Conditions for keeping Indo-girls at home

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Indoor breeding is popular among domestic farmers. This is due to their high productivity even when providing the simplest living conditions. Difficulties can arise only in the winter. Indo-ducks do not tolerate cold and are thermophilic birds, therefore keeping Indo-ducks at home in winter requires certain actions from a person: creating an optimal temperature in the barn.

Indoor content in winter

Who is an Indo-woman and why does she like warmth

Indo-ducks are muscovy ducks that are bred in captivity. Today, there are two main theories about what gave the name to these birds. One of them is associated with the historical habitat of birds. The largest populations of Indo-Ducks are recorded in Colombia and Mexico. The Muisca tribe used to live in these territories. Muscovy ducks were the main food of these Indians, hence the name.

Another theory is "Moscow". During the reign of Elizabeth, Latin Americans supplied these birds to Europe for the purpose of breeding them in a different climate. In the historical chronicle, the deliveries were named "Moscovy company".

Many people believe that Indo-Ducks are a mixture of ducks and turkeys. This assumption has no supporting evidence. "Indo" indicates only that the bird comes from South America, which was inhabited by the Indians several centuries ago.

The high air temperature of the main habitat of birds played an important role in their breeding in captivity, especially in the territory of the CIS countries. In winter, they are kept in well-insulated rooms, short walks in the fresh air are organized in specially designated areas, and foods rich in vitamins and minerals are added to the birds' diet.

Bird care

Keeping an Indoor at home is easy and profitable.

Since the 80s of the last century, domestic poultry farmers for the first time used muscovy ducks for breeding purposes as poultry, not farm birds. It was enough just to learn the peculiarities of caring for them, such skills make it possible to raise birds. It quickly became popular to keep birds in pens and greenhouses because of the many benefits. Some of them:

• keeping indowok does not require the location of a reservoir nearby;
• the musk duck has strong immunity, which saves it from diseases that other birds suffer from;
• poultry meat is tasty and dietary;
• windout girls have high egg production rates.

Those farmers who take proper care of the muscovy ducks make good profits in the form of eggs and meat. If we talk about nutrition, then Indo-duck differs little from other poultry. They also prefer to eat cereal mixes and feast on mash of cottage cheese, herbs, vegetables, chalk, and other foods.But deciding to keep birds at home, you should understand some of the features of their breeding in winter.

Indoor food in winter

A balanced daily diet of birds is one of the main criteria for their successful growth and performance, therefore grain is their main food. It should make up the majority of your daily diet. Each head per day accounts for up to 350 g of such food. In winter, the food remains the same.

Indo-ducks are unpretentious in food and eat any grain crops, but you should not give them fresh barley: it has a bad effect on the health of birds and may even lead to their death. It only becomes safe when soaked.

Wet food is also needed during the winter. Muscovy ducks willingly eat mash from a large number of products:

• barley;
• wheat bran;
• herbs;
• vegetables;
• cottage cheese.

Birds also need vitamins and minerals in winter. Most of them are found in vegetables:

• carrots;
• beets;
• cabbage;
• pumpkin.

Potatoes should also be added to the mash, but only boiled. Experienced farmers recommend adding natural minerals to the daily bird menu:

• table salt;
• seashells;
• a piece of chalk;
• eggshells.

You can learn how to make such mash by watching video materials on the content of such birds. Low temperatures in a pen or greenhouse that contain muscovy requires frequent water changes from the farmer. To prevent birds from catching cold, you should ensure that the water is always at least 19 ° C. Problems with the solution of these issues may not arise if the air temperature in the main place of their detention is room temperature.

Insulation of the main place of detention

On the territory of Russia and other countries of Eastern Europe in winter, outdoor thermometers regularly show temperatures below zero. Severe frosts force poultry farmers to monitor their livestock more carefully. Caring for Indo-girls at this time of the year requires changes in the form of insulation of their main habitat. Despite their strong immunity, Indo-Ducks are southern birds and unaccustomed to such low temperatures. They can freeze their paws or scallops, catch a cold and even die, so the owner of muscovy ducks needs to insulate the room for the winter.

