Generally they mate after the Spring Festival, begin laying eggs after 10 days, laying 1 egg every 2-3 days. In the first year, the number of eggs laid is generally about 15, and afterward from 2-6 years it can increase to about 25. For artificial domestication and breeding of wild geese, machine incubation is appropriate, but the “five passes” must be met: first, the temperature pass, maintained at 38-38.5°C; second, the humidity pass, preferably 65%-75%; third, the egg-turning pass, generally turning eggs once every 2 hours, preferably at 90 degrees; fourth, the ventilation pass, ventilate 2-3 times a day; fifth, the egg-cooling pass, 2-3 times a day. Hatching begins after 30.5-31 days of incubation, then shifts to brooding.

Is Wild Goose Farming Profitable

The wild goose is a special poultry that has just begun to be domesticated in our country. Seedlings are extremely scarce, and all coastal cities have huge commodity consumption markets. Many game markets often have prices but no goods, so the prospects for developing artificial farming are very broad. Wild geese can be sold on the market after being raised for more than 6 months. At present, according to market prices, each wild goose can yield a net profit of at least more than 100 yuan. Raising one breeding goose can yield an annual profit of more than 1,000 yuan. If raising 20 groups (20 males and 80 females), a net profit of more than 80,000 yuan can be obtained.

Through the above content, I believe everyone has gained a certain understanding of the methods for raising wild geese. Many people may have seen wild geese, but have not eaten them. In fact, wild goose meat is very delicious and also extremely high in nutritional value. As more and more people learn about the value of wild geese, market demand is also gradually increasing, so the prospects for wild goose farming are very broad!