What are the key points to note in common moorhen farming

The common moorhen is a type of special rare poultry, and farming it nowadays requires following legal procedures, which is what we usually call obtaining a permit. The market price of the common moorhen is relatively high, so more and more people are farming them. So what issues do we need to pay attention to when farming common moorhens? Now let's take a look together.

1. Farming environment

The environment for farming common moorhens is the first thing we need to pay attention to. Common moorhens like to swim and mainly feed on small fish, small shrimp and insects, which means the farming site should ideally have a pond, reservoir or river. Also, common moorhens cannot be raised dry, otherwise they will die, so they must be raised in wet conditions, and the temperature must not be too high, ideally around 20 degrees. Finally, besides water, the farm also needs grass, so there will be more insects, and the common moorhen's food will be more plentiful.

2. Early-stage feeding

Newly purchased common moorhens are still very fragile. Without good care, the survival rate of farming is relatively low, so early-stage feeding is also something we must be very careful about. During the early stage of farming, we need to keep the common moorhens warm and feed them every day. At this time, feeding is generally divided into about five meals, and the amount fed each time should not be large, mainly small fish and small shrimp. At this stage, we also need to crush the small fish and shrimp, otherwise the chicks cannot digest them well. Once the common moorhens can forage freely, they can be released for free-range raising.

3. Later-stage free-range raising

Free-range raising has many benefits for the growth of common moorhens. First, it can promote the growth rate of common moorhens, and second, it improves their reproductive capacity. But there are also many things to pay attention to when releasing them. For example, the fences around the farm should be set a bit higher, because although common moorhens are artificially farmed, they still have some flying ability, so we must prevent the common moorhens from escaping. Also, although there is plenty of food during free-range raising, especially if fish are raised in the pond, the food will be even more plentiful, if we want to speed up fattening, we still need to feed them at least two to three times a day.

4. Sanitation and cleaning

During the farming process, we also need to pay attention to cleaning the sanitation of the farming area to prevent disease. Common moorhen farms are different from other farms, so we not only need to clean the sanitation of the coop, but also carry out comprehensive cleaning of all other areas of the farm, especially the sanitation of the water body. This is because common moorhens spend longer in the water, and if the water body is not cleaned and disinfected, the impact on common moorhens is very great.

5. Feather grooming

When farming common moorhens, we also need to groom their feathers, which is very important for common moorhen farming. Because common moorhens live in wetlands for a long time, their feathers are very prone to bacterial infection, so if we do not groom their feathers in time, common moorhens are very likely to get sick. In order to reduce the occurrence of disease and strengthen the common moorhen's constitution, we still need to be extra careful in our usual rearing process.

There is a big difference between farming common moorhens and farming domestic chickens, so we cannot use the mindset of farming domestic chickens to farm common moorhens. The above is what I want to share with you today, and I hope it can help you.