Methods and skills of feeding and management of jade birds

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Feeding and management methods of jade birds

I. Environment

Hibiscus birds have high requirements on the environment. If they want to keep healthy and breed normally, they should meet some basic requirements.

1, ventilated and light-transmitting environment, because hibiscus birds will produce feathers when they are active, so bird cages should not be hung in the bedroom.

2. Do a good job in preventing cold and heatstroke. What is the most suitable temperature for hibiscus birds? 24℃, too high or too low temperature will bring adverse effects to hibiscus birds. In hot summer, we should prevent heatstroke and prevent heatstroke. Don't let the sun shine directly, and bask in it properly in other seasons. Pay attention to cold and warmth in winter, and avoid cold wind blowing directly, but don't put the birdcage above the heating or beside the coal stove.

3. Pay attention to exercise the courage of birds. Don't spoil the hibiscus bird, let it often come into contact with strangers and noise, otherwise once strangers or noise appear, it will cause the bird to be frightened. Breeding period will cause the phenomenon of abandoning nests, eggs and brooding.

4. Prevent mosquitoes and flies. Mosquitoes bite the bird's paw, causing inflammation and causing the bird's paw to fall off. Flies bite feed, causing feed corruption. The prevention method is: install screen doors and screens in the aviary.

5. Prevent cats, dogs, mice, weasels, snakes and other animals from entering the breeding ground to harm hibiscus birds. Don't leave the birdcage unattended outdoors to prevent grey magpies, eagles and falcons from preying on hibiscus birds.

6. Do not change cages or change the placement direction and position of feeding cages during feeding. Don't clean the birdcage within 10 days after the chicks hatch.

7. Always keep birdcages and tableware clean and hygienic to prevent the breeding of feather fleas and mites.

Second, feeding

1. Daily feeding: refers to the feeding of young birds after they can eat hard particles by themselves. At this time, the feathers on the bird have grown up and can fly. Although the body is not as strong as adult birds, they can be raised alone or in groups. Press the top? Hello? In a department? Little ball? The formula is prepared with feed, and enough feed is added according to the number of hibiscus birds raised, with a small amount remaining every day as the standard. Empty the feed of the previous day every morning, and then add new feed.

Drinking water must be changed every day, and the water dispenser should be cleaned before adding new water.

Hibiscus birds like to eat vegetables and fruits, and keep it constantly every day. Take out the leftover vegetables or fruits at night.

Feed at least three kinds of feed every day, the more varieties, the better. To ensure that birds can get enough protein, vitamins and trace elements.

2. Breeding in breeding period: refers to the whole process of courtship (pairing), mating, nesting, spawning, hatching and brooding of hibiscus birds. The breeding period of each nest is about 50 days, and the whole breeding period is as long as half a year. This is the hardest season for hibiscus birds and the busiest period for breeders. The main job of the breeder is to pair hibiscus birds, adjust feed, increase nutrition, and provide breeding cages, nests, nests and grass. Also pay attention to the hatching situation. For hibiscus birds that don't hatch, find a volunteer bird (commonly known as nanny bird) to feed the chicks instead (see the section on feeding instructions for details).

3. Feeding in molting period: hibiscus birds molt once a year (also called molting) for 7? September, about 45? 60 days, new feathers grow together. During molting, birds are weak and easy to get sick, so they need to be raised carefully. If they are not properly managed, they are easy to die. The water bath should be reduced or stopped. Breeding sites should be quiet and ventilated, and strong winds and ventilation are prohibited. When birds begin to shed their feathers, feed them with high protein, fat and vitamins to promote the growth of new feathers. For birds with red feathers, red pigment feed should be added until the new feathers grow together.

Third, management.

The management of hibiscus birds can be divided into daily management, seasonal management and special period management.

1. Daily management

(1) Make daily management plan. Hibiscus birds have their own specific life habits and activities. If they want to live well under artificial breeding conditions, breeders should make daily management plans. One is to make hibiscus birds live regularly, and the other is to check the daily activities of hibiscus birds and the feeding work of breeders.

(2) Feed formula. According to the feeding habits of hibiscus birds and the nutritional value of food. After the birds adapt to the fixed compound feed, the breeder should not suddenly change the formula of the feed, let alone feed a single feed.

(3) Feed and change water regularly every day. Generally, food and water are given in the morning, and the remaining green materials and eggs are taken out at night, especially in the hot rainy season.

(4) Keep the trough and water tank clean and hygienic. Before feeding and changing water every day, check the hygiene of the trough and water tank, dump all the residues and replace them with new materials and water. Wash and drain vegetables and fruits before feeding. Powder in the cage should not be more than half a day.

