Fast-growing forage grass selection and feed formulation methods for geese, chickens, ducks and rabbits

Want geese, chickens and ducks to fatten up and gain weight? Besides adding nutrient-rich concentrates, you also need to feed plenty of high-quality forage grass, and to raise these poultry well you must first grow the grass well. So what grass do geese, chickens, ducks and rabbits mainly eat to grow fast? How do you formulate feed?

1. For raising pigs, use chicory, alfalfa, comfrey, grain amaranth and bitter lettuce.

2. Forage grasses suitable for feeding geese include chicory, alfalfa, napier grass, Russian fodder kale, rumex, Mexican corn and bitter lettuce.

3. For raising chickens, chicory, alfalfa and bitter lettuce are the best first choices; chop them up and feed them to promote balanced nutrient absorption, and bitter lettuce can also prevent poultry diseases.

4. For raising rabbits, the first choices are chicory, alfalfa, napier grass, ryegrass, bitter lettuce and Mexican corn, with chicory and alfalfa being especially good. The amount of forage grass fed should account for 50% of the total feed.

Using high-quality forage grass to raise pigs can both reduce feed costs and increase the lean meat percentage of pork, greatly improving the economic benefits of pig farming.

The main high-quality forage grasses for raising pigs are: grain amaranth, Russian fodder kale, bitter lettuce, winter grazing 70 ryegrass, chicory, alfalfa and white clover.

How to raise meat pigs. Piglet (7kg-20kg) stage: fully supply some high-quality, nutritionally complete piglet compound feed, with the principle of feeding until full; the protein content in the feed should reach above 18%, and the Ca content should reach 0.8%-0.99%. At the same time, appropriately feed a small amount of fresh tender forage grass stems and leaves; remember not to feed too much, with a daily feeding amount of 1kg-2kg being suitable, and never more than 3kg. Generally, feed fresh grass half an hour before feeding the feed.

Medium pig (20kg-60kg) stage: this stage is the most critical period for increasing the lean meat percentage, and also an important period for saving concentrate feed and reducing pig-raising costs through high-quality forage grass. At this time, less high-protein concentrate can be fed, and high-quality forage grass can be added to supplement the insufficient protein and calcium content in the concentrate, as well as to supplement vitamins and minerals. Generally, the daily feeding amount is 4kg-6kg of fresh grass or high-quality grass meal accounting for 15% of the concentrate. (Concentrate formulation: 70% corn, 20% wheat bran, 10% concentrated feed or soybean cake.) The daily feeding amount of concentrate is 1kg-1.25kg. Generally, feed fresh grass half an hour before feeding the concentrate, twice a day. Large pigs have an enhanced ability to digest and utilize crude fiber, greatly improved stress resistance and adaptability, and a fast weight gain rate. At this time, the concentrate should consist of 80% corn and 20% wheat bran, without adding any concentrated feed. Feed about 6kg-8kg of fresh forage grass per day or grass meal accounting for 20% of the concentrate. The daily feeding amount of concentrate is 1.5kg-2kg. Feed fresh grass half an hour before feeding the concentrate, twice a day.

In the half month before slaughter, feed 2kg-3kg of fresh grass and about 2.1kg of a mixture of 90% corn and 10% wheat bran per day. How to raise sows. Open stage: if the sow is too thin, more concentrate should be supplemented. Under normal circumstances, feed the sow 0.5kg-1kg of concentrate and 8kg-10kg of fresh grass per day, or feed a mixture of 20%-30% corn + 10% wheat bran and 60%-70% forage grass hay meal. After the sow has been pregnant for 80 days, the utilization rate of various nutrients in the feed is relatively high, and in addition the embryo grows and develops slowly at this time, making it the best period to save concentrate. The feeding method is the same as in the open stage. From about 35 days after the sow has been pregnant for 80 days until farrowing, energy and protein should be appropriately increased in the feed and calcium supplemented, adding 20g of bone meal or 50g of fish meal per day, while increasing the concentrate from 0.5kg-1kg/day to 1kg-1.5kg/day, and adjusting high-quality forage grass to 5kg-6kg/day. During the lactation stage, increase the feeding amount of concentrate and appropriately supplement calcium. Under normal circumstances, feed concentrate made of 60% corn + 30% wheat bran + 10% sow concentrated feed, or 50% corn + 30% wheat bran + 18% soybean cake + 2% bone meal. The concentrate amount is 2.5kg-3kg/day, plus 8kg-10kg of fresh grass. Forage grass fed to pigs generally does not need to be chopped or pulped and can be fed directly. However, some forage grasses such as cup plant and sweet clover have poor palatability and can be chopped or pulped and mixed into the concentrate for feeding.