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Divorce and maintenance of domestic geese. temperature and light conditions. What you need to know about raising geese for meat

Geese are one of the most popular types of poultry for breeding and keeping at home. They grow quickly and gain weight, while they do not require complex care and expensive feeding.

In nature, the goose is a waterfowl migrant, therefore, flocks settle near reservoirs rich in aquatic vegetation, as well as in floodplain meadows with lush tall grass.

The room for geese should be dry and ventilated, but without drafts. The area required for an adult bird is not less than a square meter per head. Geese are not afraid of frosts down to minus 10, and some breeds even lower. At the same time, they do not tolerate heat well, with high crowding in the summer months, diseases and mortality of the bird are possible.

Subject to these rules, keeping geese is not particularly difficult; it is enough to give them grain feed twice a day, add bedding and monitor the purity of the water. With such care, by two and a half months, you can get a marketable carcass weighing more than 4 kg.

In the summer, geese can be successfully grown not only in a personal courtyard, but also in a country house, even in the absence of a pasture. It is only necessary to provide them with a spacious range with access to water and give fresh grass daily as a top dressing.

Breeds of geese for home breeding

The choice of breed depends on the requirements for the bird. Most often, geese are kept for the sake of meat, some breeds, in addition, provide easily digestible fat, a large and very tasty liver used to prepare delicacies. Breeds with high egg production are bred to obtain not only meat, but also table eggs.

Down is also considered a by-product of geese breeding - it is used to stuff pillows, duvets, blankets and winter clothes.

In addition, when choosing a breed, one should be guided by the conditions of its maintenance, temperature conditions and the method of breeding young animals - an incubator or a hen. Having studied all these nuances, it is easy to choose a breed of geese that is suitable for specific conditions and meets all the needs of the poultry breeder.

A brief description of the rocks is given in the table.

Features and Description	Live weight of an adult bird (goose)	Live weight of an adult bird (gander)	Egg production, Quantity, pcs. in year	Egg mass	Downhole weight at the age of 2-2.5 months.
A fighting breed, currently used as a meat breed. Plumage white with gray feathers	6-7 kg	7-8 kg	from 25 to 30	170 g	3.5-3.7 kg
Meat breed, can be fattened for the liver. The maternal instinct is well developed. Plumage color white	4.5-6.0 kg	5.5-7.0 kg; liver up to 500 grams	from 45 to 55	165 g	4.0-4.2 kg
Not large, but very hardy geese, used in crosses to increase egg production. Color gray-white	4.0-4.5 kg	4.5-5.0 kg	45 to 70, in some cases up to 100	120 g	3.0-3.6 kg
Meat breed, can be fattened for the liver. The maternal instinct is well developed. gray plumage	6-7 kg	7-9.5 kg	30 to 40 g	175 g	4.0-4.5 kg
A good combination of egg production and weight gain. Not very good hens, requires incubation. color white	6-7 kg	7-8 kg	45 g average	150 g	3.5-3.8 kg
A fighting breed, also grown as an ornamental and for meat. Color motley, light gray, squat body	5.0-5.6 kg	5.4-6.0 kg	14 to 17 g	150 g	4.0 kg
Heavy breed of geese, grown for meat and liver. Plumage gray or gray-white	7.0-9.0 kg	8.0-12.0 kg	15 to 25 g	190 g	3.9-4.0 kg

Where to start: egg or young?

Reference: the price of hatching eggs and young stock of different breeds can vary greatly, so when planning a stock, it is worth checking the current prices in your area.

It is sometimes difficult for a beginner poultry breeder to decide where to start breeding geese. The prices for a hatching egg are usually much lower than for grown goslings, and at first it seems that buying an egg will save them a lot.

Incubation egg of a goose of breed "Large gray"

However, it is worth considering such an indicator as the percentage of gosling hatching and mortality in the first few days. Even for experienced poultry farmers, the output can be 80% or less. Beginning poultry farmers sometimes hatch no more than half of those originally laid in the incubator, so sometimes it’s better not to risk it and buy two to three week old goslings.

