Detailed Explanation of Meat Duck Farming Management Methods and Technical Key Points

Meat ducks are raised specifically for dishes on the dining table, so the meat must be delicious with good texture and enhanced meat quality in order to have better sales. Therefore, in the daily management of meat ducks, management must be thorough, because the management of meat ducks directly affects the final quality of meat ducks once they mature. So how should meat ducks be managed in daily life? Let's take a look together below!

1. Strengthen ventilation

Meat ducks are very sensitive to air, especially in summer weather with high temperatures and frequent rain. The ventilation of the duck house should be enhanced. Strengthening ventilation can promote air circulation in the duck house, carry away heat from the air, and also lower the body temperature of the meat ducks. Keeping the air circulating in the duck house at all times also greatly reduces the incidence of disease. At night, the ventilation inside the house should also be properly controlled, because too much activity during the day will cause meat ducks to use too much physical energy, and at night they need a large amount of fresh air to recover.

2. Shade and cooling

Meat ducks are animals that especially like water but are also especially intolerant of heat. Every year in summer, a large number of meat ducks die because they cannot withstand the hot weather, and most of these cases are caused by improper management by farmers. Therefore, when summer arrives, attention must be paid to cooling the duck house. A layer of shading equipment can be installed on the roof of the duck house to prevent direct sunlight and lower the temperature inside the duck house. During the day, the ducks can also be driven into water more often to lower their body temperature. However, their daily activity range should be expanded to avoid heat generated by overcrowding. At night, care should be taken to keep the temperature at around 20.

3. Reduce density

Many friends think that ducks have a relatively strong constitution, are not prone to disease, grow quickly, and cost relatively little. Therefore, many people are very casual when choosing a farming site, and during farming they do not pay attention to the range that the site can support, so they choose to increase farming density in order to achieve higher economic benefits. But this idea must never be put into practice, because excessive farming density will reduce the activity space for meat ducks, and living together will also increase heat, making meat ducks highly prone to diseases such as heatstroke and heat stress. In the end, the quality of the mature meat will also decline, affecting its own commercial value.

4. Disease prevention and control

Persist in cleaning the duck house once every day and keep duck manure away from the duck house, because if duck manure is piled up together, the internal temperature of the manure will rise and fermentation will begin. This kind of environment is the favorite environment for bacteria and parasites, and they will multiply and reproduce wildly, having a great impact on the health of meat ducks. The duck house should also be disinfected regularly, the temperature and humidity of the duck house should be well controlled, and ventilation should be strengthened, so as to reduce or eliminate the occurrence of disease in every possible way.

The above are the precautions for meat duck management. In meat duck farming, special attention should be paid to summer and winter, because these two seasons are two extremes. In summer, attention should be paid to cooling and heat relief, and in winter, attention should be paid to keeping warm and preventing disease. Moreover, although ducks like water, they are not tolerant of dampness, so the duck house should not be too humid. An overly humid environment will also have a certain impact on the growth of meat ducks.