Features of the repair of the premises

Building a new poultry pen or renovating an old one takes some action from the farmer. They are associated with the main building materials that are used in the work. So, your choice should be stopped on materials that keep warm. For flooring, wood is the best option, but it is less durable than concrete. Having decided to use this natural material for covering, the floor level must be raised 10-15 cm from the ground. To prevent the boards from getting angry quickly, they should be covered with a special primer for wood and covered with linoleum.

If there is a desire in the barn to make a concrete floor, it should be well insulated. Linoleum is spread over the concrete screed, and a large layer of hay or sawdust is thrown on top. Such bedding will be good protection for birds from hypothermia. We must not forget about the walls with the ceiling of the structure. All cracks should be covered with cement or blown out with polyurethane foam. For insulation of external walls, it is best to use foam blocks: they serve as an additional layer for the walls, keeping heat inside it for a long time.

Fresh and clean air

Breeding Indo-Ducks will be beneficial and profitable only if all the rules for their care are followed. Egg production and growth of the bird itself depends on the health of the entire livestock. In winter, problems with this may appear. If birds are kept in a poorly ventilated area, they will be exposed to infectious diseases. To prevent this from happening, it is necessary to equip the shed with a ventilation system. It can be supply and exhaust and mechanical. If the floor area in the barn does not exceed 20 sq.m, it is impractical to use mechanical ventilation.

The main task of the supply and exhaust ventilation is to remove old air and replace it with fresh air drawn into the shed from the street. In these processes, it is important that the air temperature remains in the same aisles as it was before, and there are no drafts in the room itself. This requires:

1. Make through windows in the opposite walls of the building so that they are located away from the birds. The exhaust window is made at the bottom, 15-20 cm from the floor, and the supply window is at the top, 10-15 cm from the ceiling. Pipes are inserted into them, facing the street.
2. In order to avoid strong drafts that can harm the health of birds, it is necessary to install doors on the ventilation windows inside the barn. With their help, the air flow is regulated and completely blocked.
3. The ventilation pipes are covered with "umbrellas" to protect the shed from rainwater entering.

Features of the installation of ventilation for a barn with indo are shown in a detailed video.

The need to install heating devices

Keeping homemade musk ducklings in winter requires the farmer to control the indoor temperature. If the floor is covered with straw or sawdust and there are no drafts inside the barn, favorable conditions for the growth and productivity of birds are observed in the temperature range from 12 to 29 ° C. If the thermometer shows a lower temperature, their productivity decreases. At temperatures below -5 ° C, frostbite of the extremities is possible.

It is not difficult to save birds from frost if:

1. Heat the barn with incandescent lamps.
2. Heat the barn with a potbelly stove.
3. Use electric heaters for heating.
4. Use specialized heaters.

If you want to raise the air temperature by 1-3 °, ordinary bulbs are suitable for heating the room. If you hang them in the barn in the amount of 3-4 pieces, they will be enough to create optimal conditions for the life of birds.

The potbelly stove is considered to be more effective heating means. In one room, such a stove is capable of increasing the air temperature by 12-15 ° during its hour of operation. But do not forget about the safety of the Indo-girls themselves - the stove should be fenced off from birds.

Walking birds in winter

Keeping indoor dogs in winter also requires the organization of certain conditions for walking. The perimeter along the shed necessary for walking must be fenced off from wind and precipitation. It is best to build a canopy to protect the ground from snow and rain. If it is difficult to do this, the breeder needs to remove the area from snow (if any) before walking.

It is important to control the duration of the walk for indoor ducks: in case of frost from -15 to -10 ° C, walking should be limited to two hours, from -10 to -5 ° C - 4 hours. At temperatures from 0 ° C and above, birds can stay outside for up to 8 hours.

Experienced farmers recommend that novice breeders protect musk ducks from contact with water bodies, not only in winter, but also in late autumn. Water procedures for them will be safe only when the reservoir warms up well from the action of sunlight.