Mamut goose: breed description and characteristics, breeding rules and care

Gese are bred as poultry in many farms. Breeds are bred, old and new, differing in characteristics and appearance. The main advantages of the Danish mamut geese - large size and weight - make this breed promising for breeding at home. Consider its description, advantages and disadvantages, the rules of feeding, maintenance and care. How to breed and breed poultry in households.

External characteristics and productivity of mamut geese

The Danish Mamut was bred by crossing the white Landes goose and the gray Toulouse. The name of the breed is translated as "big", which correctly characterizes its representatives. Mamuts came to the territory of Russia and Ukraine in 1996, but remained not officially registered.

Mamutes are large geese, the weight of a drake is 11-13 kg, geese are 8-10 kg. The body is large, rounded, the head is medium in size, the neck is long. Paws and beak (without a bump) are large, bright orange, the feather is white. Mamut geese begin to rush at 7 months. About 5 dozen eggs are laid per year. Goslings emerge from eggs at 25-27 days, the survival rate of chicks is 85%.

Good and bad sides

Pros and conslarge sizes;large mass;fast growth;good survival of goslings;unpretentiousness;low feed intake.lay few eggs;weak incubation instinct;are expensive.

As you can see, the advantages of the breed outweigh its disadvantages, so Mamutas are recognized as a promising breed, which is recommended for growing in private conditions.

Rules of maintenance and care

Raising mamut geese is considered economical. For summer maintenance, it is enough for them to make a corral and keep it in the fresh air. After the onset of cold weather, birds should be placed in a spacious and warm house. On the floor you need to lay a layer of insulating material: straw, peat, sawdust. The bedding layer should be at least 15 cm. The temperature in winter should not fall below 10 ˚С, and the humidity should not exceed 75%.

1-2 geese should have an area of 1 sq. m. But it is impossible to keep birds in the house all the time. They must walk, so next to the goose house you need to arrange a corral in which the geese will walk. You need to release birds into it every day. They should spend about 8 hours in it. A water container should be placed in the paddock.

In addition to temperature and humidity, you need to provide the geese with the right lighting and ventilation. Light day should last at least 12 hours, both in summer and in winter.Every day the room must be ventilated or equipped with a ventilation system in the house. In order for the geese to be able to lay eggs, you need to put nests in the house - one for 2 birds.

What to feed the birds?

Mamut geese are distinguished by the fact that they consume no more than 95 kg of feed until adulthood, which is considered a small amount. Adult birds can be fed with mixtures of grains of different types, finely ground, with the addition of grass, boiled or freshly grated vegetables, root crops. Mixers must be damp. In addition to the main components, it is necessary to replenish the mixture with premixes, chalk and s alt.

Little goslings for the first 1.5 weeks are fed with mixtures of boiled eggs, greens, chopped cereals. Then boiled potatoes are added to them. From 3 weeks of age, goslings can be transferred to feeding food for an adult bird.

Grown up goslings and adult mamut geese can be fed with bird feed. It is nutritious, fully satisfies the needs of the bird, economical. When feeding mixtures or compound feed, geese should always have water in drinkers.

Subtleties of breeding

Purebred goslings mamut are obtained only from purebred geese and ganders. Taking into account that the females of the breed do not differ in manifestations of the incubation instinct, it is necessary to hatch the chicks in an incubator. Subject to the rules of incubation, the percentage of breeding goslings reaches 85%.

Diseases

Danish Mamut geese suffer from infectious diseases and helminthiases. The reasons most often lie in non-compliance with the conditions of maintenance and care.

If the bird is on a damp and dirty bedding, eats from dirty feeders, lives in a cramped room, then infections spread very quickly.

When a sick bird is found, it must be immediately isolated from the rest so that the infection is not transmitted further.Antibiotics are used for treatment. The course of therapy is carried out until the complete recovery of the bird. You cannot make a diagnosis and treat yourself, the veterinarian must establish the cause and treatment regimen.

In addition to infections, mamutes can suffer from non-communicable diseases - hypovitaminosis, digestive disorders, metabolic diseases. The causes of pathologies are considered improper feeding, unbalanced in nutrients. To eliminate the causes, you need to revise the diet, introduce new feeds into it. After a while, the problem should be solved.

Adult geese can suffer from prolapse of the oviduct, this is due to the fact that they carry large eggs. Another common problem - blockage of the esophagus - occurs due to feeding dry food. You can avoid this problem if you feed the bird with wet burghers, and even in this case, there should always be clean water in the house. When feeding with compound feed, this condition is mandatory.

Danish mamut geese are profitable in breeding. They eat a little, grow quickly, have a lot of weight. Geese are bred for their own consumption or set up a small goose farm that will generate financial profit.

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