Ducks must drink water within 24 hours after hatching. The general practice is to put the duckling in a shallow basin with a depth of 1 cm for a few minutes and let the duckling drink water with wet feet, which is also commonly known as "water". The water quality must be fresh and clean, and the water temperature is close to room temperature. With the increase of age, the amount of drinking water of ducklings increases, so drinking utensils should be cleaned and replaced frequently, and fresh water should be replenished.
(2) Start eating
Within 24-28 hours after the ducklings hatch, when all the ducklings have drunk water, let the ducklings eat. No later than 36 hours. In the first few days after the ducklings begin to eat, the system of "eat less and eat more" should be adopted, that is, feeding a small amount 7-8 times a day, but ensuring that the ducklings are full. In the future, ducklings can eat and drink freely, and there will be no artificial light at night.
(3) Feed feeding
Duck feed should be fresh, clean, nutritious, moderate in particle size, palatable and easy to digest. During 10- 15 days, each duckling was fed with 500 grams of complete feed, and a small amount of rice was mixed during feeding. Then feed rice with grain feed such as rice and broken corn until the weight reaches more than 75 grams, and then put it into the field.
(4) Lighting
After the ducklings start to eat, they eat less and eat slowly. In order to ensure that ducklings have enough time to eat and drink, 24-hour light is generally used in the first three days, that is, artificial light is added at night, and the light intensity is suitable for ducklings to see feed and drink.
Extended data
Raising ducklings is a very important basic stage of raising ducks, which needs scientific management. Create suitable temperature, humidity, air, light, nutrition and clean and quiet environment for ducklings, and minimize the impact of adverse stress.
The brooding season should be carefully considered, especially the habitat mode of rice and duck, and the best brooding season should be selected to obtain the best production effect and economic benefit. The ducklings of rice ducks are mainly spring chicks and summer chicks, and autumn chicks and winter chicks are not selected.
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