What Are the Key Points of Duck Farming Methods and Disease Prevention
Nowadays, the economic income from duck farming is quite high, so there are also many farmers raising ducks, but raising good ducks is not easy. So how should you raise them? There are many problems in the farming process, and below we will solve these problems for you.
Ducks grow fast and are ready for market early, with low feeding costs and good returns. Raising ducks in flocks is a good way for farming families to become better off. Below we introduce some basic knowledge about raising ducks in flocks. Pay close attention to the farming methods and key points.
Ducklings like to eat fishy things most; at first it is best to catch some small fish, small shrimp, river snails, @#@254@#@, silkworm pupae plus rice and other food for feeding. After the ducks grow up, you can feed them crabs, snails, coarse bran, and also blighted grain and other feed (when feeding grain, soak the grain thoroughly in clean water one day in advance). After feeding, do not raise a whole flock of ducks mixed together; instead, they should be separated cage by cage, and if there are sheds they should also be raised in separate pens and compartments. In the evening, you should also use your hands to drive the ducklings to move twice separately, so that problems can be found and dealt with in time, and the ducklings' constitution can also be strengthened. After the ducklings grow to 20 days or 1 month old, the duck-raising area should be gradually expanded to prevent the ducklings from being crowded, but at night there is no longer any need to use your hands to drive the ducklings to move.
The most important thing in farming is the raising of ducklings within 20 days of age. When you buy back a large group of ducklings, do not put the ducklings under strong sunlight, and also do not rush to feed them; instead, first put these ducklings in shallow water and let them swim freely. Through swimming, you can wash away the dirt stuck to the ducklings' bodies after hatching, and you can also discover problems with the ducklings, so that you have a preliminary understanding of the whole flock and can decide which ducks should be managed with special attention and which ducks should be isolated. However, ducklings should not swim for too long, about 30 minutes is enough. Only after the ducklings have swum do you feed them for the first time. At the beginning, mix duck egg white (half raw and half cooked), white sugar and rice and feed that first; this can help the ducks get sick less. When feeding, do not feed the ducklings too full, so as to avoid indigestion and affecting growth.
To do a good job in preventing and treating duck diseases, you must first inject "duck plague" vaccine, viral hepatitis vaccine and duck paratyphoid vaccine. Epidemic diseases are the great enemy of duck farming, and epidemic prevention and disease elimination are an important link in developing duck production.
(1) Implement scientific feeding management and do a good job in cleaning and hygiene. Mainly: reasonable matching of feed, feeding at fixed times and in fixed amounts, not feeding moldy or rotten feed, sufficient drinking water, suitable temperature, humidity and density, fresh air, and outsiders are not allowed to enter and leave the duck house casually.
(2) Implement a strict disinfection system to eliminate sources of infectious diseases.
(3) Regularly vaccinate with vaccines (bacterial vaccines) to prevent and treat the occurrence of duck infectious diseases.
(4) Regularly deworm ducks of internal and external parasites.
(5) When an epidemic disease is discovered, carry out blockade as early as possible, isolate and observe, carry out emergency vaccination, and adopt culling for severely ill ducks.