Is Liutongxiang, xiuwen county, Guiyang City, Guizhou Province suitable for breeding ostriches?

Liutong Township, xiuwen county, Guiyang City, Guizhou Province, is not suitable for raising ostriches, which are widely distributed in arid areas with little rainfall in Africa. In Cenozoic and Tertiary, ostriches were widely distributed in Europe. Not only ostrich eggs but also leg bones were found in Zhoukoudian, the famous birthplace of Beijingers in China. It was distributed in Africa, Syria and Arabia in modern times, but now the ostriches in Syria and Arabia have disappeared. Their distribution is from the Sahara desert to the whole Africa, and Australia introduced them in 1862 ~ 1869, forming a new habitat in the southeast.

Growth stage

infancy

Chick period is from birth to 12 weeks. During this period, the nutritional level was slightly higher than that of chickens, and at the same time, inorganic salts, especially calcium, phosphorus, trace elements and multivitamins were supplemented. Green feed should be easily digested and absorbed by fresh grass leaves and vegetable leaves. The average daily feed for each animal is 1.2- 1.5 kg, and the concentrate feed is 1- 1.5 kg.

growing period

Growth period refers to the growth period from 13 weeks to prenatal period. Weight increased from 40-60 kg to 100 kg. At this time, young birds are mainly raised by outdoor grazing. The transformation from juvenile materials to propagation materials should be gradual, and 2/3 juvenile materials and 1/3 propagation materials should be used in the first week or two after the temperature of 3 months old; In the third week, 1/3 chicken feed and 2/3 kinds of chicken feed were used; By the fourth week, when I was four months old, all the materials were used. At this time, each feed is given about 1.5-2.5 kg of concentrate every day, of which forage powder can account for 10%-20%, and green feed is given an average of 2.5-3.5 kg or even 5 kg every day, depending on the weight increase or decrease.

Laying period

The daily activities of artificially raised ostriches are more regular during the laying period. Therefore, it should be fed regularly and quantitatively according to its life law. Every morning at dawn, ostriches run around the side net in the playground. After running 15-20 minutes, they mate for food. So the first feeding time is 6:30-7:30 in the morning. Feed it four times a day, and the interval between each feeding is as equal as possible. The feeding sequence can be coarse first and then fine, or the concentrated feed and green feed can be mixed together for feeding. The feeding amount of concentrated feed is generally controlled at about 65438±0.5kg each, so as to prevent the egg production from decreasing or stopping production due to overweight.

ostrich

mature period

Female ostriches reach sexual maturity at 24-30 months old, while male ostriches reach sexual maturity at 36 months old. Feeding in large groups before sexual maturity, with 20-30 animals in each group, and grouping spouses 1 month before spawning. Generally, 4 animals (1 male and 3 females) are a feeding unit. Group work usually takes place at night. Introducing the female ostrich into the aviary first and then the male bird can reduce the rejection between males and females and between populations.