The ostrich is the world's largest bird, but unlike other birds, the ostrich can not fly. It has strong disease resistance, wide adaptability, high reproduction rate, ostrich meat contains albumen, low cholesterol, and also contains twenty-one amino acids that the human body must have. The meat is tender and delicious, the value is comparable to beef, is one of the more recent hot meat. Not only meat has a high value, its eggs, hair, etc. also has a very big benefit, that it how to breed it? Take a look at it with me!

1, feeding ground

Breeding ostrich must choose well-drained sandy soil area, in the incline of about 20 slopes with fences for captive breeding. Away from urban areas, traffic zones and other noisy places. The site also needs to be surrounded by a wire fence of at least two meters, which is to prevent the ostrich from being injured. In addition to the feeding ground there should also be an exercise yard for the ostriches, which should be located north to south. The resting area should separate the adult birds from the chicks, and the resting area must be insulated against the wind and rain, with good ventilation. The floor of the aviary should be clean and dry. Ostrich needs the ground to be completely dry, wet environment ostrich can not survive.

2, feed selection

Ostrich is an omnivore, its digestive function is relatively good, has a special digestive system, it can take energy in the crude fiber, so do not provide feed to the ostrich feed, not to provide too much energy feed. If there is too much nutrition, plus the energy inside the green feed, it will cause excess nutrition in the body, increase body fat, and nutritional ostrich reproduction ability. And the ostrich's growth rate is faster, fast metabolism, in order to effectively promote the establishment of microbial growth in the area of the post-digestive tract, should be increased in two and a half months after the amount of roughage.

3, mating period

The female ostrich's estrus performance is obvious, the movement is much gentler than before, will take the initiative to approach the male ostrich, lowered his head and walked over, his head are almost touching the ground. Her wings drop and her beak opens and closes. After mating, the female will lay her eggs within 1-2 weeks. If the laid eggs are removed, the female will engage in continuous egg laying, one a day, for about 20 days. It is uneconomical for captive ostriches to allow themselves to hatch, and some with strong breeding ability can lay more than 40 eggs continuously, which is still related to good breeding management.

4, prevention and control of disease

In the ostrich brood is a high incidence of various diseases, but also the success or failure of rearing the key period. The main disease of ostrich in the brood period is respiratory infection, usually caused by turbid air, dirty environment, wet ground and other reasons. Respiratory diseases will have a certain impact on the growth and reproduction of the ostrich, and even death, so the ostrich in the brood period should be managed by a person who pays attention to the state of the ostrich and the feeding situation at any time, clean the birdhouse, disinfect it regularly, and immediately isolate the sick birds and check the situation for treatment. Provide a good living environment for ostriches.

The above is about the ostrich breeding methods, ostrich breeding is relatively easy, but to pay attention to is the breeding environment. Because the ostrich originally lived in Africa and other hot and dry environment. If its living environment is particularly wet, the ostrich will produce disease and difficult to control, and the feed should not be fed nutrient-rich feed, the reason was also said earlier. This article is for reference only, I hope to help you.