The African black ostrich is one of the most adapted bird species for cultivation in the countries with a frigid climate. He well transfers temperature to minus 25 degrees Celsius. Ostriches of this look well live in bondage. Exactly thanks to unpretentiousness of such bird it can be parted for commercial purposes.
Instruction
1. The room for ostriches has to be high, spacious, warm, light and with good ventilation. If the bird during for a long time period of time remains motionless, she begins to grow fat, and then lays down on a floor. As at ostriches very high blood pressure, in two days the heart of a bird will not be able to support it at the level necessary that the bird could get up, and she should be hammered.
2. Besides the room the large territory is also necessary for ostriches for walking. The Vygulny platform is intended for stay of birds in the open air. Length the platform has to have not less than hundred meters, the area - is not less than 250 square meters, and fence height - is not less than 1.8 meters. The top part of the open-air cage has to be made of well visible and strong material. Shelters have to separate passes about two meters wide. It will exclude contact between males and will ensure safety of people. As ostriches like to go along a fence, their corners have to be rounded off. Do not do a protection of a barbed wire at all.
3. To protect birds from bad weather conditions, construct a canopy in the territory of the shelter or provide them free access to the room for stall contents.
4. The ostrich eats very little, per day the adult bird uses about five kilograms of a forage, and it together with rough sterns as hay, a grass. Food has to be balanced on the main nutrients: carbohydrates, proteins, fats. Have to be present at a diet of a bird: bean, grain, a grass, apples, carrots and mineral substances which contain in a shell of eggs, shell rock.
5. Process of cultivation of ostriches is divided into 2 periods: about three months. Strausit contain groups of different age. Baby birds up to three months are whimsical, very exacting to food and conditions of keeping. Ptentsov it is not necessary to release on the platform if recently rain expected to fall or on a grass there is a dew as they can wet tummies and ache. However adult individuals not against to be bought in the lake or a pond.
6. When the baby bird is three months old, he is moved under a canopy. The room can be a lung and not be heated as the bird can transfer even a light frost. Young ostriches it is necessary regularly to force to move that their extremities were well developed.
7. There are three ways of cultivation of ostriches which depend on the number of birds. Cultivation on couples belongs to the first way, in this case the area for walking has to be larger (on one couple there have to be about 1000 square meters). If you are going to breed ostriches with triads, then on one male there have to be two females. At a group method of cultivation, birds are put into groups on 15 individuals, on one male by four females.