Breeding domestic geese is, of course, profitable and not too complicated. This bird grows quickly, and usually does not consume much feed. Beginner farmers often acquire goose young in pedigree farms. However, of course, you can increase the livestock of this poultry on the farm by yourself. Farmers who decided to engage in the breeding of such animals, of course, are interested in including the question of when geese start to sweep. About this, as well as how to properly breed such chicks, read further in the article.
How to choose a breed
Of course, success in breeding any poultry directly depends on its productivity. There are many good geese breeds today. However, the most popular among farmers are:
Chinese geese;
Kholmogorsky;
Kuban;
Arzamas.
Almost all of the above breeds not only quickly gain weight, but are also resistant to various kinds of diseases.
How to choose manufacturers
About when geese begin to rush, we will talk a little lower. Now let's figure out how to choose the right manufacturers. After all, the profitability of the farm depends on the quality of the latter.
Farmers usually raise a thoroughbred female on a tribe themselves. It is believed that it is advisable to choose a goose from a herd of young animals grown up at a poultry farm. Of course, females that have a lot of weight and carry many eggs are best suited to the tribe. Gander for breeding thoroughbred poultry at home is usually bought separately.
Sometimes farmers use a producer from the same herd as the female. At first, this, in principle, is permissible. However, a novice farmer should still be aware that prolonged inbreeding (closely related crossbreeding) in the following years will necessarily lead to degeneration of the herd. All pedigree characters will gradually disappear. The bird in the courtyard will become small and ugly.
Buying a Gander
Of course, you need to choose the producer for the herd correctly. When buying a gander, experienced farmers are advised to pay attention primarily to its Cooper iron. The wider it is, the better. Also, many owners of household plots look at its beak when selecting a manufacturer. It is believed that the more growths on it - the better the bird.
When geese start to sweep: age
Sexual maturity in various kinds of poultry usually occurs quite quickly. For example, chickens begin to lay eggs at the age of five months. Geese from this rule are, unfortunately, an exception. The owners of the farm, selected for the tribe of producers, will have to grow almost a year before receiving the first eggs. This bird lays its first eggs at the age of only about 300 days.
Of course, many farmers are interested in including the month in which geese start to sweep. The answer to this question is simple. A bird from a brood bought in March, if simple calculations are made, will begin to lay around early January.
At first, too many eggs from young females will be impossible to obtain. If chickens have maximum performance in this regard in the 1st year of life, then geese in the second or fourth. At the 5-6th year, the female producer is usually changed.
How to determine the start of oviposition
Thus, we found out when geese start to sweep throughout the year. This usually happens in January. As soon as the females have puberty, the farm owners should, of course, take care of arranging the nests for them. The latter are usually installed in the most secluded and darkest corners of the barn. During masonry, absolutely nothing should disturb the goose.
If it is assumed that the eggs will be hatched by the females themselves, the nests should be well enclosed from all sides. Otherwise, fights may begin between producers.
In the first year, geese, as already mentioned, usually lay their eggs in early January. In the future, manufacturers are likely to do this closer to spring - with an increase in daylight hours.
It is not difficult to determine the start of oviposition in geese. During this period, they usually behave uneasily - rushing around the barn, sit on the nests (although they do not carry eggs). The feathers of the geese preparing for laying are in most cases fluffy, and the tail is lowered down.
How to cook growers and a barn
So, we found out when geese start to sweep at home. Puberty in this bird occurs at the age of about a year. Actually, the masonry itself occurs in January - March. A month before its start, farm owners should definitely review the diet of geese and gander. The bird should receive enough proteins and vitamins. Skinny geese will not lay too many eggs. And their offspring will turn out to be painful and unproductive. However, increasing the number of concentrates in the diet of geese, it is important not to overdo it. Too many eggs from a fried bird will not work. Such females sometimes do not even start laying at all.
If the geese started racing in January, of course, you need to install several heaters in the barn. And in early spring, Russia usually has very cold weather. Therefore, in March, the farm owners will probably have to think about heating the caterpillar farm. The temperature in the poultry room should be positive.
How to pick eggs
Geese are not carried every day during masonry. Eggs in nests usually appear once every two days. Some farmers are also interested in what time the geese start racing. Most often, females lay eggs at night (at 12-02 hours). To take them from the nests in order to put them under the selected goose, thus, it is best in the morning. That is, when they have not yet had time to cool.
For each goose, no more than 15 eggs are usually laid for hatching. Of course, the largest and most even ones should be taken for posterity. There should not be any chips or cracks in the eggs.
During hatching, the goose should also be well fed. In drinking bowls the bird should always have fresh water. The incubation period for geese is usually about 29 days.
The need for incubation
When geese start to sweep at home, it’s clear. These birds will necessarily lay eggs when they reach puberty. However, unfortunately, not all geese in our time are able to hatch them. In the process of prolonged selection, a thoroughbred bird often loses its maternal instinct. Therefore, if the geese do not want to sit on the nests, the young farm owners will have to artificially breed young animals in an incubator.
In this case, eggs should be selected for laying in the same way as when hatched under a brood hen. They can be stored until incubation for 10 days (in the refrigerator, at a temperature of + 10 ° C). In no case should you wash the eggs before laying. Otherwise, the protective layer that protects the embryo from various harmful microorganisms will be erased from the shell.
Incubation
The answer to the question of at what age geese begin to trot and when it will be possible to get offspring from them is certainly very important. But it is equally important to know how to properly breed the chicks of this poultry in an incubator.
Actually, goose eggs are usually laid horizontally in the apparatus itself. In this position, they will be better warmed up. One side of each egg should be marked with a cross. This will allow them to be turned over without confusion.
The first three days, the temperature in the incubator is maintained at 38 ° C, and air humidity - 70%. Further, these indicators are reduced to 37.8 about C and 60%, respectively. Eggs are usually rotated twice a day. On the 27-29th day of incubation, the temperature is reduced to 37.5 ° C, and the humidity is raised to 90%. The last condition must be fulfilled. Otherwise, the goslings in the process of hatching will die to the film and die.
Useful Tips
The hatchability of goose eggs in an incubator is usually 65%. To increase this indicator, a beginner poultry breeder should take advantage of some recommendations of experienced farmers:
warm the incubator to 38 ° C before laying eggs;
store eggs until incubation with a blunt end up;
after four days of storage, turn the eggs to the other side.
Eggs should be laid in the incubator no later than on the 7th day after the start of storage (ten-day use only in the most extreme case).
Chick Care
When domestic geese begin to sweep , so we found out. Young animals hatched from eggs need to create suitable conditions. If the chicks are hatched by the goose, the farm owners will probably not have to take any special actions to care for them. In this case, it is only necessary to place the kids near the nest of the feeders and drinking bowls. Chicks hatched in an incubator should be placed in a heated box or brooder.
Goslings are fed for the first time either with special starting mixtures, or with a grated egg with cottage cheese. Unlike chickens, such chicks are allowed to give greens from the very first days of life. Curd to goslings is useful only at the very beginning of feeding. Subsequently, this product should be discarded. Eggs from the diet of small goslings are removed on the 5-6th day.
Instead of a conclusion
Thus, we have found out how many geese begin to hover after hatching from eggs. Puberty in this bird occurs at the age of approximately 300 days. Eggs of geese are laid in incubators most often in mid-January - early March.
As a matter of fact, the very process of breeding geese does not represent anything particularly complicated. The main thing is to strictly comply with all the recommendations on the choice of producers and incubation of the eggs themselves. In this case, it will be possible to obtain strong, healthy and rapidly gaining weight offspring.