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Autumn Fattening of Geese Is in Season, Goose Farmers Should Not Miss the Good Timing

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Autumn weather is cool, green grass is abundant, and there is plenty of by-product after the autumn harvest, making it the best season for fattening meat geese. During this period, after 20 to 25 days of fattening, geese can generally gain 1.5 kg to 2.2 kg. For breed selection, choose meat-type hybrid breeds such as Lion Head geese and Xupu geese that are over 70 days old, lively, with glossy feathers, good at foraging, healthy and disease-free. Fattening methods: 1) Grazing fattening. During the day, drive the flock of geese to harvested fields to let them eat leftover grain heads, grass seeds, etc., and after returning to the shed at night, feed them 1 to 2 more times with concentrated feed and provide clean drinking water. 2) Shed fattening. Build a rack with bamboo or wooden sticks, with the rack 0.6 m to 0.7 m above the ground to make manure cleaning easier. Put 5 geese per square meter, make a small pen around them, place the feed trough and water trough outside the pen, and let the geese stretch their heads through the gaps to eat and drink. 3) Pen fattening. Use bamboo or reed stalks to enclose small pens, with 3 to 5 geese per pen. The height of the enclosure should be such that the geese can stand but not raise their heads. Place the feed trough outside the pen and let the geese eat and drink through the gaps. During pen raising, the shed should be quiet, grazing should not be done, activity should be restricted, and energy consumption should be reduced. For shed fattening and pen fattening, the feed should be diversified and combine concentrated and green feed. It can mainly consist of rice bran, broken rice, corn, blighted grain, vegetable leaves, etc., plus about 6% cake-type feed, 0.3% table salt, and concentrated feed ground fine, mixed into a wet feed for feeding, 5 to 7 times a day, with 1 to 2 additional feedings at night. In addition, adding 19 g manganese sulfate, 17 g zinc sulfate, 12 g ferrous sulfate, 2 g copper sulfate, 0.7 g potassium iodide, and 0.1 g cobalt chloride to every 100 kg of concentrated feed can increase weight gain by about 20%. However, when mixing the feed, it must be mixed evenly to prevent individual geese from being poisoned by eating too much. 4) Forced fattening. Mix powdered feeds such as corn, sweet potato, rice bran, and soybean cake with an appropriate amount of table salt and trace elements, add water and mix well, make strips 1 cm to 1.5 cm thick and 6 cm long, and after drying in the shade, manually stuff them into the goose's esophagus. When force-feeding, clamp the goose's body between your knees, grasp the goose's head with your left hand, open the goose's beak, dip a feed strip in water with your right hand, and use your index finger to stuff the feed into the esophagus. After each strip is inserted, gently push along the goose's neck with your hand to help it swallow. Feed 4 to 6 times a day, with 1 feeding at night. The amount of forced feeding depends on the goose's weight and digestive capacity. One hour before feeding, if a groove appears at the swollen part of the esophagus, digestion is normal; if it appears earlier than 1 hour before feeding, more feed is needed; if it appears later than 1 hour before feeding, reduce the feed or delay the feeding time. When force-feeding, also be careful to prevent the feed strip from being inserted into the trachea. In addition, attention should be paid to supplying sufficient clean drinking water.

Autumn weather is cool, green grass is abundant, and there is plenty of by-product after the autumn harvest, making it the best season for fattening meat geese. During this period, after 20 to 25 days of fattening, geese can generally gain 1.5 kg to 2.2 kg.

Breed selection: Choose meat-type hybrid breeds such as Lion Head geese and Xupu geese that are over 70 days old, lively, with glossy feathers, good at foraging, healthy and disease-free.

Fattening methods: 1) Grazing fattening. During the day, drive the flock of geese to harvested fields to let them eat leftover grain heads, grass seeds, etc., and after returning to the shed at night, feed them 1 to 2 more times with concentrated feed and provide clean drinking water. 2) Shed fattening. Build a rack with bamboo or wooden sticks, with the rack 0.6 m to 0.7 m above the ground to make manure cleaning easier. Put 5 geese per square meter, make a small pen around them, place the feed trough and water trough outside the pen, and let the geese stretch their heads through the gaps to eat and drink. 3) Pen fattening. Use bamboo or reed stalks to enclose small pens, with 3 to 5 geese per pen. The height of the enclosure should be such that the geese can stand but not raise their heads. Place the feed trough outside the pen and let the geese eat and drink through the gaps. During pen raising, the shed should be quiet, grazing should not be done, activity should be restricted, and energy consumption should be reduced. For shed fattening and pen fattening, the feed should be diversified and combine concentrated and green feed. It can mainly consist of rice bran, broken rice, corn, blighted grain, vegetable leaves, etc., plus about 6% cake-type feed, 0.3% table salt, and concentrated feed ground fine, mixed into a wet feed for feeding, 5 to 7 times a day, with 1 to 2 additional feedings at night. In addition, adding 19 g manganese sulfate, 17 g zinc sulfate, 12 g ferrous sulfate, 2 g copper sulfate, 0.7 g potassium iodide, and 0.1 g cobalt chloride to every 100 kg of concentrated feed can increase weight gain by about 20%. However, when mixing the feed, it must be mixed evenly to prevent individual geese from being poisoned by eating too much. 4) Forced fattening. Mix powdered feeds such as corn, sweet potato, rice bran, and soybean cake with an appropriate amount of table salt and trace elements, add water and mix well, make strips 1 cm to 1.5 cm thick and 6 cm long, and after drying in the shade, manually stuff them into the goose's esophagus. When force-feeding, clamp the goose's body between your knees, grasp the goose's head with your left hand, open the goose's beak, dip a feed strip in water with your right hand, and use your index finger to stuff the feed into the esophagus. After each strip is inserted, gently push along the goose's neck with your hand to help it swallow. Feed 4 to 6 times a day, with 1 feeding at night. The amount of forced feeding depends on the goose's weight and digestive capacity. One hour before feeding, if a groove appears at the swollen part of the esophagus, digestion is normal; if it appears earlier than 1 hour before feeding, more feed is needed; if it appears later than 1 hour before feeding, reduce the feed or delay the feeding time. When force-feeding, also be careful to prevent the feed strip from being inserted into the trachea. In addition, attention should be paid to supplying sufficient clean drinking water.

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