Hungarian geese: description and characteristics of the breed, pros and cons and content

Geese breeding is the most profitable poultry industry. Birds grow rapidly, carcasses have a significant mass. Before starting goslings in your own backyard, you should choose the right breed, because the profitability of the business depends on it, the amount of the necessary initial investment. Detailed information about the Hungarian geese, their advantages and disadvantages, the distinctive features of this type of birds will help you make a choice.

Historical background

The breed was bred by the efforts of Hungarian breeders in the 2nd half of the twentieth century. It was officially recognized and received its name in 1969.Hungarian geese were obtained by crossing Pomeranian and Emdem geese with local breeds. As a result of the work, universal individuals appeared with high-quality taste indicators of liver and meat, excellent fluff and average egg production.

In 1989, Hungarian geese were brought to the Soviet Union. The breed is in the register of the Federal State Budgetary Institution "Gossortkomissiya". They spread throughout the former USSR.

Characteristics and description of Hungarian geese

These are beautiful large birds with a muscular body and white plumage. Sometimes there are gray or colored individuals. The breed is suitable for farm breeding and personal subsidiary plots. Distinctive features of the breed:

• refers to the heavy type of goose representatives, the goose is a giant weighing up to 7-8 kilograms, the goose is up to 6 kilograms;
• body powerful, muscular, proportional, with a broad back;
• beak and paws painted bright orange;
• birds have a long flexible neck and a medium-sized head, females have a shorter neck than males;
• possessors of short strong legs and wings.

Geese of this breed have a lively, fighting character, high crowding of birds can cause skirmishes.

Important: geese should be kept separate from other poultry, as geese prefer to dominate birds.

A balanced diet and comfortable living conditions ensure rapid growth of livestock. The weight of the liver of the Hungarians reaches 0.5 kilograms, fluff is obtained from them 3-4 times a year. The meat is tasty and nutritious, goose fat is used in cosmetology, cooking, folk medicine.

Main advantages and disadvantages of the breed

Gese are easy to care for, they are popular in rural backyards due to the following factors:

• birds quickly gain weight, carcasses are large, with high taste characteristics of meat;
• high-quality down and feather provide the owner with additional income;
• geese of this breed are also kept for liver production.

It is necessary to provide birds with free range and access to a reservoir, this reduces the cost and simplifies their maintenance. The disadvantages of the breed include:

• the appearance of problems with high humidity in the goose;
• geese lay an average number of eggs.

There are much more advantages than disadvantages, even with a small livestock it is possible to provide a family table with quality products, with a significant number of birds they provide a stable profit.

Conditions and care

Geese are kept in the poultry house during the cold season, from April to October they spend the whole day walking, returning to the barn to spend the night. To make the birds comfortable, they provide good ventilation in the goose coop, protect them from drafts, and provide additional lighting.

Geese are large birds, in order to prevent quarrels between them due to crowding, each individual should have 1 square meter of room area. The height of the poultry house is required to be at least 2 meters, in order to save on electricity, windows should be made in it. The walls inside are plastered and whitewashed with slaked lime. This treatment protects them from mold and mildew.

The room is divided into compartments using a grid. This is done to isolate the adult stock from the young and create comfortable conditions for the geese hatching the chicks. The floor can be made of wood or earth and covered with straw or sawdust.The litter in the goose coop must be dry, the birds tolerate the cold, but suffer from high humidity in the room.

In addition to feeders and drinkers, containers with ash and sand must be placed indoors, in which geese clean their feathers, protecting them from ticks. Drinking bowls and feeders should be washed regularly, and geese should always have clean water at room temperature freely available.

Besides the barn, geese need a spacious walking area. For her, a flat area is selected, which is surrounded by a fence around the perimeter or covered with a mesh. The net is dug into the ground along the bottom so that the geese cannot get out of the corral. Drinkers, feeders, ash baths and a canopy are installed on the site so that the geese can hide under it from the rain.

Meeting plan

Adult geese are able to digest roughage. They build mass on the waste of grain production, they are given wet mash vegetables - pumpkin, sugar beets, potatoes.

Important: vegetables must be clean and free from rot and mold.

To increase the nutritional value, the birds are given some compound feed. During the period of laying eggs, bone meal, chalk, and crushed shells are introduced into the diet of geese. Birds are fed 3 times a day. In the morning, geese are given 1/3 of the daily norm of grain and feed. For lunch, birds receive raw or boiled vegetables, hay, and also 1/3 of feed and grain. Evening feeding - the remaining third of the feed, silage, oats.

In summer, birds are given feed and grain 2 times a day, in the morning and in the evening. During the day, geese find green grass on their own or bring it to pasture at the rate of 2 kilograms of green mass for each adult bird.

Breeding rules

Gese start laying eggs after 9 months of age.For them, individual nests or houses for 2-3 individuals are equipped. Geese of the Hungarian breed are excellent mothers. Eggs incubate for 28-30 days. For the appearance of goslings, you can still use an incubator or buy already hatched chicks. After the appearance, they are divided into 2 groups, the weaker ones are separated from the strong ones.

Hatched babies are kept under a lamp. In the early days they are given a mash of eggs, boiled crushed oats. After the first week, cottage cheese is included in the diet, small nettle brooms are hung indoors, so that goslings can reach them. They need fresh water. Babies are allowed outside from the age of 3 weeks if the temperature rises to +20 °С.

Diseases and their treatment

Adult goose livestock are given anthelmintics and tick medicines. For treatment, use "Alben" in accordance with the instructions, or other drugs. Dangerous viral enteritis, salmonellosis, which often affects goslings.Diseases are treated with antibiotics prescribed by a veterinarian.

Aspergillosis is a fungal infection, so antimycotic drugs are used for treatment or the room is fumigated with iodine monochloride. Rickets occurs when there is a deficiency in the body of vitamins and minerals. In the poultry house they put chalk, crushed shells, give the birds bone meal. Cannibalism occurs when high humidity and crowding of birds in the room. They begin to clean the feathers, pulling them out and leaving wounds on the body.

Most problems are fixed by putting things in order in the goose house. Cleaning and airing, changing bedding and removing moisture - these simple measures are the prevention of disease. Good bird care, quality nutrition and responsibility allow you to raise geese with a complete lack of experience. Most farmers started with a dozen goslings, and then the occupation captivates and begins to make a profit.

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