How to Improve the Survival Rate of Young Ostriches? A Detailed Guide to Breeding Methods
Ostrich farming is now a fairly common breeding project in China. When raising ostriches, the management of young ostriches is very important, and the low survival rate of young ostriches has always been a key reason affecting the development of the ostrich farming industry. So how to improve the survival rate of young ostriches has become a problem troubling many breeders. So how can the survival rate of ostriches be improved? Let's take a look together below!
1. Strict disinfection
Disinfection work is very important and is a key measure to ensure the healthy growth of young ostriches. Keepers must undergo strict and comprehensive disinfection when entering the breeding farm. The water trays and feed trays that young ostriches eat from every day must be disinfected in rotation. The manure in the ostrich house must be cleaned up regularly, and the rearing shed must be thoroughly cleaned every day. Then the floor and walls should be disinfected regularly. During the rearing period, after the rearing shed has housed young ostriches for about two months, attention should be paid to cleaning the empty pen, and then a major disinfection should be carried out. Formalin can be used for fumigation disinfection, and disinfectants such as Jundujing and Xiaoduling can be chosen.
2. Living environment
A good living environment is the key to improving the survival rate of young ostriches. First, we must control the temperature well, because young ostriches have relatively poor self-insulation ability and body temperature regulation ability. So during the first five days, the temperature should be kept at around 33 degrees, then gradually lowered by about two degrees each week, until it stabilizes at around 20 degrees by the ninth week. Then there is the control of basic breeding environment factors such as humidity, ventilation and light. Changes in the environment have a very great impact on the growth of young ostriches, so everyone must pay close attention.
3. Feeding methods
Then we must pay attention to adjusting the feeding methods, with special attention to the work of giving young ostriches their first water and first feed. This directly affects whether young ostriches can grow normally. When feeding feed, we should pay attention to feeding more frequently in smaller amounts, especially in seasons of high temperature and high humidity. Young ostriches like to eat green feed, so we can mix an appropriate amount of green feed into the concentrate to increase the feed intake of young ostriches. It is also important to maintain a balanced nutrition in the feed; for example, various nutrients such as vitamins and protein must all be kept balanced to avoid stunted development of young ostriches.
4. Disease prevention and control
Diseases of young ostriches are also a major factor affecting their survival rate. Because disease prevention and control work is also something we must pay special attention to, young ostriches within three days of age must have their navels disinfected with iodine tincture every day, kept at about 3 times a day. Then deformed toes of young ostriches should be corrected promptly. Vaccination work should be carried out when young ostriches are 10-12 days old, and they should be immunized once again after about three weeks. After that, once a month is enough. In daily management, the growth of young ostriches should be observed frequently, in all aspects such as activity, spirit and diet.
The above is a brief introduction to how to improve the survival rate of young ostriches. That is all for today's introduction. This article is for reference only, and we hope it can help everyone!