Goose breeding technology and management

Geese are usually larger than ducks and have longer necks. They are a common waterfowl and are raised by many farmers. Geese love water by nature and spend about one-third of their time in water every day. Below, I will introduce goose breeding technology and management. Let’s take a look.

1. Goose house construction

Goose houses can be divided into brooding houses, meat goose houses, fattening houses and breeding goose houses. Different types of goose houses have different construction requirements. For example, the brooding house must have good thermal insulation performance, and the house must be dry, with air circulation and no air leakage. As long as the goose house can shelter from rain and block wind from the east, west and north, it can meet the basic requirements. The fattening house requires a quiet environment, dim light and good ventilation.

2. Seed selection

Choose breeds that are large in size, tolerant of roughage, fast in growth and development, short in feeding cycles, and good in weight gain. The weight is required to reach more than 3.5kg after 75-90 days of feeding. At the same time, goslings should be ordered from regular goose breeding farms to ensure that the geese have neat feathers, are lively, have loud voices, strong legs, and clean anuses. In addition, breeding geese must be vaccinated against gosling plague and paramyxovirus before they start laying eggs to increase the survival rate of the goslings.

3. Feeding

Start feeding the goslings with cold boiled water 24 hours after hatching, 2-3 times a day. At 3-4 days old, provide a mixture of water-soaked rice and shredded green material, 3-5 times a day. Adult geese are fed once in the morning, noon and evening every day, and grazed once in the morning and afternoon. Each goose is fed 25 grams of grains in the morning and evening, consumes 750-1000 grams of grass and 150-175 grams of feed every day, and is provided with plenty of drinking water after each feeding.

4. Fattening management

During the fattening period, geese should be allowed to gain weight rapidly through a 24-hour uninterrupted supply of energy feed. At the same time, keep the goose house quiet and reduce exercise, and it is best to keep the goose in a shed. When the geese reach the standard for marketability, they should be sold in a timely manner to avoid cost waste caused by over-breeding.

5. Disease prevention and control

Implement health and epidemic prevention measures regularly and strictly abide by the epidemic prevention system. The geese are vaccinated according to the immunization procedure, such as gosling plague attenuated vaccine, paramyxovirus and influenza virus bivalent vaccine, etc., to enhance the immunity of the geese. Geese should be dewormed regularly to reduce the harm of parasites to the geese.

The above is an introduction to goose breeding technology and management. Farmers observe the mental state, feces, feeding and drinking conditions of the geese every day to promptly discover and deal with abnormal situations.