How to feed goslings at home

Breeding geese is pretty simple. These poultry are undemanding to care, are almost omnivorous and can partially provide themselves with food in the form of grass. However, if adults can eat greens, mash, cereal mixtures, then goslings need a different diet. During the first month of life, the goslings' immunity is laid. The growth, health and weight gain of the bird depend on the quality of nutrition. Therefore, it is important for a novice breeder to know how to care for goslings at home and how to feed goslings.

Feeding and maintenance tips

Tiny chicks need to be cared for after they have hatched. The content of the brood should be organized according to the following rules:

• In the first 1.5 weeks, goslings have no normal thermoregulation. The top tip is that the box, cage, or paddock they are in should be warm. The best air temperature is around + 25 ... + 30 degrees. The temperature is gradually lowered. When the birds are one month old, they can be kept at a temperature of + 14 ... + 18 degrees.
• But you cannot maintain too high a temperature in the pen. This will lead to a loss of appetite. Accordingly, the bird will not gain weight.
• It is important to arrange the place for food correctly. A feeder is best organized from a small rimmed tray or shallow bowl. The sides are needed so that the geese do not walk on the stern. After each meal, the feeder is removed and cleaned of food debris. You can not leave uneaten food. It quickly deteriorates, and the inhabitants of the cell can be poisoned by it.
• Feeding goslings depends on their age. If the birds are diurnal, or they are only two days old, then they are fed 8 times a day. When the livestock is one week old, the number of feedings is reduced to 6 times a day. This will happen with each subsequent week. Monthly goslings switch to two or three meals a day and active walking in a green meadow, if it's summer outside.

The diet of little goslings

The life of goslings in the first month should be comfortable and well-fed. The owner should be guided by how to feed the little goslings from birth until they reach one month of age. Each of the first weeks of life has its own diet.

Feeding weekly birds

In the first few days after hatching, how to feed the goslings? The answer to this question is simple. They are given chopped boiled egg yolk. Eggs are boiled hard-boiled, the yolk is separated, chopped very finely and poured onto a tray, which is placed in a box with the birds. After the birds are full, the pallet is removed. They wash him. Young animals are fed 8 times a day. They are fed every 2-2.5 hours.

One individual, which is 2-4 days old, can eat about 30 grams of yolk per day. Every day the appetite of a healthy bird will increase. Based on this, the question arises: "how to feed weekly goslings?" At this time, a whole list of permitted foods is added to the yolk in the diet. Among them:

• egg white;
• boiled carrots;
• fish fat;
• peas;
• grass (dandelion, nettle, onion feathers, clover);
• wheat bran;
• ground shell;
• milk.

Each of the solid foods must be chopped well. This is best done with a blender. If the particles are more than 2.5 mm, the goslings will not be able to swallow them. You cannot give the products all at once. It is recommended to divide them into different meals. For instance:

1. At 7 am, give an egg with peas and bran;
2. At 9 o'clock - a little milk with bran;
3. At 11 o'clock - carrots with milk;
4. At 13 o'clock - grain feed with grass and eggs;
5. At 15 o'clock - bran, fish oil, peas, carrots;
6. At 17 - milk, carrots, eggs;
7. At 19 - grass, peas, grain feed, fish oil;
8. At 20 o'clock - egg, bran, milk.

Daily goslings are fed with crushed eggs

As for the ground shell, it is recommended to pour it into a separate container. Thus, chicks will be able to nibble on this food at any time, which is rich in magnesium, iodine, calcium.

For breeders who do not want to cook homemade food for birds, there is an option to buy industrial feed for geese. This will answer the question "how to feed 10 day old goslings?" You can purchase packs with the names Start, Solnyshko, Purina in specialized stores. These combination feeds do not need to be supplemented with vitamins or other foods. They are balanced and adapted for small birds.

Feeding two-week-old birds

An important point is how to feed the goslings 2 weeks old. At this age, the birds become stronger, and they have a good appetite. In order to raise healthy, well-fed geese, it is important to increase the amount of food you eat over the first week of life.

Experienced breeders recommend starting a mash for the birds. It is made from crushed products with the addition of a small amount of meat broth, boiled water. Do not allow food to be too liquid. It should be moist but crumbly. Viscous, liquid feed clogs the nasal passages of chicks. Because of this, they can suffocate. You can check the consistency of the mash by squeezing it in a fist. Suitable food will not stick to your hand.

How to feed two week old goslings? It is allowed to give such high-calorie food as cake. But it should first be steamed in boiling water. It is also allowed to add some nutritional yeast there.

Among the foods that should be in the diet and from which the mash is prepared are the following:

• Bran;
• Bread;
• Grass;
• Crushed grain;
• Boiled potatoes;
• Boiled carrots;
• Peas;
• Mineral feed.