In addition, the independent hatching of a bird involves the purchase of an incubator. These costs are expedient with a large planned livestock and further maintenance of poultry per tribe. In this case, it is more convenient to buy a breeding bird egg in nurseries that have proven themselves well with poultry farmers. Eggs are easier to transport long distance, it is less demanding on the temperature during transportation and allows you to adjust the timing of the withdrawal of livestock.

Hatch eggs in an incubator

Successful hatching requires careful selection of hatching eggs, including external examination, weighing and ovoscope testing. On external examination pay attention to the following signs:

the shape and size of the egg - elongated, small and too large eggs are rejected;
lack of damage and cracks on the shell;
the absence of contaminants that can cause infections and deaths.

Most poultry farmers do not recommend washing eggs before incubation, but they can be disinfected in a solution of potassium permanganate or under an ultraviolet lamp.

It is not necessary to weigh the eggs, it is enough to sort by size. But for the best result, you can weigh them on electronic scales and compare the result with the requirements for different breeds

Ovoscope check necessarily carried out. This device will help to identify such shortcomings:

incorrectly located or mobile yolk - normally it should be located in the center of the vertical axis, be slightly shifted to the blunt end, move slowly when turning and swaying;
the yolk should not have damage to the shell and mix with protein;
the air chamber is incorrectly located - it should be small and located on the side of the blunt end of the egg;
inside there should be no blood clots, darkening;
the shell should not have veins, uneven thickness.

Any of these signs is a reason to reject the egg, since a full-fledged chick will not hatch from it.

After inspection and verification, the eggs are laid in the incubator. Its design can be different, and the functionality can be very different. Incubators, depending on the model, are equipped with automatic maintenance of temperature, humidity, rotation and ventilation function.

For home hatching, birds usually purchase semi-automatic low-cost models that require more attention: they only automatically maintain the temperature, and the humidity has to be set using special tanks filled with water. Turning the eggs in some models is also necessary manually.

Before starting incubation, it’s a good idea to understand the operating mode of the device, check the stability of maintaining temperature and humidity, and also provide an additional power source in case of a power outage.

The incubation of goose eggs takes 30 days, and it must be performed according to a certain technology.

Before laying the checked eggs, it is necessary to warm up the incubator for two to three hours and set the desired humidity in it - 70%.
Eggs are laid on a special grate for goose eggs and laid in an incubator.
In the first few hours, the temperature is maintained at 38-38.5ºС, then it is reduced to 37.8ºС and maintained at this level until the fourth week of incubation.
On the 8-9th day, the eggs are briefly removed one at a time from the incubator and again checked with an ovoscope. The defects mentioned above should not appear in them, in addition, the first signs of the development of the embryo should appear - the threads of the circulatory system and the embryo itself in the form of a shadow. If the type of egg has not changed in 8-9 days, then it is not viable, there is no point in putting it back into the incubator.
The mode throughout the entire incubation process is maintained in accordance with the mode indicated in the table, not forgetting to turn the eggs.

Goose egg hatching mode.

day of incubation	Temperature, ºС	Humidity, %	Turns per day	Air cooling of eggs
1 to 7	37,5-37,8	70	at least 4	no need
8 to 14	37,5-37,8	60	at least 6	no need
from 15 to 27	37,5-37,8	60	at least 6
from 28 to 30	37,5	85-90	no need	twice a day for 15-20 minutes

Feeding young animals from the first day to three weeks

Hatched or acquired daily goslings are placed in a special compartment - a brooder, where the temperature is maintained in accordance with their age, and feeders and drinkers are also placed.

The area of \u200b\u200bthe room should be at least 0.1 m² for each individual, that is, no more than a dozen goslings can be placed per square meter. If this requirement is not met, weak goslings cannot approach the feeder, drinker and gradually weaken even more.

Feeding goslings in the first days of life
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The main condition in the first days of the life of the chicks is to maintain the temperature regime. It must match what is shown in the table.

