How to feed geese more economically and practically when fattening them in confinement

    Judging from the growth and development patterns of geese, the bones of meat geese grow fastest from 2 to 6 weeks of age, and the muscles from 4 to 9 weeks of age. Doing a good job of feeding and management during this stage is the key to ensuring the profitability of meat geese, and choosing confined fattening of meat geese is both economical and practical. Confined meat geese are usually fed in the following 4 ways:

Geese raised in confinement

    Goose raising with grass pulp:Mix various collected green feeds such as water hyacinth, water lettuce, locust leaves and weeds, grind them into a pulp, then stir with mixed powder feed into a cow-dung-like consistency, and feed 6 meals a day, with the last meal fed at 10 p.m. The green feed chosen must avoid contamination with toxic plants such as sorghum seedlings, oleander leaves and chinaberry leaves.

    Dry-mixed powder feed method:Chop green feed such as radish greens, fresh napier grass, carrots, pumpkins and their vines, mix with powder feed, and feed 6 meals a day, with one meal fed in the evening.

    Pellet feed and green feed method:Place pellet feed in feed buckets, and place green feed on wooden racks, boards, in basins or on the water surface, letting the geese feed freely; generally each goose is fed 2-4 kg per day. This method is mainly suitable for raisers who have large amounts of palatable green feed, such as large amounts of old leaves and large amounts of by-products in vegetable-producing areas like radish greens, as well as green feed grown in idle winter fields or on hillsides such as ryegrass and napier grass.

    Grass powder complete pellet feed method:Dry or oven-dry alfalfa, pine needles, black locust leaves, peanut vines and the like, make them into green powder, and mix with soybean cake, corn and so on to make complete pellet feed. Feed the prepared feed in feed trays in 4 meals a day, or use automatic troughs or feed buckets for all-day feeding. When feeding by this method, sufficient clean drinking water must be supplied. This method is conducive to large-scale, intensive goose raising.