(5) Regularly clean and disinfect the birdcage. According to the number of birds in each cage, it should be cleaned at least 2-3 times a week. Disinfect bird cages 1-2 times a year. The method is to clean the birdcage and expose it to the sun for 1-2 days or spray disinfectant for disinfection. The disinfectant can be Sur or 3% potassium permanganate.

(6) Take a bath regularly. Divided into water bath and sunbathing. Hibiscus birds like water bath very much. If the temperature is suitable (above 20℃), you can put a bathtub in the cage every day and let them bathe freely. The amount of water is appropriate to the height of the bird's calf joint. Take the bathtub away in time after taking a shower. It is advisable to reduce the water bath once a week in winter and molting period.

Hibiscus birds should not be exposed to the sun for a long time. You can sunbathe for an hour every day under the condition of half sun and half shade, and you can avoid sunbathing in hot summer.

(7) Observe the activities of hibiscus birds every day, check whether the feces are normal and the bird's demeanor, so as to find abnormal situations and deal with them in time.

2. Seasonal management

(1) spring. The temperature difference between morning and evening is large. It is the season when hibiscus birds are generally in estrus and frequently sing. During this period, in addition to breeding birds and paired birds, the supply of fat feed for single male birds should be reduced. Feed more green feed to prevent the night? Make a cage? Damage your feathers and stop singing.

(2) Summer. Due to the hot and high temperature, water bath should be provided as much as possible, and the drinking water is fresh and sufficient. Don't bask in the sun. Keep the birdcage in a cool and ventilated place. Prevent mosquito bites at night, do a good job of hygiene, and pay attention to keeping the feed fresh. At this time, hibiscus birds should increase protein feed to promote molting.

(3) autumn. The weather is getting cold, and the feed should contain 20% fat particles, so pay attention to cold and warmth.

(4) Winter. In cold weather, the room temperature should be kept above 5℃, preferably around 15℃.

3. Special period management

(1) Breeding period management: Hibiscus can breed in spring and autumn. Early spring enters the breeding season (late in the north), and the temperature is still low, so pay attention to keep warm. Put the chicks out of the nest into the nest in time, otherwise, the chicks will easily freeze to death.

Don't frighten the birds in the breeding season. Frightened birds will abandon their nests and eggs to feed their young. Don't move the birdcage or change its original direction. Don't clean the chicken for ten days after it hatches. Feed hibiscus powder one week after hatching, and then feed eggs and millet one week later until the chicks can eat hard food. Green vegetables and fruits increase and are often replaced. ; ：

(2) Management of molting period: Generally, hibiscus birds begin to molt in early July, and will all molt in one and a half months to two months. Improve the content of high protein food and minerals in feed. For example, add cooked egg yolk, bone meal, squid bone meal, eggshell meal, etc. Reduce or stop water bath. During molting, hibiscus birds need to be carefully raised, and if they are not properly managed, they will easily get sick and die.

Feeding and management skills of jade birds

In order to do a good job of reproduction every year, reasonable control of molting time is the guarantee to ensure high reproduction rate. Every August and September (depending on the place) is the end of the last breeding season, and it is also the time to lay the foundation for the next breeding season. Birds enter the molting stage, which is the weakest time for birds. If the molting period is not well controlled, birds will die easily. The molting of birds is a stress response to the stimulation of external environment. If you master this, you can force molting by controlling light or diet. Birds are in the natural environment, and after the summer solstice, the light time decreases, but this time is also the time when food is the most abundant. The bird's body is gradually recovering, which lays the foundation for molting. With the further weakening of light, birds enter the molting stage. Bird friends all know that molting time is very necessary to control the survival rate of birds. In order to shorten the molting time as much as possible, artificial stimulation was used.

Concentrate feed half a month to one month in advance to lay a good foundation for molting, then hang curtains in the aviary and close it in the afternoon. At the same time, the food will be halved, and the birds will shed their skin in a large area in two days at most. (This process is not easy for people to master. Inexperienced bird friends had better not try it easily. As long as you start molting, you will strengthen the supply of concentrated feed, provide enough green vegetables at the same time, close the curtains in the afternoon, create a quiet environment for him, and then let him change slowly. This process generally does not last more than 20 days, and the molting time of different constitutions is different.

Birds that molt abnormally should be eliminated as much as possible. This bird is too weak to bear the responsibility of reproduction.