Day of life	Temperature, ºС
1 to 3	28,0-30,0
4 to 5	25,0-28,0
6 to 7	23,0-25,0
8 to 10	22,0-24,0
from 11 to 15	20,0-22,0
from 16 to 20	18,0-20,0

Further, the temperature can be maintained within the same limits until the feathers grow, after which the geese become less susceptible to cold. The temperature can be maintained using a heating pad, infrared heaters or a convector, while also monitoring the humidity, which should be in the range of 66-75%.

It is equally important to properly feed the goslings. In the first week, the chicks are fed at least 6-7 times, optimally - every three hours. It is most convenient to feed goslings with starter feed - it has a balanced composition and includes all the necessary elements. You can replace the compound feed with a homemade one, consisting of a finely crushed mixture of wheat, corn, peas, buckwheat and oatmeal.

Compound feed is given in the form of a moistened mash, crumbly, but in no case sticky, otherwise the sinuses of the goslings become clogged and they may die.

From the third day, a boiled chopped egg, cottage cheese, finely chopped greens are introduced - clover, nettle, alfalfa. The ratio of protein and herbal supplements to the grain part of the feed should be equal. From a week old, you can gradually accustom goslings to boiled root crops, crushed to a size convenient for chicks.

Be sure to have constant access to clean and warm water. It is best to use automatic drinking bowls that exclude contamination and spillage of water on the litter. Additionally, for better growth and development, it is necessary to put a feeder with fine gravel, chalk and shell rock in the brooder.

Upon reaching a week of age in dry and warm weather, goslings are gradually accustomed to walking, starting from half an hour a day and increasing the time by 0.5-1 hour daily. Two-week-old goslings in the summer can be on the street all daylight hours.

The selection of young animals for intensive fattening or for breeding is carried out at the age of three weeks, after which they are separated. The parent flock is transferred to a poultry house with an area of at least 1 m² per head, fattening geese can be kept in a denser pattern - 4 heads per meter.

Intensive fattening of geese

For early slaughter, geese are kept without walking and fed without restrictions with high-quality compound feed with the addition of fresh herbs, the feed ratio is equal. The composition of the compound feed includes crushed grain, sunflower cake, peas or beans, bran. Salt, chalk, shells must be added to it. The grass is mowed daily in the morning, giving it to the geese right in the keeping room. The amount of grass can not be limited.

With this feeding, by 70 days, the content of geese reaches commodity mass corresponding to the breed, and are subject to slaughter. It takes about 12 kg of compound feed and 25 kg of herbal green fodder to fatten one individual.

Maintenance of broodstock

To create a parent herd, families are formed consisting of one gander and three geese. The composition of the family often remains unchanged, so the nature of the bird and their peaceful coexistence must be taken into account. Fights lead to a deterioration in egg production, illnesses and injuries, so it is better to transfer a bird that “has not come to the court” to fatteners, no matter how promising it may seem.

In the poultry house, it is necessary to create all the conditions for keeping the parent flock - a sufficient area, thick dry litter, no drafts. In secluded places at some distance from each other, nests are placed - wooden boxes with hay.

Geese provide good nutrition, walking and constant access to water. The diet of the broodstock is somewhat different from fattening. In the unproductive period - in summer - grazing is recommended. A large intake of green fodder is beneficial for two reasons:

ganders and geese do not get fat and maintain reproduction;
they are saturated with vitamins and minerals necessary for fertilization, laying and incubation of eggs.

Geese are fed with mixed fodder when there is a lack of pasture or poor herbage, usually in the evenings - this ensures that the geese return from the pasture at the same time. If it is not possible to release geese to pasture, they are provided with a sufficient amount of green grass, and top dressing is done twice a day: in the morning - with a wet mash, and in the evening - with crushed grain feed.

Feeding geese in winter - photo

Closer to the beginning of the productive period, the gander's diet is changed. For high-quality fertilization, it is necessary to include sprouted oats in his diet - 100 grams per gander, and also increase the share of grain in the diet to 60-80%. It is also necessary to include in the diet up to 20% of feed of plant origin.

