How to Raise Geese? A Detailed Guide to Practical Farming Methods and Techniques

Geese are a common type of poultry, and in recent years more and more people have been raising them, so how do you raise geese? Let's take a look!

1. Site Selection

When choosing a site, choose a location that complies with local development and land planning, choose a place with high, dry terrain and plenty of sunlight, and make sure the nearby transportation is convenient with adequate water and electricity.

There should be a water source of good quality around the goose farm so the flock can be let out onto water, and there should also be an adequate source of grass nearby, with good grass quality. The goose farm should be far from pollution sources such as chemical plants, and also far from major traffic routes, at a distance of more than 1000m from main roads and major residential areas of towns and cities, which helps with disease prevention.

2. Breed Selection

Choose breeds with a large body size, tolerance of coarse feed, fast growth and development, a short rearing cycle and good weight gain, and require breeds that reach a body weight of more than 3.5kg at 75-90 days of age.

3. Feed

Meat geese are grass-eating waterfowl, with a strong gizzard and well-developed ceca, and a relatively strong ability to digest crude fiber. They can make use of large amounts of green feed, such as various wild grasses, vegetables and forage grasses, all of which can be used as feed for meat geese, so the feeding cost is relatively low.

4. Feeding and Management

First, prepare the brooding room, which should have good insulation and ventilation performance. Before the goslings arrive, the brooding house should be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected, and checked for repairs.

Because goslings have a relatively poor ability to regulate body temperature and are not strongly resistant to cold, the ambient temperature of the brooding house should be maintained. In winter, good work should be done to keep them warm, while in summer, good work should be done to prevent heatstroke and lower the temperature.

Relative humidity should also be well controlled in the brooding room. If the humidity is too high, it easily causes diarrhea in goslings, and also easily causes a large number of pathogenic microorganisms to multiply in the house, making the goslings sick and leading to an increase in the mortality rate of goslings. During the brooding period, ventilation should also be strengthened. Good ventilation can not only keep the goose house temperature and relative humidity suitable, but also keep the air in the goose house fresh, providing the goslings with a suitable living environment and improving the survival rate of goslings.

5. Disease Prevention

A reasonable immunization program should be formulated according to the local epidemic situation and the actual conditions of the farm, and the immunization plan should be strictly implemented. At the same time, the goose flock should also be regularly given comprehensive deworming, choosing broad-spectrum, highly effective and low-cost drugs for deworming. Environmental control should be done well, daily environmental sanitation cleaning should be strengthened, bedding straw and litter should be changed frequently, and disinfection work inside and outside the goose farm should be done well.