Key points of feeding and management of jade birds

First, health management. Love and persistence can last. Daily hygiene management includes changing drinking water and excrement paper at the bottom of cages every day. The choice of paper can be newsprint, and 50 yuan can buy a lot. If there are not many birds, one year is basically enough. Bird sticks can be cleaned once a week or temporarily according to the actual situation to keep bird claws clean and avoid problems caused by fecal pollution. Cages can be washed once a week, or once a month if you have time and energy. Birds themselves have the habit of taking a bath. You can choose a good weather every other day or every week, put it in a big food box, let the birds bathe themselves, and then let the birds comb their feathers naturally until the feathers are dry and avoid blowing. It is also necessary to clean the tableware. It is necessary to observe it every day and clean it immediately.

Second, diet management. Birds eat to death, and bird food is very important to birds. Reasonable collocation can make birds healthy and lively, while on the contrary, they are in sub-health but ignorant, leading to the ultimate death of birds. The dietary requirements of hibiscus birds are: protein, fat, vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates and water. As long as the six requirements are met, food will not go bad and basic health will be fine. On the contrary, there will be many problems. Here is a brief introduction to the main foods corresponding to each element.

1, protein: eggs. Generally speaking, there are two feeding methods, one is direct cooking, and the other is direct cutting. This is a common method to supplement protein, but the remaining cooked eggs should be taken out in time the next day to avoid spoilage. One is to take raw egg yolk according to a certain proportion, stir it into millet feed and store it in the shade. Function is the need of molting, feeding, aphrodisiac and metabolism. Can be adjusted according to the specific situation. Don't think that the hibiscus bird eats food, just because it doesn't need protein. In fact, the demand for protein is no less than that of insect-eating birds. During the breeding period, the demand for eggs greatly exceeds that of insect-eating birds.

2, fat: fat feed is generally perilla or peanuts, walnuts. Generally, there are more people who choose perilla. The main uses of fat feed are molting stage and long hair stage. Birds need fat feed to change their feathers and make them shiny. Moreover, when the mother bird feeds her chicks, she should also supply whole perilla. Perilla is soft and suitable for birds. In addition, when the weather turns cold in autumn, birds will take the initiative to ingest fatty feed in order to resist the cold food shortage and cold environment. In the case of serious lack of nutrition, birds will actively decompose their own fat, which can be decomposed into protein and carbohydrates to maintain their lives. Now the overall environment is relatively good, winter is not very cold, and food is not very scarce. Therefore, fat feed can be reduced, but it cannot be lacking. For coarse-haired birds, fat feed should be strictly controlled to avoid obesity. Another fatty feed is rapeseed, which is mainly aimed at Hong Niao. Rapeseed contains a certain amount of carotene, which can add color to Hong Niao. If Hong Niao doesn't raise it, there is no need to add fat feed repeatedly. Fruit contains sugar, which will be converted into sugar after eating. You can give it in moderation, not too much.

3. Vitamins: Vitamins mainly exist in vegetables and fruits. Therefore, fresh vegetables are preferred, and rape is preferred among vegetables. Mainly hibiscus birds have a preference for rape, which can be seen by wolves and insects. Compared with other vegetables, hibiscus birds have the most obvious preference for rape. Rape itself contains a high content of carotene, and birds will turn their own red indirectly after eating it. You can also get red directly from some relatively red vegetables such as watermelon, strawberry, red pepper and carrot. If these vegetables are in short supply, you can choose darker vegetables such as Chinese cabbage, Chinese cabbage or Chinese cabbage for coloring. Hibiscus, the only red pepper bird, must eat rape every day in exchange for bright red to meet the demand of red pepper birds for vegetables. Otherwise, birds can't reach the degree of red required by their breeders, because Hong Niao itself can't produce red, but only shows a slight red color. If it wants to be bright red, it can only be directly or indirectly transformed into its own red through food. Therefore, you must give food every day and you can't stop. Especially when molting, you must always give food to ensure your beauty. So rookie and rookie are actually synonymous with Hong Niao.

4. carbohydrates. Mainly refers to energy feed. The so-called energy feed generally means that the feed itself contains starch, which is converted into glucose in the body after feeding, and glucose is the smallest molecule. Using sugar as energy to drive birds is just like a locomotive needs gasoline as energy. The general feed is that all kinds of grains contain starch. The general feed for hibiscus birds is millet with a little perilla and a little rapeseed. Three in one? Hey, rearm? Eggs and millet? It can be raised very well. If you have time, you can make up some millet or oatmeal to enrich your diet. Hibiscus birds eat grain, so energy feed is not introduced much.

5. minerals. Mainly eggshells. Birds can satisfy their needs for calcium and minerals by eating eggshells. The cuttlefish bone also belongs to the mineral category. There are also tiny grains of sand that can help birds digest after eating. What kind of hibiscus bird belongs to? Tough bird? There is an organ for storing sand in the stomach, without which indigestion will occur. Therefore, it is necessary to set up a sand jar for birds to eat freely.