Breeding Technique of Blue Peacock (a) Breeding behavior of blue peafowls YT-H711 YT-H711 Shenzhen Sunshine Technology Co.,Ltd , https://www.yatwin.com
1. The sexual maturity of the blue peacock during breeding is generally 22 months. The egg production period of female peacock is generally from April to August each year. During the breeding season, the male peacock frequently opens its screen and continues to woo the female peacock, expressing affection.
2. In the courtship peacock group, the male peacock’s sex-heating period was earlier. At the age of 3.5 months, some male peacocks have already started the phenomenon. From 8:30 to 9:30 in the morning and from 4 to 5 in the afternoon, they frequently open their screens, flaunt each other, shake the screen, and make a noise. When the female peacock is in estrus, it squats downward and the male peacock jumps to the back of the female peacock for mating.
3. When the mating behavior is mated, the male peacock flutters on the back of the female peacock and bites on the top of the head of the female peacock. The two feet continuously alternately step on the back of the female peacock, and the rear part of the male peacock has a large amount of vibration. The female peacock The tail feathers spread out and actively accept the male peacock's mating action. The entire mating time is about ten seconds. Then leave each one.
4. Egg production characteristics Female peacock usually lays eggs at 5-7 pm, and the female peacock is not quiet for 2 hours before laying eggs. She walks back and forth along the bar. The annual egg production is about 30 eggs. The average egg weight is about 110 grams and the size is 55 mm x 67 mm. Eggshell brown, some white, egg-shaped spindle.
5. In the wild state of artificial breeding, the peacock is generally composed of a male peacock as a small group, which also includes 3-5 female peacocks, sometimes with peacock. Under the conditions of artificial rearing, the peacock's sexual maturation can be increased to 15 months of age by using the method of increasing the light, and the weight of the peacock is approximately equal to or equal to the adult body weight at the time of opening, which is approximately 6 kg, and the ratio of male to female in the group when artificial breeding is 1: 4 is better. If artificial insemination technology is used and the nutrition of female tits is strengthened, the fertilization rate and hatching rate can be greatly improved.
(B) Incubation
1. The peacock is naturally hatched by a small group of peafowls, and the peacock can be naturally hatched after laying eggs. Large groups of peacock feeding and female peacock nests are not strong in nests. They can be hatched with hug chickens or hugs, and each can be hatched. 2-3 peacock eggs, hens may not turn peacock eggs, can be manually turned 2 times. However, if egg production is large, machine hatching should be used.
2. Machine incubation
(1) Egg selection should be based on the medium size, normal egg shape, smooth surface clean, no wrinkles, cracks, stains. The preservation temperature of eggs should be 18 °C, relative humidity 70% - 80%, good ventilation, storage time should not exceed 5 days, hatching should be disinfected, 0.05% - 0.1% potassium permanganate can be used to soak 10 -20 minutes. Can also be used formaldehyde solution potassium permanganate fumigation disinfection.
(2) Incubation conditions During incubation, the temperature should be kept at 37-37.5°C, the hatching temperature should be 37°C, the humidity should be 60%-70% during incubation, and should be increased to 70%-75% when hatching, and Good ventilation, avoiding malformations or abnormal fetal position.
(3)Manage eggs once every 2 hours, with an angle of 90 degrees, cool eggs once every day, 30 minutes each time, the temperature should not be lower than 25°C, the first time in the 9th day after hatching, no eggs are detected and Dead egg. The second egg was placed on 21 days and dead fetus eggs were detected. At the same time, it was transferred to the hatching machine, hatching began on 27 days, and hatching was completed on 28 days. Then clean and disinfect the hatcher and hatcher to prepare for the next hatch. According to the egg method, reference can be made to the identification standard for chick embryos.
Third, blue peacock nutritional needs and feed formulations
(I) Nutritional requirements Compared with chickens, peacock production has a stronger seasonality and fewer eggs; cecal structure is more developed. The peacock’s feathers are colorful, and the fastest growing is the tail length, followed by weight, wing length, body length, and length. Therefore, nutrients in peacock diets require higher levels of protein and crude fiber. In addition, the peacock's egg production and moulting time are different, sooner or later, the production of eggs in April-August, moulting is mostly in August-December. According to the time characteristics of peacock egg production and moulting, the feed ratio of adult peacock is considered to remain unchanged throughout life.
(b) Feed formulation
1. Feed types Peacock has a wide range of feed sources, but it has a low food intake, which requires a full feed price. Generally adult peacock diets amount to 100-150 grams to meet various body needs.
(1) Protein feed Botanical feeds include bean cakes, soybeans, peanut cakes, sesame cakes, rapeseed cakes, cottonseed cakes, and sunflower seed cakes. These feeds contain about 35% to 50% of protein, and may account for 30% of the total amount of feed. about. Animal feedstuffs include fishmeal, eggs, bone meal, cocoon, feather meal, and blood meal, containing about 40% to 80% of protein, and 20% to 25% of the total feed.
(2) The energy feed includes corn, wheat, barley, sorghum and rice, with an energy content of approximately 13.0 MJ/kg. The bran feed has low energy, large capacity, and is rich in crude fiber. It is suitable for the nutritional needs of peacock. . Therefore, such as bran, rice bran, corn bran, sorghum, etc. can account for 5% of the total amount of feed.
(3) Mineral feed Shell powder, zeolite powder, bone meal and salt are also indispensable substances for the growth and development of peacocks and may account for 2% of the total amount of feed.
(4) Green forage Vegetables, wild herbs, pastures, etc., may account for 20% - 30% of the total amount of feed.
(5) Additives include amino acids, minerals, and multi-dimensional additives, which should be increased or decreased according to different feeding conditions of peacock and different feeding conditions of peacock groups.
2. Feed Formula The following are feed formulations for different peacock feeding stages.
(1) Aberdeen peacock's feed formulation corn 40%, bean cake 20%, bran 6%, fish meal 14%, millet 7%, wheat 6%, minerals 2.7%, salt 0.3%, bone meal 2%, Yeast 2%. The crude protein content of the diet was 22.6%, and the metabolic energy was 11.9 MJ/kg. This material is used for peacocks before 50 days of age.
(2) Feeding formula for young peacock: corn 45%, sorghum 5%, soybean cake 18%, soybean 6%, fish meal 8%, bone meal 4%, bran 10%, yeast 3%, salt 0.5%, shell powder 0.5%. This material is used in young chicks before 6 months of age.
(3) Youth peacock feed formula corn 38%, whole wheat flour 10%, bran 4.6%, sorghum 3%, soybean cake 21%, soybean powder 8%, fish meal 10%, yeast 3%, bone meal 1%, shell powder 1%, salt 0.4%. This material is used for young peacock before 22 months of age.
(4) Peanut feed formulation 60% corn, bran 8.5%, soybean cake 18%, fishmeal 8%, yeast 3%, shell powder 2%, salt 0.5%. This material is used for adult peacocks.
(5) During the production period, the peacock feed formulation has 45% corn, 16% soybean cake, 10% soybean, 10% fishmeal, 8.5% bran, 5% bone meal, 5% yeast, and 0.5% salt. This material is used for peacock during laying.
(6) Peacocks feed formula corn 48%, whole wheat flour 5%, bran 5%, sorghum 2%, bean cake 20%, soybean powder 5%, fish meal 8%, yeast 2%, bone meal 2%, shell powder 2 .5%, salt 0.5%. This material is used for breeding peacocks.
The above feed must add additives such as multidimensional and trace elements as appropriate.