Indochka red bull: description and characteristics of the breed, breeding and care
A large South American breed with a powerful physique and a beautiful red-chocolate color of feathers is becoming more and more popular in Russia and the CIS. The Indian red bull is bred for dietary meat, suitable for canning, and high-calorie eggs added to pastries. The bird is productive, non-aggressive, clean, non-capricious in maintenance and nutrition, has a developed maternal instinct.
Origin story
Indo-duck, also called Muscovy duck, is a South American species. Despite the name, the bird is not a hybrid, developed naturally, and did not appear as a result of crossing turkeys and ducks.The only thing that makes a turkey similar to a turkey is a red bumpy growth above the beak. The ancestors of the species are wild musky ducks tamed by South American Indians.
Wild relatives of the domestic Indo-duck living in South America nest in trees, for which they are called tree ducks.
After the European colonization of the mainland, the red species of the Indoutka spread throughout the world. The first individuals were brought to Russia from Germany in the 1980s.
Description and characteristics of the red bull indouka
Musk breed is distinguished by a heavy physique, well-developed muscles, strong lower limbs and wings. A large skin fold hangs from the chest. The description of the red bull breed is given in the table. - 4 kg
| large, wide, tight to the sides, short, not adapted to flight (but a duck can fly low, so flight feathers preferably cut) | |
| strong, short, with wide webs | |
| normal, flattened, red lumpy growth on the beak and between the eyes exudes a musky secret | Plumage |
| Color | |
Pros and cons
Maintenance, feeding and care
In the content of indochki, the red bull is not capricious, adapted to moderate climatic conditions. When the Indochkas are 3 months old, they are divided into brood flocks of drakes and 4 females. So that the drakes do not start the struggle for leadership, each flock is settled in a separate fenced block, including a poultry house and a walking area. Individuals not included in the uterine group are slaughtered for meat at 4 months of age.
The house must be closed, insulated, ventilated, dry, clean. No more than 3 birds should live on 1 m2. In winter, the house is insulated with a thick layer of straw or sawdust bedding, the temperature inside the room should remain positive. In the summer, Indian women spend most of the day in a paddock.It is good if there is a natural reservoir near the poultry house where birds can find insects. But in the absence of a pond, the ducks do not suffer, they completely manage with a wide basin of water, set in a paddock.
In autumn, with the first cold rains, they stop letting the indoo out of the house, otherwise they will freeze, freeze their paws. In the diet of the Indochka, the red bull is also not capricious, but for good meat and egg productivity, an abundance of fiber and proteins in the diet is important. Birds being fed:
- fresh meadow grass;
- grain (wheat, corn, barley);
- wheat bran;
- boiled potatoes;
- garden tops;
- fresh root crops (beets, carrots);
- bone meal;
- feed yeast;
- cottage cheese, whey;
- mineral additives (chalk, shell rock, s alt).
Breeding
The Indian red bull is such a good mother that she often does not get up from the nest even for food. The owner has to bring food to the bird. Many farmers practice putting other people's eggs under the indoo, and she incubates them as her own.
For breeding in the spring, 4-7-day-old ducklings are bought. Indochki begin to rush from the age of 6 months. Ducklings are kept in a warm comfortable room for up to 3 weeks. In the first week, the surface temperature should be 25-30 °C, in the second - 20-25 °C, in the third - 15-20 °C. Further, the young are kept at a temperature of 12-15 ° C. Incubates indochka chicks in the nest. It is made closed, placed a few centimeters above the floor level, straw is placed inside.
In order for offspring to be born he althy, it is necessary to dilute the gene pool. To do this, females and males from different farms are crossed.
10-12 eggs are laid under the hen. She sits on them for about 35 days until the last chick hatches. Newborn ducklings are temporarily taken away, placed in a box covered with straw, insulated with a lamp. After pecking the last chick is returned under the wing of the mother. Newborn ducklings only peck at moving food, so boiled egg yolk is sprinkled on their backs.
Possible diseases
Muscovy ducks have a strong immunity, they get sick only with improper care and maintenance.
Possible diseases:
- rickets;
- avitaminosis;
- cannibalism;
- cloacitis - inflammation of the cloaca;
- salpingoperitonitis - inflammation of the serous membranes of internal organs;
- Qatar - blockage of goiter;
- poisoning.
The listed diseases are associated with a deficiency of calcium and vitamins in the body, the use of poor-quality feed, improper diet, overcrowding and uncomfortable conditions. If you properly care for the red bull indo-ducks, then their breeding will become a very profitable occupation.
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