Ducks are smaller, with short necks, and some genera have bigger mouths. The legs are behind the body, so the gait is faltering.

meat duck

Big, generous, muscular, delicious, docile and slow-moving. Early growth is fast and easy to gain weight. Representative ones are Beijing Duck, Cherry Valley Duck, French Muscovy Duck and White Star Duck. French Muscovy Duck and Aobaixing Duck, which are more suitable for the market, have the outstanding characteristics of good meat quality, high lean meat rate, low feed-meat ratio and strong disease resistance. For example, the meat of French muscovy ducks tastes like wild birds; Chest muscles and leg muscles account for 27 ~ 30% of the carcass; Under extensive conditions, the brooding rate and survival rate are as high as 95 ~ 98%.

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After the newborn ducklings are completely dry, they can feed and drink water. The tide before feeding is also called "water". Is to put the chicken in the bamboo basket first. Then gently put the bamboo basket into shallow water until it reaches the instep, so that it can drink freely. The time is usually 5 ~ 6 minutes, which should not be too long, but the chicken should only drink water.

After the tide, put the chickens on soft hay and let them automatically trim their hair until the hair shaft immediately begins to eat for the first time. Another way is to spray some water on the chicks and let them peck at each other's water drops. Note that both methods should be carried out in a warm environment. Drinking water early is beneficial to the elimination of waste in the body and the absorption of residual egg yolk.

The first feeding, also called "opening food", should be carried out within 24 hours after the larvae hatch. If it is too late, it will lead to "old mouth" (that is, it will affect the growth and development of young chicks. Broken corn or broken rice can be used as starting materials, and the principle is rich in nutrition, easy to digest and palatable. It is usually cooked and soaked before feeding. If possible, 30 chickens can be fed a boiled egg yolk.

The method of feeding is to spread the feed on straw mats or plastic sheets and let the ducks peck it so that it can be sprinkled when eating. Individual chicks that can't eat can sprinkle feed on other chicks to attract them to peck. Don't eat too much for the first 3 days to avoid indigestion. Therefore, we should master the principle of feeding more and less, feeding 80% full every time and feeding 6 ~ 8 times a day.

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