You can also give boiled eggs, cottage cheese. Additionally, gravel and sand are poured into the feeder. These substances help the digestive tract work.

The number of feedings for two-week-old goslings is reduced to 6-5. However, the amount of food increases. Each individual is able to eat about 90-120 grams of feed per day.

Among industrial feeds for two-month-old goslings are acceptable: Solnyshko, Start, Growth, PC 5.

Feeding three-week-old, monthly birds

At this time, it is recommended to gradually add raw roots and vegetables to the diet. For example, finely grate carrots, beets. You can try to start giving sour milk, including reverse, serum. The products that were fed to weekly and two-week-old goslings remain in the diet of three-week-old birds.

In addition, you can switch to industrial compound feed PK-2 or continue to feed Solnyshko, Rost, etc. with compound feed.They contain a full range of vitamins and minerals for the health of young animals. Also, these products are high-calorie and high-quality.

Industrial compound feed PK-2

If the owner has chosen the home food option and prepares the mash on his own, he should not forget about minerals and vitamins. In order to provide the birds with phosphorus, calcium, feed tricalcium phosphate is added to their food. This source of mineral elements should be 2% of the total mass in the mash. It is recommended to add crushed chalk and eggshells to the mixed feed or mash.

To reduce mortality among birds (including both goslings and chickens and ducklings), they are given the feed additive Chiktonik. It has a beneficial effect on growth, health, immunity. The drug enriches the young body with the necessary vitamins and minerals. A few drops of the solution are added to the drinking water in the trough. Chiktonik must be given to chicks that were born in the cold season.

It is noteworthy that if it is summer outside, then the three-week-old gosling can already go for walks. To do this, a small area is fenced off with a net on a green lawn. Young goslings are driven into it. The grass should be clean and not crumpled there. First, the birds are taken for a walk for 15 minutes, gradually increasing the time. In the open air, chicks will be able to eat plenty of grass. As a result, the farmer can reduce the number of feedings up to 3 times without fear for the health of the bird. The most abundant meal should be in the morning and before bedtime. What to feed geese at the age of 1 month? Answer: exactly the same as a three-month-old gosling.

Feeding two month old goslings

Feeding goslings at 1 month is different from feeding a 2 month old bird. At the age of two months, the goose already has a formed immunity, good health and good weight (about 2-3 kg). These individuals are almost omnivorous. Two-month-old geese spend most of the day grazing if it's summer outside. Nutritional care includes feeding twice a day.

Meals are best done in combination

Meals are best done in combination. That is, include both dry crushed grain feed (wheat, oats, barley) and a wet mash. Grain mixtures are poured into the feeder at about 150 grams per individual, morning and evening. The mash is made from boiled potatoes, vegetables, cake, tops, bone meal, water or broth. You can also make a mash of corn, oat flour, bran, legumes. It is allowed to feed birds with food from the master's table. The main thing is that it should not be spoiled.

Compound feed for goslings

Combined bird food is allowed to start giving to chicks who are several days old. For young poultry, they give such industrial compound feeds as Solnyshko, Rost, Start, Purina, PK-5. Those who are already 20-25 days old are given PK-31, PK-6, etc. In this case, whole grain feed should be thoroughly grinded. The reason is that whole grains are poorly digested by geese.

Bird grass

An individual starting to visit the street can consume a wide variety of herbs.Usually geese quickly find out which greens are good for them and which ones are best not to use. They recognize the delicacy by its delicious smell. But little goslings can smell bad. Therefore, the owner should let them go for a walk in places where only useful grass grows. Among these greens:

1. Nettle;
2. Carrot, beet tops;
3. Alfalfa;
4. Knotweed;
5. Sorrel;
6. Horsetail;
7. Wheatgrass;
8. Yarrow;
9. Dandelion;
10. Bow;
11. Garlic;
12. Meadow bluegrass, etc.

An important part of the goslings' diet is grass.

Many people have a question "is it possible to give euphorbia to goslings?" The answer is yes. In this case, euphorbia can be given even to two-week-old birds.

Among the prohibited herbs for geese are:

1. Lily of the valley;
2. Ambrosia;
3. Quinoa.

Water for goslings

The first thing that needs to be installed in a cage or chick box is a drinking bowl. Water is vital for goslings. Thanks to her, all systems of the body begin to work correctly. The drinker can be a regular plate or container. It is recommended to change the water 3-4 times a day. For babies, boiled water at room temperature is needed.

Monthly goslings change the water once a day. Now they are given ordinary unboiled water.

It is important for breeders to organize competent care of young animals. Thanks to proper nutrition from the first week of life, geese will grow strong, large and healthy. The meat will be juicy and healthy.