Before laying, the geese begin to occupy prepared nests, worry, and sometimes conflicts arise. They usually begin to rush in January-February, when daylight begins to arrive. It is necessary to inspect the nests daily; geese rush more often in the morning, once every two to three days.

Goose in the nest - photo

Eggs from the nest must be removed in a timely manner, especially at sub-zero temperatures. Eggs intended for hatching are marked with a soft, simple pencil, putting the number of the goose and the date. It is not recommended to store eggs for hatching for more than 10 days, and if there is much more time left before the planned laying, it is better to eat them.

Natural incubation of goslings

In the presence of a broodstock, the hatching of eggs is usually carried out in a natural way, while the geese take all care of the eggs themselves. Hatching in an incubator, along with incubation, is practiced for certain breeds that do not differ in parental instinct, and also if the goose does not sit on the nest.

Choosing good hens is simple: just put a few eggs that are not intended for incubation in her nest in advance and look at her reaction. If she sits on the nest, and when a person appears, she does not leave, but begins to drive him away, flapping her wings and making threatening sounds, then she is ready to become a good hen.

After drying, the first hatched chicks are put in a box under the lamp, the temperature there should be about 28ºС. As soon as all the goslings hatch, they are returned to the mother hen, along the way, you can add the chicks obtained by incubation.

Maintaining the size of the parent stock

To ensure that herd productivity does not fall over time, it is necessary to regularly update it. Usually this is done once a year, culling unproductive ganders and geese, as well as nervous, conflict birds. They replenish the population at the expense of young animals, selecting them according to weight gain, character and genetic indicators.

Breeding geese from a hobby can develop into home business, especially with a responsible approach to the choice of breed, maintenance and breeding work, many poultry farmers were convinced of this, starting with a small livestock taken for fattening, and eventually expanding the house to the limits of a mini-farm.

Video - Goose care at home

Video - Breeding geese

Growing geese should begin with determining the goal, choosing the breed and preparing the house. Most often, birds are bred at home to provide meat and eggs or for the purpose of selling meat and young goslings.

The choice of breed of geese

Different geese were bred to implement all sorts of tasks Agriculture and poultry farming in particular. The most common types are:

. An adult male gains up to 10 kg, a female about 8 kg. These birds are capable of carrying 40 eggs per year, although the egg production of individual geese can reach 80 pcs. The plumage may be white or grey. You can grow geese of this breed in almost any climatic conditions.
Gray geese, as a rule, grow up to 8 kg. The average number of eggs is 40 pcs. Geese are comparatively worse mother hens than representatives of other breeds.
the breed is one of the largest and fattest, adult birds reach 12 kg of weight (geese up to 10 kg). They are able to produce up to 40 eggs per year, weighing 200 g each. Inactive, poorly adapted to cold climates.
Italian. According to the characteristics, they resemble the Kholmogory geese. They are bred, as a rule, to obtain the liver. The breed is distinguished by above-average egg-laying (up to 50 pcs.) And the precocity of the young.
Kuban geese are relatively small, weight does not exceed 5-6 kg. Very resistant to external factors, capable of carrying about 50 eggs, weighing 140 g each.
Chinese are in great demand among farmers due to the increased level of egg production (the best geese are able to carry up to 100 pieces / year). The mass of adult birds is 4-5 kg.

Geese and Toulouse breeds are excellent for the production and sale of liver, and for the purpose of obtaining down and feathers, farmers choose Edmen and Rhine geese.

If several breeds are kept on the same farm, each of them must be grown separately.

Depending on the chosen goals, the required number of heads is calculated, as well as the area required for their maintenance.

The optimal parameters of the poultry house will be the following: height - 2 m and above, area per bird - 1 sq.m.

The room must reliably protect the geese from drafts and precipitation, and the floor must be equipped in such a way as to prevent the penetration of rodents. That is, it can be covered with clean dried straw, sawdust or peat. For one goose, you will need to prepare about 40 kg of bedding material. Inside the house it is recommended to whitewash with slaked limestone.

