Winter keeping geese
Geese tolerate low temperatures well. Thanks to their feathers and down, they can withstand a sharp cold snap down to -20 ° C. This feature makes them ideal birds for winter keeping.
Geese are raised for six to eight months. In the summer and autumn period, they eat mainly green food, as they are on free grazing. In winter, the birds are kept in enclosures with a closed walking area.
Walking area and vaccination of geese in winter
In villages, fields and vegetable gardens are used as walking areas. The walking area is equipped with nearby premises with food and drinking water.
In winter, it is necessary to carry out preventive work:
- vaccinate young animals against diseases;
- lay hay on the floor of the goose bed;
- place geese of different breeds in separate rooms.
In winter, geese walking lasts only three to four hours a day. They spend the rest of the time indoors. With a large population, the risk of young animals being affected by viral diseases increases many times, so geese must be vaccinated. To do this, each bird is injected into the ankle. Vaccinations are carried out annually.
Room for geese
You need to lay hay on the floor of the goose bar goslings It was warm. It is better to keep different breeds of geese in separate rooms to avoid uncontrolled mating and keep the breed clean. Separate premises are provided for the main and replacement herd to avoid fights for the territory.
If your site does not have a special room for keeping geese, it can be made from an old polycarbonate greenhouse or a shed with large glazed windows. There should be enough light in such a goose house.
In winter, the birds begin to form tubercles inside the beak, which are necessary for grinding dry food. During the formation of new tubercles, the bird's beak begins to itch, so the geese gnaw everything.
Geese love to chew on polycarbonate, so the walls of the greenhouse need to be sheathed with chipboard. In order to make up for the deficiency of vitamins in the winter and allow the bird to gnaw on solid food, include grapevine or birch branches in the diet of geese.
Use light in the room where the geese are kept to increase daily feed intake and weight gain. When the temperature drops to -25 ° C, a heater must be placed in the roaster. See photo of Mularda duck!
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