Cultivation of turkey-cocks is a profitable branch of agriculture. Turkey-cocks – the largest poultry, males grow to 20−30 kg, samochka weigh 8−15 kg. Cultivation of this bird has the subtleties.
Favorable conditions for young growth
Beautiful bird, males have an exotic appearance – their beak is decorated ярко−красным with an outgrowth earring, turkeys look more modest, but good hens also can quite replace a mini-incubator. Rush during the winter and spring period, baby birds are brought for the 28th day.
Before getting turkey-cocks, for their contents it is necessary to prepare the room. Baby birds, especially inkubatorsky, very gentle, they should create favorable conditions for growth. Contain young growth at an initial stage in the boxes or small cages equipped with the heaters, feeding troughs closed by drinking bowls, lighting.
In a cage it has to be dry, clean, the laying changes 1−2 times a week. Turkey poults to heat are exacting – about one month need temperature of 35−20 °C, in process of their growth temperature decreases. From the 10th day age in warm days it is possible to release on walk. From 20-day age accustom young growth to a perch, for this purpose arrange poles at the height of 15−20 cm from a floor. Further the perch is lifted on height of 1 meter from a floor.
Food
The bird is not choosy in food, kids are fed with egg boiled, steamed shredded grain: − buckwheat; − oats; − corn; − wheat; − barley. Add the crushed greens to the bourgeois: nettle, onions feather, dandelion leaves. It is useful to give dairy products: cottage cheese, curdled milk. Klyuviki at baby birds weak, soft therefore feeding troughs should be laid soft fabric. Mineral additives are obligatory in a diet: egg shell, chalk, fish or meat and bone meal. In drinking bowls always there has to be a clear water of room temperature. For prevention of a case add vitamin A to food, propaivat turkey poults Triovity, on 1 droplet on the head daily within a week.
Keeping of an adult bird
Conditions of keeping and diet of an adult bird depends on breed. Light, small breeds: the weight of males – 10−12 kg, females − 5 kg. Breeds with an average weight: turkey-cocks − 15 kg, turkeys – 7 kg. Heavy breeds: males I reach the weight of 25−30 kg, a female – 11−15 kg. Feed them with high-calorific sterns with addition of vitamins and mineral fertilizing. For receiving good additional weights give the balanced compound feed, bourgeoises from boiled or grated raw vegetables and zernosmesy. They are sensitive to infectious and intestinal diseases therefore feeding troughs and drinking bowls have to be clean. In the hen house the dry microclimate is supported, turkey-cocks badly transfer dampness, constant temperature of +20 °C is desirable. The difference in weight causes some difficulties when pairing, at large breeds the artificial insemination practices. Room space pays off 2 sq.m on 1 head.