The health of the birds will ensure uniform heating and proper lighting. In addition to piece light, the room should also penetrate Sun rays, for which several windows should be provided.

For breeding geese at home, it is desirable to design the house in such a way that it consists of several separate boxes. This will sort the birds by groups and age.

A huge plus would be the presence of a green area with a pond where you can carry out walking. For goslings, you will need 1 sq.m. / 1 pc., And for an adult bird, an area of 15 sq.m. will be the best option. For bathing, it is advisable to install a large container with clean water, which should be changed regularly.

Particular attention should be paid to the feeders. They are usually made in the form of a trough, which ensures easy cleaning and uniform feeding of the entire herd. It is advisable to choose a drinker with height adjustment, because, according to experts, its bottom should be several centimeters higher than the back of the bird.

Feeders and drinkers are periodically washed with warm water with the addition of a 2% solution of caustic soda.

Despite the fact that geese survive absolutely normally in poultry houses with temperatures down to -10 ° C, it is advisable to keep the goose house warm (optimum temperature is + 4 ° C). This will promote good egg laying and hatching of healthy chicks.

For every 2-3 geese, a wooden nest with clean and dry bedding should be provided.

For the prevention of skin and feather diseases among geese, it is useful to install a trough in the yard, with the addition of sand, ash and fodder sulfur. Geese "bath" in this mass and, thus, clean the feathers from pests.

What else is useful to know about raising geese

Growing geese at home has several key points that every novice farmer should know.

After oviposition (approximately in June), the geese begin the molting period. At this time, you need to pluck the birds, which is completely painless for them. Thus, the resulting fluff and feathers can be used in the household.

The day before the procedure, the geese are bathed in clean ponds or troughs, and then they are given the opportunity to clean the feathers. The next day, the birds selected for plucking are not released to the pasture, but are closed in a paddock.

Features of feeding geese

Goose feeds are relatively high in calories and fiber. Due to this, the bird consumes less food, but at the same time it actively and quickly grows.

For females that lay eggs, the diet should not be limited to cereals or mixed feed.. In order for them to produce healthy offspring, their food must include fresh green grass, bran, various vegetables, steamed hay, etc.

AT winter period the diet of each adult goose daily should contain:

grain flour crops - 150g (with an admixture of whole oats);
hay from legumes- 100-150 g;
vegetables (including potatoes, beets and carrots) - up to 0.5 kg;

It is also allowed to add 50 g of sauerkraut. Finely ground chalk and gravel should be added to separate containers.

Geese, unlike other birds, can eat at any time of the day, so you need to monitor the availability of food in their feeders around the clock.

What you need to know about raising geese for meat?

Fattening should begin in August, when young birds reach 3-4 kg of weight.
Several times a day, geese are given grain top dressing, while not stopping grazing.

1.5-2 weeks before slaughter, the birds are placed in enclosed spaces and fed up to 4 times a day with a mixture of steamed grains. The calculation of grain is carried out according to the formula: 35 g - 1 kg of weight.

Birds are slaughtered for meat on the 70th day of life, when the goose gains 5-7 kg. If this period is missed, the goose will begin to molt and will have to wait until 4 months of age.

For breeding, the herd is completed in the fall, before the first frost. Usually, no more than three geese are bred per gander. If you decide to have a bird only for the summer, slaughtering them in the fall, then buy the chicks in May. Choose active and healthy chicks. Goslings grow very quickly, in two months their weight increases almost 40 times.

The goose is a territorial bird, they become attached to one place and to their master. Therefore, there are practically no problems with their content. They won't run; they won't swim so far away that you won't find them.

In summer, you need to keep it outside: in meadows, near water bodies or in a specially built paddock. Geese should always have drinking water and fresh grass within reach. Birds are driven indoors at night. In summer, geese on pastures practically do not need to be fed. On the walk, they nibble grass up to 2 kg per day, drink water from reservoirs.

