Goose meat is flat and sweet, belonging to spleen and lung meridian, and has the functions of invigorating qi and tonifying deficiency, regulating stomach to quench thirst, relieving cough and phlegm, and relieving lead poisoning. It can prevent chronic diseases, tonify deficiency, invigorate qi, warm stomach and promote fluid production. Suitable for people who are often thirsty, tired, short of breath and have poor appetite. You can often drink goose soup and eat goose meat, which can not only supplement nutrition, but also control the development of the disease. Goose can treat and prevent cough and chronic bronchitis, especially for colds, acute and chronic bronchitis and chronic bronchitis. Nephritis, senile edema, emphysema, asthma and phlegm all have good effects, and winter supplement is more suitable.
Living habits
hydrophilia
As a kind of waterfowl, geese are naturally fond of water and spend13 of their time in the water every day. It is used to playing in the water, foraging and courtship. Therefore, the goose farm should be built in an environment with good water sources and wide waters, especially in flowing waters such as ditches, lakes and rivers.
sociability
Gooses are very gregarious, they are arranged neatly when walking, and they also spread in a certain range when foraging. It will make a loud cry when it is alone, in order to find a voice to return to the group after the peer responds. This kind of gregarious is beneficial to the management of geese.
herbivorous
Goose is a herbivorous poultry, and its feed is mainly plant feed with strong foraging activity. It can feed on a large amount of natural plant feed and consumes about 2 kilograms of grass every day. Goslings can eat grass from 1 day, and should graze as much as possible if conditions permit. If you are in captivity, you should feed high-quality grass, you can feed concentrated feed and forage, but you should also graze properly, which can not only reduce the cost, but also promote the growth and fattening of geese [2].
cold hardiness
Adult geese have strong cold resistance. They can swim in the water and spend the night outdoors in the cold winter. This is related to the thick and tight down of the goose, which has a good heat insulation function. When combing feathers, the goose beak will press the tail gland, and the extruded secretions will cover the surface of feathers, making them waterproof and cold-proof. The subcutaneous fat of geese is thicker, which will enhance the cold resistance of geese.
watchfulness
Goose has keen hearing, strong alertness, quick response and loud cry. When it meets strangers or other animals, it will scream loudly as a warning. Some geese are aggressive and attack with their beaks and wings. Therefore, male geese are often used as warnings in brooding houses to prevent other animals, such as mice and cats, from entering the house. However, in the process of raising geese, it is necessary to avoid the geese from being frightened, so as to avoid stress and affect the growth and fattening effect of geese.
systematicness
Grazing, mating, feeding, feather washing, resting and spawning all have a fixed time. During grazing, grazing, swimming, mating, feeding, resting and grazing all appear in a relatively stable cycle, and once this life law is formed, it will not be easily changed.