In detail about geese, about them fatten, a deplumation on down, egg efficiency, removal of gooses in an incubator it is told in a material Geese – it conveniently.
The young growth of geese for the first two months of life possesses high energy of growth and increases live weight in 40 times. This biological feature use in an intensive gusevodstvo where geese broilers grow up on meat to 9-week age.
In former times practised effective compulsory otkorm geese on a fat liver. A bird put in the close basket suspended for convenient feeding or a bag, opened a beak and entered forages. More often otkorm it was carried out by nuts, damp bourgeoises who were acquired and digested with fat adjournment. Compulsory otkorm sometimes allows to receive a liver in mass of 500 g, and at separate individuals – 800 g.
Formation of meat efficiency of geese comes to an end generally in 8-9 weeks, to this age meat has the best taste and high nutritiousness.
Goose fat – one of the most valuable, it is easily acquired. The melting point of goose fat is equal 26-34 °, it is lower, than at chicken, duck, indyushachy, and is much lower, than at the pork. Goose fat use in pharmaceutical industry.
Both males, and females of geese fade twice a year. The first time in the middle of the summer, the second – in the autumn. In an economy where plant geese, it is possible to pluck them during the warm period of year. At first delete covering feather, and then the most valuable down. It is better to perform this operation in June-July when there comes a natural molt. From an adult bird it is possible to receive to 200 g of down. The goose quill and down differ elasticity, elasticity, durability.
The plumage of geese dense, well protects from cold. They can transfer temporary fall of temperature to-25-30 °. If the temperature rises above 32-34 °, these birds have a short wind and the general condition worsens. Therefore during hot time they should be contained under canopies or on reservoirs.
Egg efficiency of gooses in comparison with other species of an agricultural bird the low. Gooses lay eggs early, therefore in their cold hen house it is necessary to collect often not to allow a podmorazhivaniye.
Mass of incubatory eggs – 120-150 g depending on breed. At a natural incubation of a female can sometimes crush eggs therefore it is better to use an incubator calculated on a small amount of eggs ("Brood hen", etc.).
Gooses after a conclusion need to be fed and given to drink quickly, weak – to transplant. The most responsible period after a conclusion of gooses – the first three weeks of life. In the first two weeks the temperature of heating should make 25-30 °, then it gradually reduce till 18-20 °. Adult geese well transfer low temperatures, and here gooses when overcooling often suffer from catarrhal diseases.
When you buy gooses on an integrated poultry farm, pay attention, that they were imparted against virus enteritis, differently can be lost in the first days of cultivation. Gooses reach lethal standards in 70 days. By this time at the correct leaving and feeding they should weigh 3,5-4 kg.
(On newspaper materials Sowing calendar).