They will not eat tall grass, as well as grass from swampy ponds, so they are needed in meadows with good grass. Among the vegetation, geese prefer dandelions, plantains, sorrel, nettles, bindweed and birds. The remains of vegetation after harvesting are also eaten with pleasure by these birds.

In winter, geese should be kept in a clean and dry room, the walls of which are treated with freshly slaked lime. The room should be well ventilated so that dampness does not settle on the walls. If it is too damp, the birds may catch a cold. The legs and beak of geese are the most sensitive parts of the body, so the floor should be dry and warm.

Raise it 20 cm from the ground and sprinkle it with straw, sawdust or peat. The temperature in the room should be at least 0 ° C, if the wintering place of the birds is done correctly, then they themselves will bask due to their dense fluff. Geese are very hardy to the cold, so in good weather they can be released outside for feeding.

In winter, birds are fed twice: in the morning and in the evening they give grain and water. The water in the drinkers should be periodically heated during the day so that it does not freeze. During oviposition, when breeding, increase up to 4 times a day.

Geese are slaughtered for meat in December, before the New Year. Then these birds have the highest meat content. Goose meat is very nutritious, it contains a large amount of proteins and minerals. Goose fat is widely used in folk medicine, and eggs are ideal for baking.

Very popular with residents countryside and ordinary summer residents use geese. This poultry easily adapts to various conditions of detention, they are resistant to diseases and very smart, and most importantly, unpretentious. Even a novice poultry farmer can handle breeding domestic geese. At the same time, it is very profitable, which is extremely important for the family budget. Let us consider in more detail how to breed geese at home for beginners.

As trite as it sounds, the goose is a useful bird. Since ancient times, these birds have served man regularly. Many legends, myths, interesting tales and exciting stories are associated with them. geese unpretentious in content. Having provided them normal conditions content, often walking and giving the opportunity to swim in a pond, can be obtained as a result of:

tasty meat;
nutritious eggs;
goose liver, which is very useful and highly valued;
soft down, suitable for everyday use.

Breed selection

Currently there are about 25 breeds of geese. They differ in their appearance, maintenance requirements, size, growing conditions, egg production and other characteristics. Novice poultry farmers often ask the question, which breed to choose?

Goose breeds are divided into three main categories:

heavy;
medium;
lungs.

Heavy is meat breeds . Representatives of this category are large, they are rarely used in industrial poultry farming, because some breeds are difficult to acquire and at the same time they are quite expensive. Heavy breeds are bred exclusively for meat, as they are distinguished by low egg production and are difficult to breed. The following meat breeds are most common: Lindovskaya, Kholmogorskaya, Toulouse.

Medium breeds- decorative. Such birds give the backyard a kind of decoration. The cost of decorative geese is quite high. This breed includes: Sevastopol curly, Crested, Ribbon.

Light breeds- These are small birds that carry eggs well, so they are easy to breed. They eat a lot, but do not gain mass. Representatives of this breed are Kuban and Italian geese.

I would especially like to note such as mulards. It is they who attract novice farmers. Mulard is a hybrid, that is, it is the result of crossing an indo-duck with any domestic duck. They weigh about 3 - 4 kg. The main reason why mulard geese are bred is getting a large number meat. Breeding such a bird is not expensive. If, then you can get the most valuable resource - fatty liver, which is a delicacy. Mulard meat has a more delicate taste than that of an ordinary goose, and has a less specific smell. Such a breed has one drawback - they cannot produce their own kind.

Unlike chickens, geese do not lay eggs in huge volumes - the average egg production of a goose is 40-50 eggs per year. The main income of the goose farm comes from delicious meat, feathers and poultry liver, as well as from the sale of its droppings for fertilizer.

The principle of choosing breeds for breeding is unpretentiousness, low susceptibility to diseases and rapid weight gain. best meet the given parameters White Italian, Chinese, Kholmogory and Gray domestic geese. You can start several breeds, since crossing will not worsen the performance of the offspring.

Arrangement of a goose coop and walking for birds

It will not cause much trouble, because they are unpretentious and resistant to cold. In winter, they can live in an unheated poultry house, but they do not tolerate drafts and unsanitary conditions. For a goose house, a plank shed with carefully sealed cracks, a tight-closing door and a leak-proof roof is suitable.

It is desirable to make the floor rise above ground level by 15-25 cm. and cover with a thick layer of straw. The bedding should be changed every 5-7 days. The goose house must be made ventilated, and the temperature in it in winter should not fall below + 4C - + 5C degrees.

The room is built based on the calculation: 1-2 goose per 1m2. Fenced walking areas are attached to the poultry house, the territory of which should exceed the area of \u200b\u200bthe poultry house by 150-200%.

Keeping geese - care, feeding, grazing

In spring, summer and autumn, geese are kept on open pastures in paddocks. The corral is fenced with a grid, 1.5 meters high and equipped with a shed canopy. It is ideal to have a reservoir in a dedicated area, but in its absence, several mini-baths are installed from old bathtubs or basins.

Feeding geese in summer

In summer, geese feed on a variety of pasture grasses: nettle, plantain, sorrel, dandelions, etc. In the evening, birds are fed with root crops, vegetable waste, and a crumbly grain mash.

Feeding geese in winter

In winter, birds are fed three times a day with grain, silage, vegetable waste, hay dust with flour, cake, boiled legumes, etc. For vitaminization, spruce or pine needles are given.

There should always be sufficient fresh water in the house because geese drink a lot.

Breeding goslings

Geese lay eggs in February-March. A month before, the geese are transferred to intensive feeding. At the same time, nests 30 cm high and 40x60 cm in size are installed in the goose house.

The laid eggs are taken to the incubator or left to the goose, providing her with maximum peace and comfort during incubation. Goslings are born 28 days after laying.

Up to 2-3 weeks, goslings are provided with a warm regime (+ 25С - + 30С) and special nutrition from crumbly porridge, finely chopped greens, eggs and grated carrots. After the third week, they are gradually transferred to an adult diet.

Goslings grow quickly and by 10 weeks of age reach the size of an adult.

Disease prevention in geese

Geese rarely get sick if they are provided with proper care and certain preventive measures are taken:

Some will be helpful nuances of increasing productivity breeding geese:

There should be 3-4 females per goose in the herd.
Basically, geese begin to lay in the second year of life, but egg production can also be achieved from a 5-6 month old bird.
The ideal weight for slaughter is considered to be a weight of 5-6 kg, after which the bird accumulates excess fat.
Geese rush in the morning at the same time. To incubate chicks, the female sits on 5 or more eggs.

Goose breeding expenses and income

Goose business - it's a long term investment, the main income from which is felt 2-3 years after the start of the business. However, in the first year will bring some profit.

Expenses

Construction of a barn and enclosure fencing - 100-120 thousand rubles;
Arrangement of a poultry house and an aviary - 40 thousand rubles;
Purchase of goslings (50 pcs.) - 20 thousand rubles;
Feed costs in the first year - 25 thousand rubles;
In total - about 200 thousand rubles.

Income

Sale of eggs - in the year the geese will bring 1480 eggs, minus 50 pcs. for breeding, you can make a profit of 21,400 rubles by selling them for 15 rubles. a piece.
Sale of meat - slaughtering half the herd, we get 150 kg. meat for 300 rubles. - profit 45,000 rubles. If you kill all the geese in three years (after technical development), you will get from 400 kg of meat, because. the weight of the geese will increase to 8-10 kg. from an individual.
The sale of feathers and down - in the first year the income will be - about 8 thousand rubles, because young geese shed little, in the future, the volumes will double.
You can sell separately goose liver - from 200 rubles per 1 goose and bird droppings - about 1000 rubles a year.

Total, for the first year with 50 geese you can earn about 80 thousand rubles.

The goose farm begins to generate a stable income from the third year of operation, but it is not very profitable to maintain small livestock volumes. The optimal number of goose flocks for an effective one is 150-200 birds.

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